Can African greys eat sunflower seeds?

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With caution
Sunflower seeds · for African greys

Yes, but ration them — sunflower seeds are safe yet so fatty and addictive that parrots will eat them to the exclusion of everything else.

What it means for African greys

In moderation African greys can enjoy sunflower seeds, but it's rich, so keep it to a treat rather than a daily food. Greys can take a larger portion than small parrots.

The full picture on sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds are the potato chips of the bird world: high fat, high reward, low effort. A seed-junkie parrot eating a sunflower-heavy mix is on the road to obesity, fatty liver disease, and malnutrition — the classic diet problem in budgies, cockatiels, and conures.

See the full sunflower seeds guide or the African grey diet guide for more.

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