Can parrots eat peaches?

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With caution
Peaches · Fruits

Yes — peach flesh is safe and delicious to parrots, but the pit contains cyanogenic compounds and must go.

Keeper's noteSoft ripe peach is a great food for converting picky eaters and for older birds. Just never leave the pit in the cage as a 'toy'.

What to watch out for with peaches

Peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots are all stone fruits: soft, safe, vitamin-rich flesh around a pit whose kernel contains amygdalin, the same cyanide-releasing compound as in apple seeds. Large parrots can and will crack pits open.

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