Posted 23 December 2008
my parrot has eaten chocolate do u think he will be ok?
went to give my parrot a kiss and noticed his beak smelt of chocolate then i noticed there was a wrapper on the floor so whilst i was out of the room he must have swung across my curtains from his cage onto the xmas tree and eaten one of the coins,he seems ok but ive read its poisinous,would it be dangerous in that amount?
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Generally, the sweeter the chocolate (more sugar), the less theobromine present (milk chocolate contains about 1-2 mg of theobromine per gram, dark unsweetened chocolate may contain as much as 15-16 mg per gram). Despite this, no chocolate should be given to birds. Signs of chocolate toxicity include: hyperactivity, vomiting, diarrhea, heart arrhythmias, seizures, dark colored droppings and ...
Just read that if treatment needed, it should be within the first 2 hours - I'm sure a vet will know if a coin size is dangerous or not.
I think it should be ok, go here and find the weight of your bird ]LINK
But I was looking and those coins are around 3-5g each so if your bird is over 35g in weight (as it takes a 1/7 of the animals body weight to harm them) then you should be fine.
Does it tell you on the link above the weight of your parrot, I would be pretty sure it is a lot more than 35g....
LOL :-D
Hope your parrots ok
that is rank,no i dont slip my tounge "Into" the parrot thats just wrong,i admit i do give him a little peck on the beak though,he loves it :oops:
he seems his normal self picking keys of my keyboard etc
I am not bird expert but found this info, hope it helps:
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Is chocolate really toxic to parrots and other animals or is this just one of those rumors that gets spread around on the Internet? The following article takes a balanced look at the subject of chocolate toxicity. Written by a former vet assistant and breeder.
It is correct that very small amounts of chocolate will not kill your bird.
However, chocolate IS toxic — equally so to mammals, birds, and humans. It takes approximately 1 pound of chocolate to kill 7 pounds of dog, cat, bird, human, ferret, etc. By this ratio, the average human would have to eat about 19 or 20 pounds of chocolate to be affected!!…..but a 5 pound Yorkie is in serious trouble if it eats most of a 1-pound box of chocolate candy.
Your quaker or other small bird, however, is in danger if it eats only 1/2 - 1 oz. of chocolate, depending on its weight. However, MOST of the chocolate we eat is not pure chocolate, or cocoa, so there is some leeway. The vet I used to work for sometimes gave Buddy the Mealy Amazon an m&m, which he dearly loved, but warned me that a whole m&m was too much for one of my mini-macaws, who are close to quakers in size.
Note: At least part of choc's toxicity is due to caffeine…which most people don't realize it contains. Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, tea, coffee, etc. should also not be given to birds for the same reason.
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Hope your parrot is ok......
A customer enters a pet shop.
Mr. Praline: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.
(The owner does not respond.)
Mr. Praline: 'Ello, Miss?
Owner: What do you mean "miss"?
Mr. Praline: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!
Owner: We're closin' for lunch.
Mr. Praline: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.
Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?
Mr. Praline: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
Owner: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
Owner: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
Mr. Praline: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
Owner: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
Mr. Praline: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Parrot! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you
show...
(owner hits the cage)
Owner: There, he moved!
Mr. Praline: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
Owner: I never!!
Mr. Praline: Yes, you did!
Owner: I never, never did anything...
Mr. Praline: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!
(Takes parrot out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)
Mr. Praline: Now that's what I call a dead parrot.
Owner: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
Mr. Praline: STUNNED?!?
Owner: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.
Mr. Praline: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour
ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
Owner: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.
Mr. Praline: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
Owner: The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!
Mr. Praline: Look, I took the liberty of examining that parrot when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the
first place was that it had been NAILED there.
(pause)
Owner: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and
VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
Mr. Praline: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
Owner: No no! 'E's pining!
Mr. Praline: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e
rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the
bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
(pause)
Owner: Well, I'd better replace it, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh,
we're right out of parrots.
Mr. Praline: I see. I see, I get the picture.
Owner: I got a slug.
(pause)
Mr. Praline: Pray, does it talk?
Owner: Nnnnot really.
Mr. Praline: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?
Owner: N-no, I guess not. (gets ashamed, looks at his feet)
Mr. Praline: Well.
(pause)
Owner: (quietly) D'you.... d'you want to come back to my place?
Mr. Praline: (looks around) Yeah, all right, sure.
WTF?
has he been watching your poundwise programmes too?
Dunno about that but has there been any change
stuff.co.nz/stu…tml
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Greedy parrot suffers death by chocolate
oops sorry didnt realise it might be quite dangerous ...
"It explains that cocoa beans are rich in caffeine and
its chemical relatives, collectively called methylxanthines."
and see NOTE at bottom left of page:
"We DON'T allow our Parrots to eat chocolate
or drink tea, coffee or alcohol as it is harmful to them."
he is an african grey so weight is 380-554g
thanks i feel much better now,i can go to bed instead of just being sat here watching him sleep (as he normally does at this time) but then a niggling thought he is not sleeping he is slipping into a coma,and saying what was that noise he made then? :oops:
lol no tounges are involved
theperch.net/dis…221
Just keep an eye on him, but sure you have nothing to worry about