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From: hubler@galaxy.lerc.nasa.gov (Dale Hubler)
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Subject: Re: INDOOR chewing popsicle sticks OK?
Message-ID: <1991May23.111341.14971@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 23 May 91 11:13:41 GMT
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In article <590@sherpa.UUCP> rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) writes:
>Are wooden popsicle sticks safe for birds?  My amazon really enjoys
>chewing them and I've always figured they must be OK since humans
>are expected to suck or chew on them.  Is this true?  Does anyone know
>what, if any, chemicals are used to treat the sticks?
>Roger Cornelius          rac@sherpa.UUCP         uunet!sherpa!rac

I have given my amazons popsicle sticks but I always wash them well
to remove gram negative bacteria common in our mouths.  I've found
a better choice to be small pieces of moulding.  You can go to the 
lumberyard, choose hard or soft wood of various shapes, and then cut
4" or so pieces off for the bird to chew.  They last longer and I
think the bird enjoys the assorted shapes too.

Dale Hubler

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