by Wolf » Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:20 am
I really can't imagine an avian vet that would recommend that you give a bird beer or any other form of alcohol or to feeding the bird from your mouth due to the type and number of bacteria in the human mouth, so I can at this point only think that there must be a misunderstanding to some degree. I can imagine that he might have said that a tiny bit would probably not hurt the bird, but not recommended. This is due to the fact that birds have been known to drink from some pretty nasty water sources and that it is possible for them to ingest some alcohol in the wild from overripe fruit and such.
I think that perhaps this is the source of the misunderstanding, but we do know that it is not recommended and that is stated in the avian medical texts, which is one of my go to sources for information. Please do some more checking about this and I am sure that this is what you will find.