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cloud1982
09-25-2006, 07:07 AM
has anyone here used Eucalyptus with there budgies ive read they go mad for the stuff?
redgirl
09-25-2006, 07:15 AM
No, but I need some myself coming down with a really nasty cold lol
cloud1982
09-25-2006, 09:03 AM
lol
im thinking of getting a small tree and maybe keeping it in the house as a perch for birdie.
ive read that budgies evolved with it down under and to this day still go mad for it, no matter what country they live in.
hope its true
BUUZBEE
09-25-2006, 10:22 PM
i have a tree in the garden, and cut off pieces once a week. they LOVE it
i add some to the bird bath, and they bath in it, and then i also clip some on the side of the aviary, they realy enjoy the very tip of the leaf, i assume it has the most oil since that where they go for first, then proceed to preen!
buddy
09-25-2006, 10:44 PM
THEY LOVE GUM TREE LEAVES! And Gum Tree Leaves contain eucalyptus oil! There's heaps of 'em in Australia but most are too high to get the leaves ou either have to wait for them too drop or find a small tree. My neighbors have a really small one so it's really handy!
BUUZBEE
09-26-2006, 03:24 PM
i know the feeling, i either have to climb the wall or get on the roof!
cloud1982
09-26-2006, 03:36 PM
can it be anytype of Eucalyptus? just wandering if any are toxic
bo5ton
09-27-2006, 05:51 AM
I got a couple of leaves from the tree in the backyard but he didn't seem to take to it. I think because it hasn't seen it before. I wish i could just say in budgie 'just take one bite i'm sure you'll love it'!
1scifi1
09-27-2006, 10:14 AM
What store would have them?
BUUZBEE
09-28-2006, 01:12 PM
I got a couple of leaves from the tree in the backyard but he didn't seem to take to it. I think because it hasn't seen it before. I wish i could just say in budgie 'just take one bite i'm sure you'll love it'!

is sent some to cherokee earlier this summer, it took them quite a while to try it!
i'd say over a week!
BUUZBEE
09-28-2006, 01:13 PM
What store would have them?

check your local nursery, they might be able to order them.
i'm not sure how tollerant of cold they are though. we dont go under 30d f. here
BUUZBEE
09-28-2006, 01:14 PM
can it be anytype of Eucalyptus? just wandering if any are toxic


no, none that i know of are toxic. they grow freely in australia, and the budgie fly free there, lol
i've also never seen any variety on a toxic list
cloud1982
09-28-2006, 03:58 PM
thanks buuzbee
BUUZBEE
09-28-2006, 04:59 PM
your welcome, hope it helps!
bo5ton
09-30-2006, 10:41 AM
Pulling leaves off the tree in my backyard they're often sticky. I'm assuming this would just be sap or something??