Feeding Celery to budgies

drab911 · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject: Feeding Celery to budgies

hey everyone, do you guys ever give celery to your birds, i realize it probably isnt the best nutricional food but my birds havnt ever eaten veggies yet.. so I put a stick of celery in there and 2 of my birds LOVE to pull the strands down.. i figure its a good start to the rest,,, but is this safe for them?? can they choke on the strands?? I am watching them closly and it looks ok so far
thanks

Aqueous · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject:

Only one of my budgies likes celery so they don't get it that often.

I don't think it would be a choking hazard (atleast for mine) because my budgie just nibbles on the fibres and never really tries to swallow them.

drab911 · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

yeah your right... they love it... how much should you let your birds eat?? is it like seed and they will stop or should you control it.. like now I have a carrot stick in the cage.. if they ate the whole thing would it be bad?? thanks

Aqueous · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:39 pm Post subject:

My budgies now just stop when they're full but one of my budgies I had before would just keep eating anything you put in her cage. I don't think it would be bad for them because fruits and veggies are composed of a lot of water.

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

I agree with aqeous, I was about to post the same thing, but you beat me to it, IMO celery has too much water.

charmedagain · Moderator Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 2205 Location: uk

Any vegtables that contains alot of water should only be given once in awhile as this can cause diarreah and birds become dehydrated very quickly.

I give my cockatiels celery 2-3 times per week along with other fruits and veggies but leaving a couple of days inbetween.

Mike