cinnamon sticks

[lotus15]

From Karen's post above:

The Cinnamon sticks you find in most Parrot food blends is Cassia. You don’t want to offer Cassia because it has a significant amount of the blood-thinning phytochemical Coumarin (Germany has banned its importation).

 

[Billie Faye]

I have been using Cinn. powder in my birds food for YEARS!!!!!...I have never had a problem with my birds "bleeding out"....I buy the Cinn. in 1 # containers at the food stores...
Very seldom have I given them the sticks themselves.....
It is up to the individual to decide what they want to feed....you need to look at all the information....

 

[tammie]

I offer cinnamon sticks occasionally. Last week I offered them to my 2 ekkies. They looked at them for a day, then used them as food toys for a few days, finally carried them around in their mouths and broke off a few small pieces. Then ended up dumping it in their water dish! They enjoyed it for almost a week before I trashed it, never did really eat it though!

 

[daydreams356]

They made his cage and breath smell so beautiful and fresh after he was done with his toy This will be reserved as a special treat, but boy did he love it! This was halfway through his demolishment. I wish I had a pretty before photo and a totally disintegrated photo but this will do He had already broken off several layers over this and was down to the nitty gritty. I had pulled most of the middle out to make room for the Lafeber Nutri-Forage.

 

[tonyasb]

Just thought I would let everyone know you CAN buy the good stuff (Ceylon) for not so very much if you get Fiesta products where you live. I went grocery shopping today and thought the local organic market would have them but nope. All they had the was Cassia. They lots and lots of it in a couple different places but none of the Ceylon. So when I went to Kroger later I thought I'd check but not really expecting to find it. In the Mexican spices (Fiesta label) they had them 2.99 for a 1 oz bag (which works out to 8 sticks in my bag). woohoo!

 

[Karen]

In the Mexican spices (Fiesta label) they had them 2.99 for a 1 oz bag (which works out to 8 sticks in my bag). woohoo!

Good find