Safe Foods for Aracaris

[staryberry]

There's been some talk in here recently about what foods are safe for aracaris. I thought I'd share with the group the food list that I put together for myself. My husband and I keep it as a jpeg on our phones, so we have access to it when ever we are shopping.

To make it, we combined the info from this food list that Jason Crean helped put together.
http://2candoit.us/Aracari Food Guide.pdf

I took out all the foods that were not acceptable, and also added some information from the produce "dirty dozen."



The color coding has to do with what seasons the fruit are ripe in. Blue is all year, green is spring, yellow is summer, orange is fall, and red is winter. I hope people find this to be useful!

 

[waterfaller1]

Very good, thanks!

 

[Sadieladie1994]

Limit the amount of grapes. •The have higher iron over time. •I know others feed grapes. •My vet though discourages grapes and starts seeing aracaris with problems at age 9.

 

[staryberry]

Limit the amount of grapes. •The have higher iron over time. •I know others feed grapes. •My vet though discourages grapes and starts seeing aracaris with problems at age 9.

I've been doing some research and I haven't been able to find anything about a change in iron levels in grapes over time. Since we only feed Mindo organic grapes, we are limited by the fact that they are only available a couple months a year. I'd be interested to see where that information comes from, though.

 

[waterfaller1]

Jerry Jennings who owns Emerald Bird Gardens and feeds hundreds of toucans per day, feeds produce from Mexico without issue. It is Chile that is to be avoided. He also uses grapes as part of their staple diet.

 

[Lorli]

Alcy likes sweet potato (cooked in the microwave, then chopped) more than anything. We share peaches and cherries, but I am afraid to give whole cherries - isn't the pit dangerous?

 

[waterfaller1]

Ahah..she has a name!Yes the pit of a cherry, and also apple has a cyanide compound. Good to see you posting Lorli.

 

[hedgehogswithwings]

Alcy likes sweet potato (cooked in the microwave, then chopped) more than anything

You might want to check out this link: Microwave Cooking is Killing You! kinda scary how dangerous microwaves are

 

[staryberry]

Ahah..she has a name!Yes the pit of a cherry, and also apple has a cyanide compound. Good to see you posting Lorli.

Apple seeds have cyanide compound in it. The rest of the apple is good for birds.

 

[waterfaller1]

Apple seeds have cyanide compound in it. The rest of the apple is good for birds.

You just took what I wrote out of context, or I wasn't clear. I said the pit of cherry, and also apple{pits} have a cyanide compound.

 

[staryberry]

Then we are in agreements

I have a random question for you. Pico has a way longer beak than Mindo, and it's more serrated as well. Has it grown that way over time? Mindo turns 1 next week, so he's younger than Pico.

 

[Sadieladie1994]

Beaks "mature" with age which includes the serations. •And with everything genetics have affect such as his beak not being quite as long as another.

 

[waterfaller1]

Yes, what Peggy said.