Vegimite?

Post by **Lauren** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:57 pm

I can't seem to find anything on vegimite and parrots. My partner gave a lil piece of vegimite on toast to Jibby. Jibby hated it and shook his head in disgust. (I wouldnt blame him!) But is it ok for them? I know he only had a tiny bit but just to be sure.

To people who don't know what vegimite is. Its an aussie spread. Its an acquired taste. Its made from yeast, salt and malt extract (barley). Also has lots of vitamins. Personally, I hate it. Ick! But alot of people love it.

Just wondering if anyone knows anything bad about giving it to parrots?

Gemstone · Post by **Gemstone** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:25 pm

perhaps look at the effects of yest on birds.

CatsChair · Post by **CatsChair** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:29 pm

ew yuch..... is that the same as Marmite? Worse yet, my mother used to eat chunks of yeast cake...... That said, I don't think it should hurt a bird any, might even be good for them (of course that was what Mom always said when she tried to get me to eat such things........)

Post by **Lauren** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:49 pm

I don't think Ive had marmite but it sounds similar. Yeast cake? Now thats a bit strange.

My partner loves the stuff. Ick! My mum used to make vegimite and cheese sandwiches for my school lunch. Gosh, it was horrid. Hehe.

I took the jar out of the cupboard to have a look at the ingredients before and Jibby thought it was the peanut butter jar! He flew to my shoulder and took a look at the jar closely, inspecting it. Then he flew back to the cage and ate pellets instead. Haha.

I don't think its hurt Jibby. But I'll still make sure. Thanx.

Post by **Lauren** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:52 pm

Just googled marmite. Its british and its very similar almost the same as vegimite. :roll:

Post by **kyria** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:48 am

If I remember rightly marmite is made from beef extract, promite from vegitable extract and and vegimite is made from yeast extract.

I would stear clear of it. The sodium content is way too high for the fids. Remember, no salt, no sugar.

TropicalAussie · Post by **TropicalAussie** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:44 pm

Hey, don't be knocking Vegemite!!!!!

There's nothing better than a fresh piece of whtie bread smothered in lots of butter and vegemite. YUM!!!!! :lol:

My mum will actually eat it by the spoonful, I can't do that though.
But the salt content would be way too high for a parrot.

Post by **kyria** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:21 pm

<< ---- is a Happy Little vegimite as bright as bright can be ! :wink:

TropicalAussie · Post by **TropicalAussie** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:37 pm

Ha ha, you gotta love that song!

Post by **Lauren** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:50 pm

Oh no dont get it in my head, Ill never get it out! :lol:

Yeh, my fids wont be happy lil vegimites. Too much salt in it. :wink:

ambros1a · Post by **ambros1a** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:20 am

we give the fids vegemitie on toast quite often whenever we have some. they just live holding it and chewin on the crunchy crusts andpickin the soft parts. they werent sure at first, but were were eating it, they HAD to have it lol, now its a favorite for toast along with (little bit) of honey or peanutbutter and sometimes jam.
we try to get a lot of preservative/sugar fee stuff, at least added sugar, and last week i found a bag of small pasta pieces, all diff colours and dinosaur shapes, organic too, so i had to pick em up lol, just been givin it to them straight from the bag, theyre lovin that too

Post by **Lauren** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:02 pm

Yep, my 2 love crunchy toast. But if I put a spread on it they will only lick it off and drop the toast. So its only ever a lil lick of peanut butter or a lil piece of plain toast as a treat.
Organic pasta thats a good idea!