Yes, parrots can eat walnut. It is actually a nut. Parrots love to eat walnuts. You should kept an eye on parrots when your feathery friend eat walnuts. As you know that excess of any food is bad for parrots. Walnuts are full of many nutrients that promotes longevity to parrots life. You can serve walnuts with other nuts as well.
Walnuts are consumed all across the world. It is an edible seed. It belongs to Genus: Juglans. It has a delicious and attractive taste. It is mostly ripped in northern areas of world.
In this article, I will tell: How often can parrots eat walnuts? Merits of eating walnuts for parrot species. Different kinds of walnuts that you can serve to parrots and some friendly asked questions. For further details, stay with me.
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How Often Can Parrots Eat Walnuts?
This is an important question. This answer is quite difficult. It is golden rule for serving any food to parrot is that the quantity of food that you serve to parrots, depends on parrots weight, size and age. You can serve two walnuts on daily basis to parrots. Parrots enjoy eating walnuts daily.
Walnuts as an Occasional Treat for Parrots
You can serve more walnuts to those parrot species that are wild and do many activities as compared to other parrot species. To keep your parrot active and smart, a small amount of walnut is good and enough. You can serve walnuts not on the daily basis to parrots.
Kinds of Walnuts
Walnuts are produced all across the world. It is one of the favorite nut of parrots. Walnuts are found in multiple kinds all across the world. These kinds are given below:
English or Persian Walnuts
English walnuts are native to United States of America. It is suitable for parrots to eat English walnuts. It is the most popular and favorite walnut among parrot species. It’s a thin shell and husk is quite ivory. The have good taste, mainly a sweet taste. Parrots like to eat roasted English or Persian walnuts.
White Walnuts
White walnuts are native to Canada. Its has a very attractive green husk and light colored shell. It has sharp edges. Parrots love to eat white walnuts. Its taste is sweet and buttery. It has great aroma that attracts parrots.
Black or Butternut Walnuts
Black walnuts are also healthy, tasty and attractive for parrots. But parrots preference is always black nuts. Black nuts usually have dark shell. Like white walnuts, it also has sharp edges. Parrots love the taste of black nuts. Its aroma is very attractive for parrots.
Merits of Eating Walnuts
Walnuts are healthy meal for parrots. It is full of many nutrients and essential elements like folate, manganese, phosphorus etc that all are necessary and important for parrots body. It is good for parrots to have antioxidants in their diet.
As a parrot owner and care taker, I will tell you some great benefits of eating walnuts fro parrots. These merits for parrots are as follows:
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is important for parrots body. Vitamin E named as Gamma-Techaphorol is found in abundance is walnuts. It is responsible for protection of diseases in parrots. It is also good for proper heart functioning and protects from cholesterol.
Manganese
Manganese is another important mineral for parrot species. The main function of manganese is to metabolize proteins and proteins. Manganese play an important role in maintaining and balancing cholesterol level. Manganese promotes healthy bones in parrots.
Copper
Copper is necessary for cardiovascular functions. It regulates the movement of blood in blood vessels and protects blood vessel from damage and viruses. Copper acts as an anti inflammatory agent that protects parrots from multiple infections and fight against diseases.
Nutrient Intake
- 6 g of Carbohydrates
- 78 mg of Magnesium
- 0.299 mg of Sodium
- 73 mg of Manganese
- 67 mg of Calcium
- 1.1 g of Sugar
- 6 g of proteins
- 3.5 g of Fiber
Demerits of Eating Walnuts
Walnut is a healthy nut for parrots. But it has few demerits, if you feed in excess to parrots. As a parrot owner, I will tell you some demerits of overeating of walnuts for parrots. These demerits are as follows:
Rich in Fats
The first demerit of nuts is the presence of high amount of fats is parrots. Nuts are also rich in calories intake. Walnuts affects pet parrots badly, because they inactive and don’t need extra energy for doing various activities like flying.
Aspergillosis
One of the main demerit of nuts is that it has Aspergillus that comes from mold. Due to presence of Aspergillus, a fungal infection named as Aspergillosis occurs in parrots that causes many life risks such as:
- Chest infections
- Difficulty in breathing
- Fever
- Chest pain
- Short life span
Allergic Reactions
After eating walnuts, many time allergic reactions appear in parrots. Allergic reaction are bad for parrots. These reaction are as follows:
- Sneezing
- Eye swelling
- Itching
- Watery eyes
If any of these reactions appears, immediately consult your parrots’ veterinarian.
Can Parrots Eat Nuts?
Yes, parrots can eat nuts. It is good for them. It is part of parrots natural diet. Parrots are mainly native to southern hemisphere consisting ares from Central America to Australia. Nuts are full of fats, proteins, copper, fiber, zinc, antioxidants, magnesium etc. As a parrot owner for 8 years, I will tell you the names of nuts that you can easily serve to parrots.
- Almond
- Hazelnut
- Brazil nut
- Pistachio
- Chestnut
- Pine nut
- Cashew
Nuts contain billions of energy that is required by parrots while flying. Crashing nuts shells strengthen parrots beaks. Parrots enjoy the sound of nut cracking.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Can Parrots Eat Roasted Walnut?
Yes, parrots can eat roasted walnuts. Parrots like walnuts more than any other nut. The reason is that after roasting, walnuts become more crispy than any other nuts. The only thing to avoid is oil usage while roasting. It cause too much trouble for parrots. It increase amount of unsaturated fats in parrots body that is bad fro them.
Can Parrots Eat Walnuts in Shell?
Yes, parrot can eat walnuts in shells, especially Electus parrots. It is fum activity for parrots to first crack the nuts and then eat nut. If your parrot has pointy beak, the it will be bit difficult for parrot to eat walnuts in shell. You can serve shells separately as well. So, it is better to serve a small amount of nuts in shell to parrots to prevent your cutie pie from any damage.
Can Parrots Drink Walnut Oil?
Yes, parrots can drink walnut oil. It is good for parrots to consume walnut oil. While serving walnut oil, make sure that you serve only in moderation because walnut oil is full of fats and as you know that fats are bad for parrots and cause obesity in parrots. As a parrot owner, you will serve walnut oils, only two times in a week.
Final Verdict
It is okay for parrots to eat walnuts. Walnuts are healthy diet for parrots. But as a parrot owner, you should keep moderation in mind while serving it to parrots. It is better to serve mix walnuts with other food and then serve it to parrot species. You can serve roasted walnuts as well to parrot species. Walnuts have many essential nutrients that supports longevity to parrots life.
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I’m Amna, and I absolutely adore birds, especially parrots. I’ve been immersed in the world of these colorful feathered friends for over 10 years. While I’m not a bird doctor, I’ve gathered a wealth of knowledge on how to care for and understand them.
My experiences extend to various bird species like parrots, macaws, cockatoos, canaries, and finches. In addition to my personal adventures with birds, I’ve dedicated time to volunteering at a local bird rehabilitation center.
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