Can parrots eat currants?

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Yes — fresh black, red, and white currants are safe and packed with vitamin C and antioxidants. (Note: 'dried currants' are tiny raisins — treat those as raisins.)

Keeper's noteFresh currants are a genuinely healthy berry. The strings of berries make natural foraging. For dried 'currants', see the raisins entry (sugar caution).

Why currants is good for parrots

Fresh currants are non-toxic, low in sugar for a berry, and exceptionally high in vitamin C and antioxidants — blackcurrants especially. They're a healthy small berry for foraging. One naming note: the 'dried currants' sold for baking are actually dried small grapes (raisins), so apply the raisin rules to those.

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