Strawberries?

nelloyello11 · Post by **nelloyello11** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:40 pm

Are fresh strawberries okay for finches?

6finchfriends · Post by **6finchfriends** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:37 am

I've given mine chopped strawberries but they never eat them.

Justin-2-finches · Post by **Justin-2-finches** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:19 am

Same here. I've tried but they didn't touch it. They sometimes nibble on a bit of apple and orange, though. But don't really like fruit.
It sure is safe though and worth a try.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:38 am

A word of caution...strawberries are one of the fruits recently to contain higher amounts of pesticides. For humans rinsing well is best but for birds I suggest organic.

http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/

http://rye.patch.com/articles/report-ap ... e-levels-2

Food/veggies/fruit are approved for human use not pet use...so extra washing or organic might be a good thing to keep in mind.

nelloyello11 · Post by **nelloyello11** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:10 am

Thanks for those links Cindy! Very good info for my own health as well!
They are organic, so I think I'm gonna try them out. My zebras will usually try anything once!

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:27 am

I know my hookbills loved them and sweet seedless grapes cut in half. (organic of course!!

) I have not tried strawberries on the finches but they like romaine with grated carrot a lot. I did try oranges but they were not fond of them. (but the house smelled great)

6finchfriends · Post by **6finchfriends** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:34 pm

I use the ones from our garden. Nothing bad there. Except slugs.....

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