Even budgies with a complicated taste concerning food often are mad about fresh vegetables. There are many sorts of vegetable which are tasty and healthy but it is important to have a closer look to how they have been grown. Some vegetable is contamined with remnants of pesticides. In case a budgie eats such vegetable it can be dangerous (poisoning). Therefore it is better to buy organic vegetables or grow them in a garden.
| Healthy sorts of vegetables: | |||
| Aubergine (Egg plant) | Broccoli | Brussels sprouts (sliced) | Cabbage turnip |
| Carrot | Cauliflower | Celery stalks | Chard (Mangold) |
| Chicory | Chinese Cabbage | Corn (milky & soft) | Cucumber |
| Curly kale | Egg plant (Aubergine) | Endive | Fennel |
| Garlic | Green peas (in their shells) | Iceberg lettuce | Jerusalem artichoke |
| Kohlrabi | Lamb's lettuce | Leek | Lettuce (different sorts) |
| Onion | Pak Choi | Parsnip | Peppers |
| Potato (cooked) | Pumpkin | Purslane (Portulaca) | Radish |
| Red beet (fresh) | Rocket (Roquette) | Rutabaga | Salsify (whole plant) |
| Snow Pea | Sorrel | Spinach | Spring Onion |
| Sweet potato (cooked) | Tomato | Turnip tops (Turnip greens) | Zucchini |
Please do never offer the following stuff to your budgies:
Avocado (too fatty and toxic for birds near kernel)
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