Can parrots eat juice?

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With caution
Juice · Treats & Drinks

Not really recommended — juice is concentrated fruit sugar without the fiber, and store-bought juice often adds more sugar. A drop of fresh-pressed juice occasionally is harmless, but whole fruit is far better.

Keeper's noteOffer whole fruit instead. If you do share juice, a few drops of fresh-squeezed, no-sugar-added, diluted with water — never as a routine drink.

What to watch out for with juice

Juicing strips out the fiber that makes fruit a balanced food, leaving concentrated sugar that's easy to over-consume. Commercial juices frequently add sugar and preservatives, and citrus juices are acidic. There's no benefit juice offers over a piece of the actual fruit, which also provides foraging value.

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