aviary plants

[jusdeb]

Is kangaroo paw toxic to birds ? Thanks

[finchbreeder]

Nectar eaters in the wild love it, but beyond that no idea.
LML

[spanna]

ive got some in my aviaries that have been fairly heavily attacked by the stars to no ill effects! painteds used the old flowers as nest linings too

[jusdeb]

Thanks

[jusdeb]

PROOF neither kangaroo paw or mondo grass is toxic to birds , mine have just totally shredded both in the aviary are all alive and well

[finchbreeder]

Ahh. So the birds are bad for the plants but not the other way round.
LML

[jusdeb]

Yeah lol that should be the question ..are birds bad for kanga paw?

[E Orix]

I have always worked on the theory that if the sap is white Latex type then I will not use it.
Thistle heads only not stalks. I can't think of any grass type that is noxious.
If there is limited green feed available the birds my eat too much of the one type.
I feel that too much Johnston grass doesn't do Parrot Finches much good yet a little is great

[jusdeb]

They now have a huge branch of some sort of native pine ( forget the name ) which they are shredding instead of the plants , also have a bag of pine cones Ill put in tomorrow to give them something else to destroy.

[spanna]

sounds like the she-oak (allocasuarina i think? terrible with plant names )

finches love the seeds that fall out of the little cones from them. been trying to find some near me that i can harvest...