TOXIC ITEMS
ACORNS are Poisonus to the birds
.     Dangerous Foods, Drinks and
                     Injestables
Alcohol & alcoholic beverages
Avocado -skin, pit
Caffeine-found in all most all drinks and in most                     pain medications
Chocolate
Cigarette Smoke
Coffee
Corn -stored in humid area
Fat-foods that are high in this
Highly salted foods
Mushrooms
High Oxalic acid foods -spinach, rhubarb
Honey-non-pasturized (??????)
Onions
Raw peanuts- in shell -poorly stored-some say yes                      some say no but these are found in                        all parrot mixes
Salt-
Seeds -in quantity apple, apricot, bitter almond
Seeds -in quantity cherry, peach, pear, plum
Soft Drinks -with caffeine
Tea
Wines-this is alcholic
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               Heavy Metals
Arsenic compounds
Cadmium
Batteries
Paints
Lead
Batteries
Floor tile
Galvanized wire
Hardware cloth
Insulation--of equipment
Lead weights -toys, drapes, fishing equip
Linoleum
Mirrors -silvering in back
Paints and paint removers
Stained glass
Wires and cables -electrical
Wrapping foil -bottles, packages
Mercury
Thermometers
Levels
Zinc -
Brass
Chrome
Paints and paint removers -even if lead free
Galvanized wire -often used for aviaries
Nuts, bolts and nails
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             Toxic Compounds
Ammonia
Antifreeze
Ant Paste
Asbestos
Auto products
Bathroom cleaners
Bleach
Boric acid
Camphophenique
Carbon Monoxide
Charcoal Fluids
Corn & wart removers
Deodorants
Detergents
Diazinon
Disinfectants
Drain Cleaners
Felt tip markers
Flea Products
Floor Polish
Formaldehyde
Gasoline
Glues (epoxy, models, super)
Gun Cleaners
Hair dyes & sprays
Herbicides
Insecticides
Iodine
Kerosene
Lighter Fluid
Lye
Matches
Metal cleaners & polishes
Moth Balls
Muriatic acid
Nail polish & remover
Oven cleaner
Paint, thinners, removers
Permanents & hair dyes
Pesticides
Photography solutions
Polishes (floor, furniture, shoe)
Shaving Lotion
Shellac & varnishes
Solvents & spot removers
Spray starch
Suntan oils & lotions
Teflon fumes
Wax
Window cleaners

                    Unsafe Plants
Amaryllis - bulbs
American Yew
Apricot
Autumn Crocus/Meadow Saffron Beans - all types if                                                                   uncooked
Avocado
Azalea - leaves
Balsam Pear - seeds, outer rind of fruit
Baneberry - berries, root
Birch
Bird of Paradise - seeds
Bittersweet Nightshade
Black Locust - bark, sprouts, foliage
Bleeding Heart/Dutchman's
Bloodroot
Blue-green Algae - some forms toxic
Boxwood - leaves, stems
Breeches
Bracken Fern
Broomcorn Grass
Buckthorn - fruit, bark
Buttercup - sap, bulbs
Caladium - leaves
Calla Lily - leaves
Candelabra Tree
Cardinal Flower
Castor Bean - also castor oil, leaves
Cherry Tree - bark, twigs, leaves, pits
Chinaberry Tree
Chalice Vine/Trumpet vine
Christmas Candle - sap
Clematis/Virginia Bower
Coral Plant - seeds
Cowslip/Marsh
Crown of Thorns
Croton
Marigold Daffodil - bulbs
Daphne - berries
Datura - berries
Deadly Amanita
Death Camas
Delphinium
Deffenbachia/Dumb Cane - leaves
Eggplant - fruit okay
Elderberry
Elephants Ear/Taro - leaves, stem
English Ivy berries, leaves
English Yew
Euonymus/Spindle Tree
False Hellebore
False Henbane
Fly Agaric Mushroom - Deadly Amanita
Ficus (weeping)
Firethorn/Pyracantha
Four O'Clock
Foxglove - leaves, seeds
Glory Bean
Golden Chain/Laburnum  Hemlock - also water the plant                                                      is in
Ground Cherry
Henbane - seeds Holly - berries
Honey Locust
Honeysuckle
Horse Chestnut/Buckeye - nuts, twigs
Horsetail
Hyacinth - bulbs
Hydrangea - flower bud
Indian Licorice Bean
Indian Turnip/Jack-in-Pulpit Iris/Blue Flag - bulbs
Ivy
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Japanese Yew - needles, seeds
Jasmine
Java Bean - lima bean - uncooked
Jerusalem Cherry - berries
Jimsonweed/Thornapple
Johnson Grass
Juniper - needles, stems, berries
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Lantana - immature berries
Larkspur
Laurel Lily of the Valley - also water the plant is in
Lobelia
Locoweed 
Lords and Ladies/Cuckoopint Marijuana/Hemp - leaves
Lupines/Bluebonnet
Mandrake
Mango Tree - wood,leaves,rind-fruit safe
Moonseed
Mountain Laurel
Mayapple - fruit is safe
Mescal Beans - seeds
Mistletoe - berries
Mock Orange - fruit
Monkshood/Aconite - leaves, root
Morning Glory Narcissus - bulbs
Mushrooms - several varieties
Nectarine
Nettles
Nightshade - all varieties
Nutmeg
Oak - acorns, foliage
Oleander - leaves, branches, nectar
Peach Peanuts - raw
Pencil Tree
Periwinkle
Philodendron - leaves and stem
Pigweed
Pikeweed
Pine needles - berries 
Plum
Pointsetta - leaves, roots, immature
Poison Ivy - sap
Poison Oak - sap
Pokeweed/Inkberry - leaf,root,young berries
Potato - eyes, new shoots
Pothos
Privet
Prune
Rain Tree
Ranunculus/Buttercup
Red Maple
Rhododendron
Rhubarb - leaves
Rosary Peas/Indian Licorice - seeds
Sandbox Tree
Scarlet Runner Beans
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrop
Snowflake 
Snow on the Mountain/Ghostweed Sweet Pea - seeds,                                                                        fruit
Sorghum Grass
Sorrel
Sudan Grass
Tansy Ragwort
Tobacco - leaves
Vetch
Virginia Creeper - sap
Water Hemlock 
Western Yew 
Wisteria
Yam bean - roots, immature roots 
Yellow Jasmine
Yew (American,English,Japan) - needles, thistles
              TOXIC FUMES
Teflon. Not just on skillets, but on range drip pans, irons, ironing board covers, waffle irons, etc. When heated to over 500 degrees, teflon emits lethal fumes that will kill your 'tiel in minutes.
Candles---aromatic
Citronella oil
Cleaning liquids
Incense
Paints
Tea tree oil
Turpentine
Hairspray
Perfume
Nail polish
Nail polish remover
Nonstick Cookware and appliances coated                                 with teflon
Cigarette smoke
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This list is presented to help you and is by no means a complete list. This list should be used with caution and if/when in doubt always consult your own Veterinarian.
Remember caution is the better part of safety when it comes to your loved ones.


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