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Looby
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:06 am    Post subject: Nutty question..

...hello all!

is there a real danger to offering nuts daily to kikes (apart from getting fat) ?

..and is there any type of variety nut i shouldn't give? :?:
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:53 am    Post subject:

Bitter almond - I would like to say that it's due to it's prussic acid but I'm not so sure that it's the case any more. Needless to say, it's still very dangerous; http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Prun_dul.html

Walnuts is - what I've heard of - a kind of stonefruit which generally is big no no when it comes to seeds (except for avocado where both flesh and seed is poisonous). However, I have no sources of walnuts being dangerous for birds, any one that knows?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:56 am    Post subject:

Thanks for your feed back...definately food for thought..i recently bought a bag of mixed nuts(a couple to which i no not of myself) but i broke them into small managable tasters for my birds to try..the girl wasn't interested much as she does with new foods, but the boy is more daring and willing to give anything ago...he quite liked the walnut very much..

i'll research alittle more to see if there is anything logged about do's and don'ts..

Thanks again!
appreciated..
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:35 am    Post subject:

You're w3c :)
It would be great if you posted the results from you research here, I'm very interested when it comes to nuts myself! My birds love nuts, tho so far I've only dared to give them hazelnuts and a very few sweet almonds (I have tasted every almond that I've served them just to make sure they aren't the bitter kind)

Now I came to think of this as well. Macadamia, well known to be poisonous to dogs http://www.critterology.com/macadamia_nut_toxicosis_in_the_dog-157.html

Acorns. Consist tannin, which is poisonous. I will continue to search for info regarding acorns, since they are poisonous - then why aren't squirrels harmed? Interesting, I will keep you guys updated ;D
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:29 pm    Post subject:

We have been giving the odd amond hazel, walnuts to our birds for yrs as treats....no thats not true...we give them the nuts to shut them up when trying to watch the news on TV. Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:34 pm    Post subject:

Ok :)
Great news then, walnuts is cheap and I'm certain that my birds would love it. Hopefully it could make them be a little more quiet now in the mornings when the sun starts to get up early Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:04 am    Post subject:

I use the ones still in the shell, thu do have to pre crack the shell abit.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:59 pm    Post subject:

Yeah that's awesome :D
I've done the same with peanuts (forgot that I occasionally serve those as well) they love to just work with'em.
Thanks, will remember to do that in the future :)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:31 am    Post subject:

I give mine walnuts, almond slivers and brazil nuts, (although I understand in Brazil they're just called "nuts").

Mostly like Steptoe he gets a nut to fill his gob when he shrieks during tv shows.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:57 am    Post subject:

.. lmao .....and the bird!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:25 pm    Post subject:

lmao
Glad to see someone else has the same sence of humour as me thumb

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:09 am    Post subject:

I have been giving my kaka pine nuts. She really enjoys them and they are given now and then as a treat. Are pine nuts ok? They don't seem to hurt her although now I am concerned about possible long term harm.
Any info would be great about pine nuts...yes or no to keep giving? Thanks.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:24 am    Post subject:

Pine nuts/seeds
The Roman armies where huge, and the logistics to suppliing a fast moving army over great distances difficult...each Roman solder carried a sack of pine seeds these are a highly concentrated food that enabled them to travel then next day defeat other armies for centuries.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:01 am    Post subject:

Excellent news then. Thanks Steptoe. I will continue to give my kaka pine nuts for treats, although, not too many, can't have her defeating me, I'm still the boss. Sometimes, I think she humours me on that one.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:37 pm    Post subject:

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Sometimes, I think she humours me on that one.

That is far more profound statement than credit is ever given for...

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