for parrots more then humans?? im asking for a friend on another site
surely it's a cherry laurel Prunus laurocerasus? poisonous, the leaves at least
thank you
i've seen blackbirds eating it, not sure if its safe for parrots ???.
Im only guessing here, but Blackbirds swallow berries whole. Parrots bite off bits before swallowing. Its normally the seeds inside the berry that are poisonous, if a parrots' sharp beak breaks the seed coat then there may be a problem of poisoning.
Like I said though Im only presuming to know the answer, I personally wouldn't feed them to my parrot though (That I haven't got :-\)
Quote from: star on October 22, 2008, 22:41:18
Like I said though Im only presuming to know the answer, I personally wouldn't feed them to my parrot though (That I haven't got :-\)
It that the outtake of the old Monty Python Sketch, Star? ;D ;D ;D
G x
Not an outtake G, I wrote the Pythons sketches........still waiting for me paypakit
teehee ::) ;D
http://www.tgpa.com/Plants.html
Scroll down to Laurel Family hope it helps
that's a serious point about the seeds being poisonous if they're cracked open, with cyanide and suchlike. Here's a similar thing from Ray Mear's Wild Food (with help)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdrfd81PeeM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdrfd81PeeM)
Apricots for instance!