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    General List of Toxic/Non-Toxic Materials, Plants, Fruits & Vegetables


    ***General List of Safe/Unsafe Items for Companion Bird Homes***



    Non-toxic Wood/Tree Limbs:

    ACACIA
    APPLE - (Pesticide residue likely reason for periodic issues)
    AILANTHUS - Tree of Heaven
    ALDER - white alder
    Alder / Buckthorn)
    ALMOND
    ARALIA - Fatsia japonica
    ASH - Fraxinus
    ASPEN - Populus
    BAMBOO
    BARBERRY- Berberis
    BIRCH - see paragraph
    BEECH - Fagus
    BOIS D'ARC - horse apple tree
    BOTTLE BRUSH
    BUTTERFLY BUSH
    CAMELLIA
    CITRUS -(lime, kumquat, grapefruit, orange, lemon)
    CORK - (not wood from cork oak, but cork)
    CORN PLANTS
    COTTONWOOD - Populus
    CRABAPPLE - Malus
    CRAPE MYRTLE - (not the same as myrtle)
    DATE
    DOGWOOD - Cornus
    DOUGLAS FIR - Pseudotsuga
    DRACAENA
    ELM - Ulmus
    ESCALLONIA
    EUCALYPTUS
    FIG
    FIR - genus Abies
    GINKGO
    GRAPE VINES
    GRAPE PALM
    GUAVA
    HACKBERRY
    HAWTHORN - Crataegus
    HIBISCUS
    HICKORY
    IRONWOOD - apparently toxic leaves
    JADE PLANT
    KALANCHOE
    KUMQUAT
    LARCH - Larix
    LILAC - Syringa
    MADRONA / MADRONE - Arbutus
    MAGNOLIA
    MAPLE - Acer
    MANZANITA - Arctostaphylos
    MESQUITE - remove sharp parts
    MIMOSA
    MOCK ORANGE - Phladelphus
    MOUNTAIN ASH - Sorbus
    MULBERRY - Morus
    NANDINA -common name is heavenly bamboo
    NECTARINE
    NORFOLK ISLAND PINE - Araucaria
    NUT TREES - exclude chestnut and oak
    ORANGE - several sources lean toward safe
    OREGON GRAPE - Mahonia
    PALM
    PAPAYA
    PEACH
    PEAR
    PECAN
    PINE - Pinus
    PHOTINIA
    PLUM
    POPLAR - Populus
    PUSSY WILLOW - Salix
    RAPHIOLEPSIS - Indian Hawthorn
    RIBBONWOOD
    ROSE - Rosa
    RUBBER PLANT - Ficus elastica
    RUSSIAN OLIVE
    SASSAFRAS
    SILK TREE
    SPIRAEA
    SPRUCE - Picea
    STAGHORN SUMAC - Rhus - not Toxicodendron
    STRAWBERRY TREE -(Arbutus like Madrone)
    SWEET GUM - Liquidambar
    SYCAMORE
    THURLOW
    TREE FERN
    VIBURNUM
    VINE MAPLE - Acer
    WEEPING WILLOW - Salix (GOAT, PUSSY & WEEPING)
    WIEGELA
    YUCCA


    Toxic Wood/Tree Limbs:

