Can budgies have dairy products?

[dotndani]

I read somewhere that they are lactose intolerant.If that is the case what symptoms would the bird show?
Birdie used to drink some milk and loves yogurt,but since I read about lactose intolerance I stopped giving it.Did I do wrong by giving it to him??
THanks!

[JBird]

Your not the only one I know that has given there bird dariy. I think it can hurt them in larg amounts but I think a little won't kill them, but it is best to stop.

[dotndani]

thanks Jbird you made me feel a little at ease!

[redgirl]

I know they can have a little bit of milk, and boiled eggs, obviously in very minute amounts

[Animallover]

what about lactose free milk?

[Rosie]

Yeh, a little bit is ok, but not much. Minty likes the occasional bit of cheese :)

[pal0m1n0]

I know they can have a little bit of milk, and boiled eggs, obviously in very minute amounts


What is the problem with boiled egg? I give it to mine frequently.

[redgirl]

Nothings wrong with it sweetie, I think you have read my message wrong,my Skyla loves it xxx

[Bea]

Budgies are technically lactose intolerant from what i've head but a tiny bit wont hurt too much. My boys like a nibble of my cheese occasionally. :D

[voodoogoddess]

My Cherry attacks me if I eat a bagel with cream cheese. It drives her crazy. She shoves her face in it and gets it all over her beak and she flicks our her little tongue. We don't let her have very much though.

[avril]

Birds Cannot Digest Milk

If you think about it, this makes sense. Mammals are nourished during infancy with their mother's milk. Birds would never be in a situation in the wild where they would drink milk. For this reason, birds do not possess the digestive enzymes necessary to process milk. Parent birds regurgitate food to their babies in the nest. Although you might have heard about birds feeding their babies crop milk, this is actually sloughed cells from the crop and secretions, and not a milk product at all.

Milk sugar is called lactose. Mammals have a digestive enzyme, lactase, to digest milk sugar. Birds simply lack lactase and cannot digest milk products containing lactose. Birds will develop diarrhea when lactose in the diet reaches between 10 and 30 percent. Products that contain a significant amount of lactose are dried skim milk and dried whey. Humans may also suffer from an inability to digest lactose, and this is called lactose intolerance.

Some milk products contain little or no lactose, and these may be safely fed to birds. And actually, these products (cheese and yogurt) are a good source of calcium for birds. Some owners have asked me if they can feed birds items containing lactose if they also give them one of those products for humans (such as Lactaid) to aid in the digestion of milk sugar. Unfortunately, that is also dangerous, as one of the by-products of lactose digestion is galactose, which is also toxic to birds. So these products must never be used in birds.

[alicia]

omg they can have eggs they were once an egg haha! what about the grees

[BirdieBabi]

Like everyone is sayign, budgies can have some dairy once in awhile. 5 of my cousins are lactose intolerant and they still have ice cream every now and then.

[alicia]

can birds eat baken and eggs in the morning With me ?

[BirdieBabi]

umm. not beacon. If you have hard boiled eggs they can

(if this was a joke, i couldn't tell!)

[alicia]

no it's not
over easy eggs 2?

[BirdieBabi]

I don't know. probably if there is no seasoning or pepper on it :S

[alicia]

can they die from it like say im eating eggs in my room could i sit them on my plate and share it the pet store lady said i could give them pasta withsaus is this true or will it get sick or die

[BUUZBEE]

yes you can share your food with your birds, just dont give anything that is too fatty or sweet. they will really enjoy the pasta.

as for the over easy eggs, only if the yolk is cooked all the way thru

i havent spoiled any of my budgies, or other birds. i have learned my lesson with my conures. they scream everytime you eat, they want some too! the funniest thing is to see coco with a rib bone! he's one happy bird!

[alicia]

you can feed them meaat i grandpa had sapecial ribs with garlic and parclie in it i dont knoiw all ingreedienc they well it has oil in it to is it ok for them can they have bbq ribs can they eat chicken and can they eat ice cream name some stuff what they can eat my birds are still afraid of me i have had them, about 2 munths now :( (sigh) they run from anything i give them i read to them every night and play with thema lots of the day and play horse with them i let them ride my back and ill walk all around the livving room computer room and kitchen with them on my back repeated ly there getting used to the rooms but run from me still well frankie i have had a few weeks less then mardie and he gives me more kisses and dosent like to leave his cage oh and im soooo sad i want them to take a bath they just wont i dont know why i fill the bath tub up to there feet you know just enoughf that they can almost swim but they go to the shallow side and huddel and shake i hate it when i put them on the toilet lid well im running there bath they just shake and are scaed you can tell there thinking no no not the bath and they have a built in bath in there cage they use to drink from :( and never use it

[vicks080]

I only give my budgie lettuce...

[redgirl]

I hope this is ok for my budgies but they like cucumber, I only gave them it a few times because my sister cant have it as she is allergic to it so was thinking maybe it isn't too good for budgies either. xxx

[BUUZBEE]

yup, cucumber is fine. not mutch nutritional value as its mostly water, but its fine for them.

my conures love it but the budgies wont go near it!

[redgirl]

Thanks Anna xxx

[BUUZBEE]

anytime m'dear