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I buy the tropical Nutri Berries for Louey, our lovebird. If I ground these up do you think it would be ok to give to the finches?

The ones I use contain papaya, pineapple, mango, peanut hearts, egg, oats, millet, safflower, vitamins, folic acid.

I don't know, but I had always heard that mango was poisonous to birds.

Mango is on the good list

http://www.finchniche.com/f-finchfood.mgi

I didn't know if grinding and offering the berries would be ok.

My Cockatiel uses the Nutriberries like toys. She chews them up and spits out the uneaten bits. I have noticed the Diamond Dove (beak is the size of a finch's roughly) enjoys them once they have been pulverized by the 'Tiel.

dfcauley wrote:I don't know, but I had always heard that mango was poisonous to birds.

i heard the same !!! so be carefull

Ray

Rayray wrote:

dfcauley wrote:I don't know, but I had always heard that mango was poisonous to birds.

i heard the same !!! so be carefull
Ray

I have never heard that mango fruit is poisonous. With fruits and thus the plant 'wants' them to be eaten (the purpose being to help spread seeds). If feeding mango avoid the skin, the part near the pit, and all the parts of the plant (wood, leaves, etc). The sap is known to be very irritating. Also, people who are allergic to the skin can usually eat the fruit if the skin is removed by someone else. Moreover, sometimes mango skins have pesticides left on them.

So while the fruit is safe, every other part is not.

The mango is in the same family as poison ivy and contains urushiol, though much less than poison ivy. Some people get dermatitis from touching mango peel or sap. Persons showing an allergic reaction after handling a mango can usually enjoy the fruit if someone else first removes the skin. The leaves are also toxic to cattle.

http://www.edinformatics.com/culinaryar ... /mango.htm

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/birds/a/ ... iets_2.htm

These are the cute little fruit and seed balls that are designed as treats for parrots, cocatiels, lovebirds, parrotlets.

I only use frozen mangoes when making a mango/strawberry and honey smoothie for myself.

I buy canned fruit salad (not cocktail) and it contains mango. I blend it and give it to the birds at least twice a week. I have been doing so for over a year. My birds are all fine.

I am from Florida and at one time lived in Miami, now the West Coast. Rule of thumb was if you had a mango tree and you were allergic wear rubber gloves, picking cleaning and peeling the fruit. Then be careful how you removed the gloves. Disposable were the best, remove them by taking them off from the wrist down so they were inside out when you had them completely removed.

I never had a problem with the fruit or the tree, nor poison ivy. I did know people that had reactions and it was more like having poison sumac than poison ivy.

I buy my mangoes frozen and if I want a fresh one, good old Publix Supermarket always carries them.

NutriBerries also come in a veggie and orchard flavor. The mango in the Tropical Fruit Blend it is dried.