    ALDER - red alder
    ANDROMEDA - (Pieris / Lily of the Valley shrub)
    APRICOT
    ARROWHEAD VINE
    AUSTRALIAN FLAME TREE
    AUSTRALIAN UMBRELLA TREE
    AVACADO
    AZALEA - Related to Rhododendron
    BANEBERRY - Actaea
    BEANS - (castor, horse, fava, broad, glory, scarlet runner)
    BLACK LOCUST - Robinia
    BOX ELDER
    BOXWOOD - Buxus
    BUCKTHORN - (Cascara / Alder Buckthorn)
    BRACKEN FERN
    BURDOCK
    CACAO
    CAMEL BUSH - Trichodesma
    CANARY BIRD BUSH - Crotalaria
    CANNABIS
    CASTOR BEAN
    CEDAR - Thuja, Chamaecyparis, Cupressus
    CHALICE - trumpet vine
    CHERRY
    CHINA BERRY TREE - Melia / Texas umbrella tree
    CHINESE MAGNOLIA - uncertain for safety
    CHINESE POPCORN (TALLOW)
    CHINESE SNAKE TREE - Laquer plant: sap contact is bad too
    COMMON SAGE
    CORIANDER - Cilantro
    DATURA
    DAPHNE - it's the berries
    DATURA STRAMONIUM - Brugmansia: angel's trumpet
    DIEFFENBACHIA
    ELDERBERRY
    EUONYMUS - Includes burning bush and more
    EUPHORBIA
    FELT PLANT - Kalancho baharensis
    FLAME TREE
    FIRETHORN - Pyracantha
    FLAME TREE - Brachychiton / Sterculia
    FOXGLOVE
    GOLDEN CHAIN TREE - Laburnum
    GROUND CHERRY
    CROWN OF THORNS
    HEATHS
    HEMLOCK - Tsuga
    HOLLY - Ilex
    HONEY LOCUST - Gleditsia
    HORSE CHESTNUT - Aesculus
    HUCKLEBERRY - leaves bad: both evergreen or deciduous
    HYDRANGEA
    JASMINE
    JUNIPER - Juniperus
    KALMIA (also called Mountain Laurel)
    KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
    LANTANA - red sage
    LAUREL - Prunus
    LEUCOTHOE
    LUPINE
    MANGO - fruit okay: not wood or leaves
    MEXICAN BREADFRUIT
    MOCK ORANGE - fruit (see note in safe list)
    MONSTERA
    MOUNTAIN LAUREL
    MYRTLE - is a broadleaf evergreen (is not the same as crape myrtle)
    NUTMEG
    OAK - Quercus - all parts / tannins
    MISTLETOE
    OLEANDER
    ORANGE - several sources lean toward safe
    PEAR - some sources lean toward safe
    PENCILTREE
    PITCH PINE
    PRARIE OAK - safety uncertain
    PRIVET
    RAIN TREE
    RED MAPLE
    RED SAGE - Lantana
    REDWOOD - Sequiadendron, Metasequoia, Sequoia
    RHODODENDRON
    RHUBARB
    SAND BOX TREE - sap has been used to poison fish
    SOLANUM - Jerusalem cherry or pepino
    SOPHORA - includes Japanese pagoda tree & Mescal
    SUMAC - not all sumacs are toxic
    TOBACCO
    TANSY
    TOMATO - stems, vines, and leaves
    UMBRELLA TREE
    WEEPING FIG - Benjamin Fig or Ficus Benjamina
    WHITE CEDAR - China
    WITCH HAZEL - Hamamelis
    WISTERIA
    YEW - Taxus


    Non-toxic Plants/Foliage:

    ACACIA
    ALOE
    AFRICAN VIOLET
    BABY'S TEARS
    BAMBOO
    BEGONIA
    BOSTON FERN
    BOUGAINVILLEA
    CHICKWEED
    CHRISTMAS CACTUS
    CISSUS (KANGAROO VINE)
    COLEUS
    CORN PLANT
    CRABAPPLE
    DANDELION
    DOGWOOD
    DONKEY TAIL
    DRACAENA VARIETIES
    FERNS: (BIRD'S NEST, BOSTON, MAIDENHAIR)
    FIGS: (CREEPING, RUBBER, FIDDLE LEAF, LAUREL LEAF)
    GARDENIA
    GRAPE IVY
    HEN AND CHICKENS
    IMPATIENS
    JADE PLANT
    KALANCHOE
    MAGNOLIA
    MARIGOLDS
    MONKEY PLANT
    MOTHER-IN-LAW
    NASTURTIUM
    NATAL PLUM
    NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
    ORCHIDS
    PALMS: (ARECA, DATE, FAN, LADY, PARLOUR, HOWEIA, KENTIA, PHOWNIX, SAGO)
    PEPPEROMIA
    PETUNIA
    PITTOSPORUM
    PRAYER PLANT
    PURPLE PASSION
    ROSE
    ROSEMARY
    RUBBER PLANT
    SCHEFFLERA
    SENSITIVE PLANT
    SNAKE PLANT
    SPIDER PLANT
    SWEDISH IVY
    THISTLE
    VELVET NETTLE
    WANDERING JEW
    WAX PLANT
    WHITE CLOVER
    YUCCA
    ZEBRA PLANT
    ZINNIA


    Toxic Plants/Foliage:

