Bird Safe tea?

[Aves]

Can you use human tea as long as it has good ingredients? (No caffeine!) Or can you only use avian tea?

 

[BirdWorld]

Have you tried looking for older threads on this topic? I think I remember a recent one but I’m not sure what it was called.

 

[expressmailtome]

There are some human teas that are safe birds to drink.

 

[Zara]

Infusions (that are just dried flowers/fruits) tend to be ok, but check the ingredients on the box as some add ¨flavourings¨.

Chamomile tea

Ivy is turning 4 in 2 weeks, is the first hormonal season always the longest? She’s been hormonal since winter but it was way worse then, she is much calmer now but now she’s been bowing down asking me to mate with her so I guess she sees me as her mate, I’ve tried chamomile tea before and it...

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Bird tea

Heya! I wanted to brew some cockatiel safe tea, but I noticed we are all out of camomile. We do however have store bought cinnamon teabag blend(decaf ofc). Can I give it to my buddy? He is a bit stressed and I want to give him something to calm down (if it doesn’t stop I will take him to the...

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Camomile Tea

I want to be sure what I have is safe, or make sure I get something else, but I want to dilute (50/50) some Camomile tea to replace my budgies water before my upcoming trip. I have Twinnings, and I notice it is Camomile, Honey & Vanilla. It claims to contain 100% natural ingredients, "Camomile...

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[tka]

Chamomile, mint, ginger and rooibos are caffeine-free. You must be careful that it only contains e.g. mint leaves or ginger pieces. Many herbal teas include other ingredients and sometimes unspecified "flavourings" so avoid those.

 

[Peachfaced]

I've brewed loose leaf raspberry tea for mine. Neither of them cared for it much. Rupert kept dipping his beak in, but would always shake it afterwards. Mom is drinking this, so it must be good. But it's yucky! Let me try it once more. Nope! Still yucky!