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Can green cheeks eat nut shells?
I'm watching my boyfriend's green cheek conure for the week and I'm trying to keep him occupied so he won't be consumed by separation anxiety. Someone on this forum advised me to crack open a walnut and give it to him to tear into and eat. He wasn't interested in the walnut, but he seemed very interested in some brazil nuts I was cracking open and eating. I gave him small pieces, but he kept wanting to steal shells from the bowl I was using. Finally I gave him a bit of brazil nut shell that still had some of the nut stuck to it. He greatly enjoyed that and went back to the bowl for an almond shell that he ate a bit of.
Is this a safe and healthy thing for him to do? It's really the first activity he's seemed truly interested in. We have walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, and hazlenuts. Are these, including their shells, safe for him to consume?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
They should not eat the shells. The shells can cause blockages -it's similar to them eating wood.
Nut only - birds can be allowed to crack their shells, but if they want to eat the shell they cannot be allowed to have it.
Try shelling the nuts and twisting them up in peices of paper for the bird to "shell" and eat. He might enjoy it. I know I do this with all sorts of things for my birds and they love it.
- CrazybirdLv 61 decade ago
I have never heard of a bird eating the shell of a nut, but it isn't healthy for them. Could you possibly have been mistaken that he was playing with the shell or eating the last bit of nut out of it? If he really is eating it, don't give him any more shells. Instead, wrap the nut in dark lettuce, so he can eat the covering and it won't be dangerous. Birds like other foods too, try offering him something (healthy) off your plate, like pasta or beans. And I might suggest you call his owner, and ask him what the bird enjoys eating, playing with, doing. Not all birds are the same, and he might enjoy activities you never thought of.
