Safe Trees
(Recommended Branches)
Tree branches make the best perches. This is a list of safe trees to make perches or chew toys for your birds
Apple
Ash
Almond
Appricot
Peach
Plum
Prune
Nectarine
any citrus
Dogwood
Elm
Guava
Papaya
Pear
Madrona
Magnolia
Thurlow
Vine maple
Nut (except horse chestnut and oak)
Goat willow
Pussy willow
Weeping willow
Warning
Before installing them in any cage scrub all branches
with a non toxic disinfectant (such as a diluted
chlorine bleach) then rinse and dry overnight
Safe Plants:
Acacia
African violet
Aloe
Areca palm
Asparagus fern
Baby's Tears
Bamboo
Begonia
Birds nest fern
Boston fern
Bougainvillea
Chickweed
Christmas cactus
Cissus (kangaroo vine)
Coffee
Coleus
Corn plant
Crabapple
Creeping fig
Dandelion
Date palm
Dogwood
Donkey tail
Dracaena varieties
Fan palm
Fiddle leaf fig
Gardenia
Grape ivy
Howeia palm
Hen and chickens
Jade Plant
Kalanchoe
Kentia palm
Lady palm
Laurel leaf fig
Magnolia
Maidenhair fern
Marigolds
Monkey plant
Mother-in-law's tongue
Nasturtium
Natal plum
Norfolk Island pine
Parlour palm
Phoenix palm
Pepperomia
Petunia
Pittosporum
Pothos
Prayer plant
Purple passion (velvet nettle)
Rubber fig
Sago palm
Schefflera (umbrella)
Sensitive plant
Spider plant
Swedish ivy
Thistle
Wandering Jew
Weeping fig
Wisteria Vines
White clover
Zebra plant
Last Updated: 4/20/01
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