Hi,
Can we give human vitamin tablets to parrots, all the vitamins are listed on label of bottle, i read some where, some says ok some says not, is it safe to do so?
human vitamins
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human vitamins
by adnan » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:47 am
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Re: human vitamins
by Pajarita » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:54 am
As well as the proportions because humans are omnivorous and they have completely different nutritional needs. For example, you should never feed a bird vit A, only betacarotene-rich food. Same thing with iron...
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Re: human vitamins
by laducockatiel » Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:05 pm
Even us humans hate them so I don't think the birds are missing out on too much.....
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Re: human vitamins
by Eric&Rebecca » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:49 am
Would you take your birds medication for painkillers... nope... so the theory is the same the other way around. Doses are designed for humans and not birds.
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Re: human vitamins
by marie83 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:47 pm
Don't give any supplements without an avian vets advice because they may not be necessary and you can even overdose your bird on fat soluble vitamins. Human vitamins are certainly not appropriate and you stand a very high risk of making your bird very sick or killing it.
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