List of human foods safe

The Caique Site

to feed to caiques and other parrots

Fresh & Dried Fruits

Apple^a	Apricots (dried)	Banana (dried)	Blackberries
Cherries	Crabapples	Cranberries^a	Currants
Dates	Elderberries	Figs^a	Gooseberries
Grapefruit	Grapes^a	Hawthorn fruit	Kiwi^a
Lemon	Mango	Melons	Orange^a
Papaya^a	Pears	Persimmon	Plums
Pomegranate^a	Prickly pear	Raisins	Raspberries^a
Rose hips	Strawberries^a

Vegetables (Best if fresh)

Asparagus	Beans^b	Beet	Bok Choi
Broccoli	Brussels sprouts	Cabbage	Carrots^a & tops
Cauliflower	Celery	Cooked dry beans	Corn^a
Cucumber	Dandelion leaves	Endive	Kale
Mustard greens	Okra^a	Peas	Peppers^a
Plantain	Pumpkin	Radish pods	Radishes
Rapini	Rutabagas	Soy beans^b	Spinach
Sprouts (all types)	Sweet potato	Swiss Chard	Tomatoes^c
Turnip	Watercress	Yam

Other foods

Bones^a (cooked)	Bread	Butter	Cereals
Cheese^a	Cooked fish	Cooked meats^a	Eggs (cooked)
Flowers	Ginger ale^a	Insect grubs^e	Jellies
Margarine	Nuts^a	Pasta	Peanut butter
Quinoa	Tofu	Tree twigs^d

^a Caiques are usually fond of these foods.

^bBeans and soybeans need to be cooked to render them non-toxic.

^c The stem of the tomato can cause violent reactions in some people, so it is wise to remove them.

^dTwigs may be from any of the safe trees including maple, willow and fruit trees.

^e You can feed a number of different insect grubs. These include waxworms, mealworms, and flour moth grubs. You can buy some of these at pet shops specializing in reptiles.

Home

Return to Food Manual