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ABOUT NATURAL TREE BRANCHES FOR PERCHES
Natural tree branches are recommended as perches for caged birds. Natural branches have uneven diameters (thicknesses) which allow your bird to choose the most comfortable width for its feet. Also some barks have nutrients in them that birds can benefit from. Not all woods are safe for parrots and caged birds. Below are listed some safe woods and some toxic woods for hand made perches. Remember that ANY wood that has been sprayed with pesticides is not safe for birds.

SAFE WOODS
* Fruit Trees (except for Cherry)
* Willow
* Maple
* Hazelnut
* Oak


UNSAFE WOODS

* Birch (especially Sweet or Black birch)
* Horsechestnut
* Pine (especially the sap)



TOXIC PLANTS
(Note: This list is NOT all inclusive)

Amarylis - American Yew - Arbor Vitae
Autumn Crocus - Azalea
Baneberry - Bird of Paradise - Black Locust
Bloodroot - Blue-green algae - Boxwood
Buckthorn - Buttercup - Calla Lily
Caladium - Castor Bean - Chalice Vine
Cherry Tree - Christmas Candle - Clematis
Cocoa - Coffee Bean - Coral Plant
Cowslip - Daffodil - Damar - Daphne
Deadly Amantia - Death Camas - Delphinium
Dieffenbachia - Eggplant (leaves/roots)
Elephants Ear - English Holly and Ivy
False Henbane - Foxglove - Golden Chain
Golden Laburnum - Hemlock - Henbane
Holly - Honey Locust - Horesechestnut
Hyacinth - Hydrangea - Indian Turnip
Japanese Yew - Java bean - Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson Weed - Juniper - Lantana
Larkspur - Laurel - Lily of the Valley
Lobelia - Locoweed - Lords and Ladies
Marijuanna - May Apple - Mescal Bean
Mistletoe - Mock Orange - Monkshood
Morning Glory - Mountain Laurel - Narcissus
Nightshades (all**) - Nutmeg - Oleander
Philodendron - Poison Ivy and Oak - Poinsetta
Pokeweed - Potato (leaves and roots)- Privier
Rhododendron - Rhubarb - Rosary Peas
Skunk Cabbage - Snowdrop - Snowflake
Snow on the Mountain - Sweet Pea - Tobacco
Tomato (leaves and roots) - Virginia Creeper
Water Hemlock - Western Yew - Wisteria
Yam Bean - Yew

** Nightshades: Include potato, tomato, petunia, tobacco, eggplant, horse nettle, european bittersweet, silverleaf nightshade, and black nightshade. Do not feed Unripe potatoe, tomatoe and eggplant to birds. However, ripe and cooked potato, tomatoe and eggplant are O.K. for birds

Plant art courtesy of
Barry's Clip Art
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