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We bought a bowl of assorted fruit today for the Super Bowl. I was thinking of pulling some out and making my finches a sort of "assorted fruit salad", but I'm not sure if all the fruit in there is good for them. It has:

Pineapple
Honeydew
Grapes
Strawberries

and they'll all in a watermelon "shell"... so I may be able to scrape a little bit of watermelon off too.

Are these fruits safe? Are there certain ways the fruits need to be served (ie the skin taken off the grapes)?

Here is a list of safe fruits, veggies, woods for birds
http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/ ... birds.html

it is titled parrot/conure but it should apply to all, bear in mind watermelon is loaded with water so it may loosen the droppings some.

and from the FIC
http://www.finchinfo.com/diet/safe_toxi ... _foods.php

Sounds good

You may have to experiment - I found that when I gave fresh fruit or veggies in little cubes or chunks my birds would pick them out and toss them, but that they ate the stuff when more finely minced.

I've tried these and my GS only likes the pineapple and watermelon. The grapes I would peel and remove the seeds.