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The Benefits of fresh Eucalyptus to you and your pet
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The health benefits of the beautiful Eucalyptus
Read on as bird owners, sugar glider owners, industry experts and government officials
tell of the safety and health of the majestic Eucalyptus.
Found at our home in the forests of Northern California,
we are now making the many qualities of the Eucalyptus
available to the rest of the United States & Canada.
Benefits
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A 'Safe Plant' per ISGA
The ISGA (International Sugar Gliders Association) has designated that
Eucalyptus Globulus aka Blue Gum (the only kind we grow and sell)
is a "Safe
Plant" for sugar gliders.
Tasmanian Government Says Eucalypts are 12% of Sugar Glider's Diet
According to the Tasmanian Primary Industries and Water Department:
"Sugar gliders have a sweet tooth - their diet consists of flower nectar,
acacia gum, eucalypt sap and insects. One study of a Victorian population showed that individuals
spent about 43% of their foraging time feeding on gum, 12% on eucalypt sap and
28% on searching for invertebrates."
and that they are:
"well adapted to a diet of eucalypt leaves..."
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP)
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/eucalypt.html
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP)
The Eucalypt Page
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL7/sep97-14.html
" Added to pet shampoo it kills fleas, and soothes rashes, itches
and cuts."
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL8/dec97-5.html
" we have sugar gliders feed in a very large Eucalyptus"
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL23/sep01-9.html
"The sugar gliders are quite happy to feast"
Definitions
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eu·ca·lyp·tus (yū'kə-lĭp'təs)
n., pl. -tus·es or -ti (-tī').
Any of numerous tall trees of the genus Eucalyptus, native to Australia and having aromatic leaves that yield an oil used medicinally and wood valued as timber.
The botanical name for gum tree.
Meaning #1: wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
Meaning #2: a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
Synonyms: eucalypt, eucalyptus tree
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Español
(Spanish)
n. - eucalipto
Oils
"Eucalyptus oil contains
substances with strong antibacterial
properties. Studies in animals and test tubes also found that
eucalyptus oil acts as an expectorant (loosens phlegm in the respiratory passages),
antiseptic (prevents infection), and deodorant. Like eucalyptus oil, the leaves
of the eucalyptus plant contain substances that have expectorant, antibacterial,
and antiseptic properties, but the leaves are also believed to help reduce inflammation
and reduce fevers. In fact, one study conducted in Russia found that an alcoholic
tincture containing eucalyptus leaves helps relieve chronic ear infections. Many
researchers believe that the beneficial effect of the eucalyptus tincture may
have been due to its
anti-inflammatory properties."
Eucalyptus
leaves contain tannins (which are believed to help reduce inflammation),
flavonoids (such as quercetin which has antioxidants properties), and volatile
oils
from:
http://www.newleaf.com/common/adam/DisplayMonograph.asp?storeID=J3QSSEQX5CS92J2000AKHMCCQJA05T39&name=ConsHerbs_Eucalyptusch
From
the Library
"It
was also thought that the oils dropping from the eucalyptus leaves and
the gums secreted from the bark, disinfected the ground around the tree.
These secretions had a purifying effect just like its aroma did to the
surrounding air. "
"Abbott
Kinney gave many examples of the success eucalyptus was having in arresting
malarial fever"
"There
were numerous reports worldwide of the success the eucalyptus was having
in treating malaria."
Parrots
"I
can see that, there is a big grove of E. camaldulensis var obtusa growing
in a park in Brownsville TX and the Mexican parrots love them, it can get
pretty noisy!"
from: http://members3.boardhost.com/eucalyptus/msg/4385.html
"I always load my Parrots cage up with fresh branches and leaves I cut from my trees. My bird loves them. It also loves to eat the seed capsules."
from: http://members3.boardhost.com/eucalyptus/msg/4375.html
Just for fun -- here's Snowball, the dancing cockatoo!
http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html
Koalas
"Eucalyptus
trees provide koalas with almost all of their basic needs. The leaves from
different species of eucalyptus trees are the koala's primary source of nourishment
and the trees provide protection from natural predators lurking below." http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/CrawfordC/ecology.htm
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Eucalyptus as a healthy food supplement
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Affinity
Budgerigars and Their Affinity with Certain Eucalyptus Species.
by Peter McLaren B.A.
