Can budgies eat this grass?

[Scorpi0]

I have some of these growing in the grass in my backyard. I have no idea if its something that my budgies can eat. Do you guys know what this is and if its safe for them to eat?

 

[Yuki Shiro]

It is a type of grass.
Well, if you tell where you live, I could ask in a forum, what grass exactly. Maybe we get nearer.

 

[Scorpi0]

It is a type of grass.
Well, if you tell where you live, I could ask in a forum, what grass exactly. Maybe we get nearer.

Im in LA, California. The grass in the picture is about one foot long.

 

[Yuki Shiro]

Someone wrote: "They can eat all types of grass" (Well, I would take that one with a grain of salt)
Someone else wrote: "They will like it!"
3rd person: "They can."

 

[Winn]

Someone wrote: "They can eat all types of grass" (Well, I would take that one with a grain of salt)
Someone else wrote: "They will like it!"
3rd person: "They can."

Johnson grass, bear grass and sedge grass are considered toxic I think. (?)
I am not sure what type of grass is pictured. Personally I wouldn't give it to birds until someone can positively identify it and it can be researched.

 

[Feathery]

Here's a list of safe and toxic grass:

Cockatiel Nutrition (Safe Grasses)

Grass identification (drop down menu top right):

Pasture plant identification

Identify the most common pasture grasses and legumes in New Zealand, including a few of our most common cereal and forage crops.

pastureinfo.massey.ac.nz

Also it's good to ensure any grass is free of herbicides, fertilizers, pesticides, fungus, bugs, etc.

 

[Winn]

There is an article about fescue here:

https://www.gettingmoreontheground.com/2014/06/16/why-i-hate-tall-fescue/#:~:text=In%20wildlife%20biology%20Fescue%20is,are%20also%20toxic%20to%20birds

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I am not sure if the grass pictured is fescue, but it looks similar to tall fescue both at the seed heads and the stem.

 

[Scorpi0]

There is an article about fescue here:

https://www.gettingmoreontheground.com/2014/06/16/why-i-hate-tall-fescue/#:~:text=In%20wildlife%20biology%20Fescue%20is,are%20also%20toxic%20to%20birds

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I am not sure if the grass pictured is fescue, but it looks similar to tall fescue both at the seed heads and the stem.

It looks like what I have is tall fescue. And that article u posted says that its toxic to almost every animal that eats it. I guess I have my answer now and I wont be givin any of it to my birds.

Thanks for the help everyone!!

 

[Yuki Shiro]

Wow, toxic? Didn't expect that one. Imagine...

 

[Scorpi0]

Wow, toxic? Didn't expect that one. Imagine...

Yeah that surprised me too.