Toxic Substances
Toxic Foods
- Alcohol
- Avacado
- Caffiene
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Highly salted foods
- Mushrooms
- Raw Peanuts in shell that have been poorely stored (common cause of aspergilleousis)
- Seeds- apple, peach, apricot, bitter almond, cherry, pear, and plum
- Wine
- Tea (unless herbal, noncaffienated, and no sugar, etc added)
Other Substances Toxic to Parrots
Heavy Metals
Lead- found in: galvanized wire, batteries, old paint and some paint removers, stained glass, wrapping foil, electrical wires and cables
Mercury- found in: levels and thermometers
Zinc- found in: brass, chrome, galvinized wire, nuts, bolts, and nails
Cadmium- found in: batteries, paints
Household Toxins
Alchoholic Drinks
Ammonia
Antifreeze
Ant Syrup or Paste
Arsenic
Asbestos
Auto Products
Bathroom Cleaners
Bleach
Boric Acid
*Candles (with metal in wick)
Carbon Minoxide
Carpet Cleaners
Carpet Fresheners
Charcoal Fluids
Chlorine
Cigarette Smoke
Clinitest Tablets
Copper/Brass Cleaner
Corn & Wart Remover
Deoderants
Detergents
Diazinon
Disinfectants
Drain Cleaners
Epoxy Glue
Felt Tip Markers
Flea Products
Floor Polish
Furniture Polish
Garden Sprays
Gasoline
Gun Cleaners
Hair Dyes & Srays
Herbicides
Insecticides
Iodine
Kerosene
Lighter Fluid
Lye
Matches
Melaleuca Oil
Model Cement
Mothballs
Muratic Acid
Nail Polish & Remover
Nitrogen Dioxide
Oven Cleaner
Overheated Non-Stick Cookware (Teflon)
Paint & Thinner
Perfume
Permanents (hair, chemicals)
Pesticides
Photo Solutions
Pine Oil
Rx Drugs
Rodenticides
Rubbing Alcohol
Scented Candles
Shaving Lotion
Shellac
Sshoe Polish
Snail Bait
Spot Removers
Sray Starch
Strychnine
Sulfuric Acid
Super Glue
Suntan Lotions/Oils
Surgical Acrylics
Tea Tree Oil
Turpentine
Wax
Weed Killers
Window Cleaners
Wood Preservatives
* Candles with metal in the wick- there are many types of wicks used in candles, over 100 unique ones. The most common used are 'cored' wicks, with a compound in the middle to keep the wick standing straight and burning long. The substance used in the middle of the core is commonly zinc, tin or lead, as well as sfaer alternatives such as paper and cotton. To test if your candle is safe, cut the wick and see if you can see that the wick has an odd 'glimmer' to it. If it looks shiny, chances are its a cored wick with a metal compound. Studies have shown that candles that have a lead wick pose health threats to humans, as they can release concentrations in the air nine to 33 times higher then what is recommended by federal guidelines.