Many bird species in Australia and elsewhere feed on the cambium sap of various trees. In northern European and American forests woodpeckers feed on the cambium sap of a number of deciduous tree species. This, however, tends to be seasonal behavior as opposed to birds that feed on evergreens - such as the eucalypts- in which cambial activity is continuous.
In Australia galahs, sulfur-crested cockatoos and Major Mitchell Cockatoos all strip the mature bark of eucalypts to gain access to the cambium tissue and thus the cambium's phloem sap. The writer has observed some cockatoos returning regularly to wounds they have created in the cambium of eucalyptus trees to take advantage of the continually weeping sap that exudes from them for up to a fortnight before the tree heals.
Birds are not alone in this practice which is utilized by sugar gliders and various possums. These animals seldom ingest the bark they strip but, instead, remove it to inflict a wound that will continue to weep. In the budgerigar's case its small beak size relegates it to the smaller stems where it finds the cambial sap it seeks in the soft fresh bark
A natural Herb
"The Koala bears from Australia eat them, but
the humans also have used the leaves and depend on Eucalyptus more often than
they realize. Eucalyptus oil and its active ingredient eucalyptol are frequently
found in the cough drops and salves you buy over the counter to treat colds and
other infections(Mindell, 2000). The purpose of this web page is to inform readers more about this natural herb called eucalyptus, and what it helps as an alternative medicine."
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Eucalyptus for Toys and Perches
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The Most Suitable Toys
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"The most suitable toys for unsupervised birds include natural foods such as grass runners (eg, kikuyu, buffalo grass), various seed pods (eg, melaleuca, hakea, Eucalyptus, callistemon and especially banksia for larger cockatoos), liquid amber, pine cones, vegetables, apple cores, clumps or tufts of grass freshly sprayed with water and short lengths of soft wood with bark attached (especially if live beetle larvae or borers are present). Any natural plant materials provided to birds must not have been sprayed with pesticides, chemicals or fertilizers. Fresh-cut
branches from unsprayed fruit trees or vines with the bark intact are favorite
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Avian Health Care Tips
"The best perches are the natural hard woods such as manzanita, ribbon wood and eucalyptus (very hard when it dries). Other woods may or may not be safe but it is best to stick to one of the three mentioned above."
- - Barton C. Huber, D.V.M. (Dr. Bart) Basic Bird Care: Avian Health Care Tips
All about Perches
Perches play a very important role in your birds overall health.
Pet bird perches should be of different sizes and irregular. This aids in the exercising of the feet ensuring that muscle condition and coordination does not deteriorate due to lack of foot movement along the perches.
As a general rule your bird's feet should go 3/4 of the way around the perch but in nature the birds perch on tree limbs of varying sizes. It is recommended that you use two or more different diameter perches. Remember however, that allowing your bird to play on top of his cage or walk on the floor will also exercise his feet
Tough eucalyptus
wood makes the best perch your bird could ever have! Budgies love to chew
on eucalyptus branches. They provide your bird with a source of
stimulation. The chewing activity keeps the bird occupied for hours on
end and the eucalyptus oil inside the bark is a natural health tonic. Eucalyptus
branches also provide trace elements and minerals that are beneficial to
your bird’s health. In the wild, budgies are very active in the morning
and evening, but spend most of their day resting in the eucalyptus trees
and chewing the branches. Natural (unrefined) eucalyptus oil from the bark is also a germicide that stops diseases of the feet in all Australian birds.
"Eucalyptus
branches are nontoxic and are safe to use as natural wood perches."
- Gillian Willis, Vancouver, B.C.
an "expert" in matters of poisoning and toxic substances
Eucs for Sugar Gliders
"Be sure to put in several sized bird perches
and/or eucalyptus branches for lots of exercise. "
http://www.petinfo4u.com/sugar_glider.htm
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Background and History of Eucalyptus
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