by Pajarita » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:00 am
I don't know where the member found this list but, please, do not use it without doing further research because there are a number of items there that should not be fed to parrots... things that are too high in oxalic acid, for example, like beet greens, collard greens, mustard greens and, most especially, parsley which should NEVER be fed to any bird. Spinach is another one that should never be fed as it is waaaay too high in iron and bad for birds livers. Now, raw plantain does have a lot of betacarotene but it also has a lot of starch when ripe...
The truth is that betacarotene (which is the precursor of Vit A as the vitamin, in its final form, should never be given to a bird) is not such a difficult thing to provide in abundance for parrots because they all love a lot of stuff that has a lot of it - things like sweet potatoes and butternut squash, for example, which they love, as well as any fruit/veggie that is yellow or orange.