|
|
|
Foreverlearning
Fledgeling
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Posts: 215
Location: LONDON |
| Fab Forum |
 |
|
Im fairly new here, just wanted to say I think this is a fab forum, I am all into coming up with new things for Major to play with and its great to share ideas...my mum threads a string of monkey nuts for him to chew off the string using a large darning type needle...major loves textiles so I got alot of scraps of material and cut them into strips and ribbons too, tied them all together at the top and he loves it, he loves pulling the material through his beak and feeling the texture on his tongue (check safety of material tho). Threading little squares of paper in halfs onto string is another nice play thing. Must take some piccies to show my DIY attempts! |
Tuesday October 10, 2006 5:35 am |
|
|
Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6671
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
| Re: Fab Forum |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Foreverlearning
Must take some piccies to show my DIY attempts!
Yes! You must!
That's great that you are coming up with all sorts of ways to keep Major occupied!
You know, I've learned that it's not so hard finding things to occupy them, the hard part seems to be KEEPING them occupied without spending half a fortune to do so  !! That's why it's always GREAT hearing others DIY ideas! Thanks for sharing! |
|
Tuesday October 10, 2006 1:20 pm |
|
|
Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10060
|
| Re: Fab Forum |
|
|
Hi there, may I ask what you mean with monkey nuts? Are those peanuts in shell? Please be very careful with giving peanuts. Peanuts are told to have harmful molds in the shell, leading to death..  |
|
Tuesday October 10, 2006 5:26 pm |
|
|
|
|
Foreverlearning
Fledgeling
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Posts: 215
Location: LONDON |
  oh my goodness |
|
Tuesday October 10, 2006 7:15 pm |
|
|
Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6671
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Are monkey nuts peanuts? |
|
Tuesday October 10, 2006 10:08 pm |
|
|
Gemma
Flier
Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 846
Location: Essex, England |
yes they are peanuts in a kind of no. 8 shaped shell. I give poppet them as treats and he loves making as much mess as he possibly can !! I have never heard of them being dangerous  |
|
Thursday October 12, 2006 1:14 pm |
|
|
|
|
Foreverlearning
Fledgeling
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Posts: 215
Location: LONDON |
Major adores them and has a maze toy which is made for them so Im confused  I buy them very fresh and he gets through them too quickly for them to be old? |
|
Thursday October 12, 2006 9:12 pm |
|
|
fruitynutbird
Fledgeling
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Sydney, Australia |
|
|
|
The problem is that the toxic chemicals responsible are the aflatoxins which can actually contaminate the peanuts even before the peanuts have been harvested. The aflatoxins are named after the fungus, Aspergillus flavus (thankfully, a different species of Aspergillus to that which causes the respiratory disease, Aspergillosis, in parrots). which lives in the soil where the peanuts are grown. The fungus can also infect the peanuts after they have been harvested as well. Aflatoxins have an acute toxic effect on parrots' livers. Aflatoxins are also toxic for human livers but the effect is not as sudden, leading to liver cancer after chronic exposure.
There are plenty of other nuts which can be fed to parrots, which are nit grown underground. Of course, these nuts can also become contaminated with aflatoxins during storage, but at least the risk of pre-harvest contamination from underground contact with soil, which is the case with peanuts, is not there with these other nuts.
Hope this information helps!
Andrew |
|
Friday October 13, 2006 6:32 am |
|
|
fruitynutbird
Fledgeling
Joined: 03 May 2006
Posts: 226
Location: Sydney, Australia |
quote:
Originally posted by fruitynutbird
There are plenty of other nuts which can be fed to parrots, which are nit grown underground.
Oops! nit = not, heheheh!
Andrew |
|
Friday October 13, 2006 6:34 am |
|
|
|
|
Foreverlearning
Fledgeling
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Posts: 215
Location: LONDON |
Much appreciated thankyou |
|
Friday October 13, 2006 7:44 am |
|
|
joti26
Fledgeling
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 222
Location: Northants. UK |
I had heard about the danger of peanuts but didn't realise how bad it was. Why then are they still sold for either humans or birds at all if they are not safe? Is there such a thing as a safe peanut, ie grown in special conditions. Are all nuts risky then and how would one know if it were bad. I am concerned not just for my birds but me too as I have been eating lots of nuts recently and even more with xmas coming up. EEEEK! |
|
Tuesday October 24, 2006 9:35 pm |
|
|
cheekie_birdy
Experienced flier
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 1719
Location: Canada |
quote:
Originally posted by joti26
I had heard about the danger of peanuts but didn't realise how bad it was. Why then are they still sold for either humans or birds at all if they are not safe? Is there such a thing as a safe peanut, ie grown in special conditions. Are all nuts risky then and how would one know if it were bad. I am concerned not just for my birds but me too as I have been eating lots of nuts recently and even more with xmas coming up. EEEEK!
No not all nuts are risky.
Peanuts are safe if they are a treat. Too many can be unsafe.
People are bigger than birds, so it would take quite a lot of peanuts to make a person sick. I think you are safe too.  |
|
Saturday October 28, 2006 9:14 pm |
|
|
|
|
joti26
Fledgeling
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 222
Location: Northants. UK |
I noticed that my local shop had roasted peanuts in their shells for halloween, can parrots eat these? If so would the roasting kill any possible fungus? Any thoughts anyone? |
|
Sunday October 29, 2006 8:59 pm |
|
|
Jrmno1
Flying tumbler
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 2310
Location: Ohio, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by joti26
I noticed that my local shop had roasted peanuts in their shells for halloween, can parrots eat these? If so would the roasting kill any possible fungus? Any thoughts anyone?
We mention to our Vet sometime ago that we were giving our birds Peanuts. You would have thought the world had come to an end. He would not hear of any excuesses, he said "Peanuts come out of the ground, so how can they be called a nut"
We generally give our birds dry roasted unsalted peanuts out of the shell, but only as a treat, They are heavy with fat contant, which for brid spending all day in a cage, that is designed to spend most of the day flying, any excuss fat can not be good for them.
John |
|
Monday October 30, 2006 12:25 am |
|
|
eaglevision
Fledgeling
Joined: 25 Jan 2008
Posts: 240
Location: In Fluffies |
He he...I am always late with threads...You are not so new now!!!  |
|
Friday February 1, 2008 10:21 pm |
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is Saturday July 5, 2008 2:05 am
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
