• foods to eat
• * Safe veggies include asparagus, bean sprouts, bok choy, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chard, chicory, clover, corn on the cob, cucumbers, dandelion leaves, endive, green beans, kale, parsnips, peas, radicchio, romaine lettuce, spinach, squash, sweet potatoes, sweet bell peppers, turnip, water chestnuts, watercress, and zucchini.
• foods NOT to eat
• * Avoid all alcohol, dry bean mixes, peanut shells, apple seeds, fava and navy beans, plums, avocado, fruit pits, potatoes (raw & green), butter, grapefruit, rhubarb, cabbage (all), lemons, salt, caffeine, mushrooms, sprouted lima, chocolate, onions, tomatoes, dried fruits that have been treated with sulphur dioxide, junk food, any food high in fat, salt, or sugar, processed meats, or other foods high in nitrates, sultes, or MSG.

Birds are also lactose intolerant, so milk products should be limited to small amounts of hard cheese and yogurt.

• Check the breastbone to see if you can feel it -- you'll be able to feel fat if your bird is overweight, and if it’s under weight, it'll be very pronounced.
• (note: vegetables will also cause runny stool)