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To help you create the best possible home for your avian companion Birdbrain has come up with a list of harmful plants and harmful household items. Please note that the items on the list have been known to cause serious health problems in parrots, and also please note that the list is in no way a complete listing of any and or all possible harmful substance to avian companions and does not include possible allergic reactions to substances but only potential poisons.

Harmful plants

Amaryllis American Yew
Azalea Balsam pear
Baneberry Bird of paradise
Black locust Boxwood
Buckthorn Buttercup
Calla lily Castor bean (castor oil plant)
Caladium Cherry tree
Chalice vine Clematis
Christmas candle Cowslip
Coral plant Daphne
Daffodil Deadly amanita
Datura Delphinium
Death camas Eggplant (all parts except fruit)
Dieffenbachia English ivy
Elephant’s ear (taro) False henbane
English yew Foxglove
Fly agaric mushroom (deadly amanita) Hemlock
Golden chain Henbane
Hemlock water Horse chestnut
Holly Hydrangea
Hyacinth Iris
Indian turnip (jack-in-the-pulpit) Java bean (uncooked lima beans)
Japanese yew Jimson weed
Jerusalem cherry Lantana
Juniper Laurel
Larkspur Lobelia
Lily-of-the-valley Lords and ladies
Locoweed May apple
Marijuana Mistletoe
Mescal bean Monkshood
Mock orange Narcissus
Morning glory Oleander
Night shade Poison ivy
Philodendron Pokeweed
Poinsettia Privet
Potato (uncooked/new shoots and eyes) Rhubarb (leaves)
Rhododendron Skunk cabbage
Rosary pea Snow-on-the-mountain
Snowdrop Tobacco
Sweet pea Western yew
Virginia creeper Yam bean
Wisteria  

Household Poisons

Acetone Ammonia
Antifreeze Ant syrup or past
Arsenic Bathroom bowl cleaner
Bleach Boric acid
Camphophenique Carbon Tetrachloride
Charcoal lighter Clinitest tablets
Copper and brass cleaners Corn and wart remover
Crayons Deodorants
Detergents Disinfectants
Drain cleaners Epoxy glue
Fabric cleaners Garbage toxins
Garden spays Gasoline
Gun cleaner Gunpowder
Hair dyes Herbicides
Hexachlorophene Indelible markers
Insecticides Iodine
Kerosene Lighter fluid
Linoleum (contains lead salts) Matches
Model glue Mothballs
Muriatic acid Mushrooms
Nail polish Nail polish remover
Oven cleaners Paint
Paint remover Paint thinner
Perfume Permanent wave solutions
Pesticides Photographic solutions
Pine oil Rodenticides
Rubbing alcohol Shaving lotion
Silver polish Snail bait
Spot remover Spray starch
Strychnine Sulphuric acid
Suntan lotion Superglue
Turpentine Weed killers
Window cleaners  

The information contained on this page has been adapted from Gary A. Gallerstein's book "The Complete Bird Owners Handbook", © 1994, Published by Macmillan General Reference, a Simon& Schuster Macmillan Company.

 

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