“[Tom] doesn’t eat nightshades, because they’re not anti-inflammatory,” says Campbell. Always avoid feeding birds these foods from your kitchen. I now am going out there and picking them right before they are all ripe becuase if I dont them birds out there get them. “So no tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, or eggplants. Are tomatoes safe for parrots to eat? Sorry that birds are eating your tomatoes! Dont take my word on this but I can share with you that the wild birds have found my cherry tomatoe bushes outside and they have been stealing the tomatoes and eating them before I can pick them ripe. The animals sometimes chew the stems and leaves, or they may just eat through the stems, leaving a severed tomato … The first plant was a "Big Boy" and the current one is a "Better Boy." Fruit pits or seeds Now since the wild birds leave tomatoes alone, perhaps with their ability to self medicate and self nourish (see ‘The Holistic Parrot’ in issues # 134 and # 135 of Parrots magazine) they naturally recognize that members of the nightshade family should best be left alone. (Morning Call … I have at least 100 tomatoes on my remaining plant. Birds often start feasting on tomatoes just as the fruit starts ripening (as you've discovered). Voles are small mouse-like animals that do severe damage to tomato plants. Avocado. Please help me to save my crop. This so-called superfood is not so super for our wild birds. Because tomatoes are an acidic fruit, many veterinarians recommend not offering fresh tomatoes to birds, because they could potentially cause ulcers. x. Larry Nemetz, DVM, of the The Bird Clinic in Orange, California, does not recommend, at any time, feeding birds raw tomatoes (including cherry tomatoes) because of their acidity. What can I do to prevent bird damage on tomatoes? I have a bunch of birds around my garden, I saw one fly over by my cherry tomatoes next to my celebrity (lg tomatoe plant) there was bird poop on the leaves but none of the tomatoes were touched, later I found some tomatoe hornworm droppings and found a large worm, killed it and threw it over were the birds hang out and it was gone in about 5 min. During a dry spell, squirrels, chipmunks, groundhogs and birds will seek out water wherever it is available, including juicy tomatoes. Vegetables are typically healthy for birds, but avocados contain a fatty, acidic substance that can cause a wide range of health problems for wild birds, including heart damage and even sudden death. A.