Leigh you'll probably have to get it from a health food store. Bragg's brand with the Mother in it, it looks like this:

http://www.parrotchatter.com/reviews...5&limit=recent

Karen, cant it be any apple cider vinegar? Is their something about this brand thats better than the rest?

Josh as far as I know it can be any brand as long as it has the Mother in it. I use Bragg's because it's organic and my health food store carries it.

Bragg Live Foods Apple Cider Vinegar

Thanks for the info. Soon as I have some down time it will provide for some good reading.

Thanks for all the info - I also read the other thread to the end.

IMO detoxing is good for people & pets [people aren't special biologically]. My Naturopath insisted on a detox - it wasn't fun but i really benefited. It was one of the things he did to help my Thyroid. Of course my Endocrinologist also said it wouldn't hurt & couldn't see it helping. I am her only 'cured/remission' patient she's had in over 30 years - but that doesn't seem to interest her either.

The apple cider vinegar needs to be the organic, non-pausterized kind and it helps with fungal infections most of all but it also helps with bacterial and viral ones. It is not really necessary if your birds are healthy and you keep them in a clean birdroom and don't keep your seeds and nuts longer than three months but because we really do not know how old our seeds and pellets mixes are, it is also good as a preventive. As to the dosage, it varies according to different sources, some recommend 1/4 cup to a gallon given for a week every three months but I use two tablespoons added to a gallon once a week (the same day that I do the vitamins and the calcium because the fruity taste of the vitamins and the sweet taste of the calcium kind of disguise the taste of the vinegar). Caution: never give apple cider vinegar to a bird that has diarrhea, it would irritate even more the lining of the intestines.

The aloe vera detox is actually Naturade Aloe Vera Detoxifying Formula, it is an organic compound based on Aloe Vera which also has medicinal herbs added to it. It cleanses both the kidney and the liver (two very weak points in birds) by helping them to eliminate toxins (that is what these two organs do as the filters of the body) and tonic them so they can function more efficiently (I was able to bring down high uric acid levels on one of my rescued birds through just diet and Aloe Vera Detox instead of medication). Because the diet we give our birds is actually way too high in protein, both liver and kidneys suffer from it so adding it to their water once a week or so, helps keep them healthy (I use 1/3 aloe vera detox, 2/3 water -it has a very mild, pleasant taste and the birds don't mind it at all).

Both the vinegar and the detox need to be refrigerated after opening.

Yikes- I did not know this. Guess I'll be buying a new bottle of ACV.

Thank you Bea. I didn't know this.

Q: When you put in their water do you put it in all the watering dishes & how long do you leave it out?
As it has to be refrigerated i'd think it is a one day thing.

alright! our whole foods had both the braggs and the aloe detox, so i got both of those. also, non dairy cheese so i can make some mac and cheese for me and ivy this weekend. i found out that she loves pasta and eggs