    ARUM LILY
    AMARYLLIS
    ARALIA
    ARROWHEAD VINE
    AUTUMN CROCUS
    AUSTRALIAN FLAMETREE
    AUSTRALIAN UMBRELLA TREE
    AVOCADO
    AZALEA
    BANEBERRY
    BEANS: (CASTOR, HORSE, FAVA, BROAD, GLORY, SCARLET RUNNER, MESCAL, NAVY, PREGATORY)
    BABY'S BREATH
    BIRD OF PARADISE
    BISHOP'S WEED
    BLACK LAUREL
    BLACK LOCUST
    BLEEDING HEART OR DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES
    BLOODROOT
    BLUEBONNET
    BLUEGREEN ALGAE
    BOXWOOD
    BRACKEN FERN
    BUCKTHORN
    BULB FLOWERS (AMARYLLIS, DAFFODIL, NARCISSUS, HYACINTH & IRIS)
    BURDOCK
    BUTTERCUP
    CACAO
    CAMEL BUSH
    CASTOR BEAN
    CALADIUM
    CANA LILY
    CARDINAL FLOWER
    CHALICE (TRUMPET VINE)
    CHERRY TREE
    CHINA BERRY TREE
    CHRISTMAS CANDLE
    CLEMATIS (VIRGINIA BOWER)
    CLIVIA
    COCKLEBUR
    COFFEE (SENNA)
    COFFEE BEAN (RATTLEBUSH, RATTLE BOX & COFFEEWEED)
    CORAL PLANT
    CORIANDER
    CORNCOCKLE
    COYOTILLO
    COWSLIP
    CUTLEAF PHILODENDRON
    DAFFODIL
    DAPHNE
    DATURA STRAMONIUM (ANGEL'S TRUMPET)
    DEATH CAMUS
    DELPHINIUM
    DEVIL'S IVY
    DIEFFENBACHIA (DUMB CANE)
    EGGPLANT leaves
    ELDERBERRY
    ELEPHANT EAR (TARO)
    ENGLISH IVY
    ERGOT
    EUCALYPTUS (DRIED, DYED OR TREATED IN FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS)
    EUONYMUS (SPINDLE TREE)
    EUPHORBIA CACTUS
    FALSE HELLEBORE
    FLAME TREE
    FELT PLANT (MATERNITY, AIR & PANDA PLANTS)
    FIG (WEEPING)
    FIRE THORN
    FLAMINGO FLOWER
    FOUR O'CLOCK
    FOXGLOVE
    GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA - Sap of plant
    GLOTTIDIUM
    GOLDEN CHAIN
    GRASS: (JOHNSON, SORGHUM, SUDAN & BROOM CORN)
    GROUND CHERRY
    HEATHS: (KALMIA, LEUCOTHO, PEIRES, RHODODENDRON, MTN. LAUREL, BLACK LAUREL, ANDROMEDA & AZALEA)
    HELIOTROPE
    HEMLOCK: (POISON & WATER)
    HENBANE
    HOLLY
    HONEYSUCKLE
    HORSE CHESTNUT
    HORSE TAIL
    HOYA
    HYACINTH
    HYDRANGEA
    IRIS
    IVY: (ENGLISH & OTHERS)
    JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
    JASMINE (JESSAMINE)
    JERUSALEM CHERRY
    JIMSONWEED
    JUNIPER
    KY. COFFEE TREE
    LANTANA (RED SAGE)
    LARKSPUR
    LILY OF THE VALLEY
    LILY, ARUM
    LOBELIA
    LOCOWEED (MILK VETCH)
    LOCUSTS, BLACK/HONEY
    LORDS & LADIES (CUCKOOPINT)
    LUPINE
    MALANGA
    MARIJUANA (HEMP)
    MAYAPPLE(MANDRAKE)
    MEXICAN BREADFRUIT
    MEXICAN POPPY
    MILKWEED, COTTON BUSH
    MISTLETOE
    MOCK ORANGE
    MONKSHOOD
    MOONSEED
    MORNING GLORY
    MTN. LAUREL
    MUSHROOMS, AMANITA
    MYRTLE
    NARCISSUS
    NETTLES
    NIGHTSHADES: (DEADLY, BLACK, GARDEN, WOODY, BITTERSWEET, EGGPLANT leaves, TOMATO -stems, vines, and leaves, JERUSALEM CHERRY)
    OAK
    OLEANDER
    OXALIS
    PARSLEY
    PEACE LILY
    PERIWINKLE
    PHILODENDRONS: (SPLIT LEAF, SWISS CHEESE, HEART-LEAF)
    PIGWEED
    POINCIANA
    POINSETTIA
    POISON IVY
    POISON HEMLOCK
    POISON OAK: (WESTERN & EASTERN)
    POKEWEED
    POTATO SHOOTS
    POTHOS
    PRIVET
    PYRACANTHA
    RAIN TREE
    RANUNCULUS, BUTTERCUP
    RAPE
    RATTLEBOX, CROTALARIA
    RED MAPLE
    RED SAGE (LANTANA)
    RHUBARB LEAVES
    RHODODENDRONS
    ROSARY PEA SEEDS
    SAND BOX TREE
    SKUNK CABBAGE
    SORREL (DOCK)
    SNOW DROP
    SPURGES: (PENCIL TREE, SNOW-ON-MTN, CANDELABRA, CROWN OF THORNS)
    STAR OF BETHLEHEM
    SWEET PEA
    SWISS CHEESE PLANT (MONSTERA)
    TANSY RAGWORT
    TOBACCO
    UMBRELLA PLANT
    VETCH: HAIRY/COMMON
    VIRGINIA CREEPER
    WATTLE
    WEEPING FIG
    WHITE CEDAR, CHINA BERRY
    WISTERIA
    YEWS
    YELLOW JASMINE


