DO'S AND DONT'S FOR YOUR COMPANION
Safe and Unsafe wood for perches
Safe and Unsafe wood for perches
Safe and Unsafe wood for perches
Not all wood is good for your flying Friends. above is a list of some of the wood species that you can safely use for them.
Potentially Toxic Woods (Bad)
- ALDER (Red Alder)
- ANDROMEDA (Lily of the Valley)
- APRICOT
- ARROWHEAD VINE
- AUSTRALIAN FLAME TREE
- AUSTRALIAN UMBRELLA TREE
- AVACADO
- AZALEA
- BANEBERRY
- BEANS (castor, horse, fava, broad, glory, scarlet runner)
- BLACK LOCUST
- BOX ELDER
- BOXWOOD
- BUCKTHORN
- BRACKEN FERN
- BURDOCK
- CACAO
- CAMEL BUSH
- CANARY BIRD BUSH
- CANNABIS
- CASTOR BEAN
- CEDAR
- CHESTNUT
- CHALICE (trumpet vine)
- CHINA BERRY TREE (Texas umbrella tree)
- CHINESE POPCORN
- CHINESE SNAKE TREE
- COMMON SAGE
- CORIANDER
- DATURA
- DATURA STRAMONIUM (angel’s trumpet)
- DIEFFENBACHIA
- ELDERBERRY
- EUONYMUS
- EUPHORBIA
- FELT PLANT
- FLAME TREE
- FIRETHORN
- FLAME TREE
- FOXGLOVE
- GOLDEN CHAIN TREE
- GROUND CHERRY
- CROWN OF THORNS
- HEATHS
- HEMLOCK
- HOLLY
- HONEY LOCUST
- HORSE CHESTNUT
- HUCKLEBERRY
- HYDRANGEA
- JASMINE
- JUNIPER
- KALMIA (Mountain Laurel)
- KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
- LANTANA (Red Sage)
- LAUREL
- LEUCOTHOE
- LUPINE
- MANGO – (fruit okay: not wood or leaves)
- MEXICAN BREADFRUIT
- MOCK ORANGE
- MONSTERA
- MOUNTAIN LAUREL
- MYRTLE (broadleaf evergreen, not crape myrtle)
- NECTARINE
- NUTMEG
- MISTLETOE
- OLEANDER
- PEACH
- PENCILTREE
- PITCH PINE
- PLUM
- PRIVET
- RAIN TREE
- RED MAPLE
- RED SAGE
- REDWOOD (Sequiadendron, Metasequoia, Sequoia)
- RHODODENDRON
- RHUBARB
- SAND BOX TREE
- SKIMMIA
- SOLANUM (Jerusalem cherry or pepino)
- SOPHORA (Japanese pagoda tree)
- SUMAC
- TOBACCO
- TANSY
- TOMATO
- UMBRELLA TREE
- WALNUT (Black Walnut)
- WEEPING FIG
- WHITE CEDAR
- WITCH HAZEL
- WISTERIA
- YEW
Purportedly Safe Woods (Good)
- ACACIA (Silk Tree)
- AILANTHUS (Tree of Heaven)
- ALDER (White Alder)
- ALMOND
- ARALIA
- ASH
- ASPEN
- BALSA
- BAMBOO
- BARBERRY
- BASSWOOD
- BIRCH
- BEECH
- BOIS D’ARC (horse apple tree)
- BOTTLE BRUSH
- BUTTERFLY BUSH
- CAMELLIA
- CHOLLA (cactus)
- CITRUS
- CORK
- CORK OAK
- CORN PLANTS
- COTTONWOOD
- CRABAPPLE (avoid toxic berries)
- CRAPE MYRTLE
- DAPHNE (avoid toxic berries)
- DATE
- DOGWOOD
- DOUGLAS FIR
- DRACAENA
- DRAGONWOOD
- ELM
- ESCALLONIA
- EUCALYPTUS
- FIG
- FIR
- GINKGO
- GRAPEFRUIT
- GRAPE VINES
- GRAPE PALM
- GUAVA
- HACKBERRY
- HAWTHORN
- HIBISCUS
- HICKORY
- IRONWOOD (avoid toxic leaves)
- JADE PLANT
- JAVA WOOD
- KALANCHOE
- KUMQUAT
- LARCH
- LEMON
- LILAC
- LIME
- MADRONA / MADRONE
- MAGNOLIA
- MAPLE
- MANZANITA
- MESQUITE
- MIMOSA
- MOUNTAIN ASH
- MULBERRY (avoid leaves)
- NANDINA (Heavenly bamboo)
- NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
- NUT TREES (exclude chestnut)
- ORANGE
- OREGON GRAPE
- PALM
- PAPAYA
- PEAR
- PECAN
- PINE
- PHOTINIA
- POPLAR
- PUSSY WILLOW
- RAPHIOLEPSIS (Indian Hawthorn)
- RIBBONWOOD
- ROSE
- RUBBER PLANT
- RUSSIAN OLIVE
- SASSAFRAS
- SILK TREE
- SPIRAEA
- SPRUCE
- STAGHORN SUMAC
- STRAWBERRY TREE
- SWEET GUM
- SYCAMORE
- THURLOW
- TREE FERN
- VIBURNUM
- VINE MAPLE
- WALNUT (English Walnut)
- WEEPING WILLOW
- WIEGELA
- YUCCA
Candles and scents
Safe and Unsafe wood for perches
Safe and Unsafe wood for perches
Certain types of candles can be dangerous to the health of parrots. That’s because candles emit fumes, soot, smoke, and fragrances that can harm your parrot’s respiratory system. The parrot’s respiratory system will absorb fumes and smoke. Essential oils, lead core wicks, and synthetic fragrances are candle ingredients to avoid.