    Safe Fruits:

    Apple
    Apricot
    Banana
    Blackberry
    Blackcurrant
    Blood orange
    Blueberry
    Cantaloupe melon
    Cherry
    Cranberry
    Dried dates
    Figs (fresh)
    Gooseberries
    Grape
    Guava
    Honeydew melon
    Kiwifruit
    Lychee (Litchi)
    Mandarin
    Mango
    Melon
    Nectarine
    Orange
    Papaya
    Peach
    Pear
    Pineapple
    Plum
    Pomegranate
    Quince
    Raspberry
    Red Currants
    Strawberry
    Tangerine
    Yellow Plum

    Make sure that all apple, orange and other seeds are removed before letting your birds eat the fresh foods. And make sure you wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly. It's always best to go organic for your parrots in order to avoid pesticides.


    Safe Vegetables:

    Artichoke
    Beans, cooked only
    Bell Peppers
    Broccoli
    Brussels sprouts
    Carrot
    Cauliflower
    Celery stalks
    Chinese Cabbage
    Corn (milky & soft)
    Cucumber
    Eggplant (fruit only)
    Endive
    Fennel
    Green Beans
    Hot Peppers
    Kale
    Lettuce
    Peas
    Potato (cooked)
    Pumpkin (and seeds)
    Radish Red Beet (fresh)
    Radicchio
    Romain Lettuce
    Spinach
    Sprouts
    Squash
    Sweet Potato
    Turnips
    Watercress
    Yams
    Zucchini

    Again, make sure vegetables are washed and preferably organic. The chemicals they feed the plants may harm you and your birds.


    Toxic or Unhealthy Foods:

    Avoid anything high is salt, sugar, and fat content.
    Alcohol
    Apple seeds
    Apricot pits
    Asparagus
    Avocado (entire plant and fruit)
    Beans - Kidney, Lima
    Beans, any dried
    Butter
    Caffeine
    Carbonated beverages
    Cherry pits
    Chocolate
    Cigarette tobacco
    Dried fruits (containing sulfides or sulphates)
    Egg Plant
    Gatorade
    Milk/cream in large quantities
    Nectarine pits
    Olives
    Onions (raw or cooked)
    Parsley
    Peach pits
    Pear pips
    Plum pits
    Raw Peanuts
    Rhubarb
    Tobacco
    Tomato (entire plant, a little fruit okay)
    Houseplants (most are toxic, not all)


    Toxic Household Items:

    ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
    AMMONIA
    ANTIFREEZE
    ANT SYRUP or PASTE
    ARSENIC
    ASBESTOS
    AUTO PRODUCTS
    BATHROOM CLEANERS
    BLEACH
    BORIC ACID
    CAMPHOPHENIQUE
    CARBON MONOXIDE
    CARPET DYE
    CARPET CLEANERS
    CARPET FRESHENERS
    CHARCOAL FLUIDS
    CHLORDANE
    CHLORINE
    CIGARETTE SMOKE
    CLINITEST TABLETS
    COPPER/BRASS CLEANER
    CORN & WART REMOVER
    DEODORANTS
    DETERGENTS
    DIAZINON
    DISINFECTANTS
    DRAIN CLEANERS
    EPOXY GLUE
    FELT TIP MARKERS
    FLEA PRODUCTS
    FLOOR POLISH
    FORMALDEHYDE
    FURNITURE POLISH
    GARDEN SPRAYS
    GASOLINE
    GUN CLEANERS
    GUNPOWDER
    HAIR DYES & SPRAYS
    HERBICIDES
    INSECTICIDES
    IODINE
    KEROSENE
    LIGHTER FLUID
    LYE
    MATCHES
    MELALEUCA OIL
    METALS (Many metals including ceiling fans are toxic)
    MODEL CEMENT
    MOTHBALLS
    MURIATIC ACID
    MUSHROOMS
    NAILPOLISH/REMOVER
    NITROGEN DIOXIDE
    OVEN CLEANER
    OVERHEATED NON-STICK
    COOKWARE
    PAINT & THINNER
    PERFUME
    PERMANENTS(HAIR)
    PESTICIDES
    PHOTO SOLUTIONS
    PINE OIL
    RX DRUGS
    RODENTICIDES
    RUBBING ALCOHOL
    SCENTED CANDLES
    SHAVING LOTION
    SHELLAC
    SHOE POLISH
    SNAIL BAIT
    SPOT REMOVERS
    SPRAY STARCH
    STRYCHNINE
    SULFURIC ACID
    SUPER GLUE
    SUNTAN LOTIONS/OILS
    SURGICAL ACRYLICS
    TEA TREE OIL
    TURPENTINE
    WAX
    WEED KILLERS
    WINDOW CLEANERS
    WOOD PRESERVATIVES

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