Well, one text says that even small quantities will harm it, but I suppose it depends on the size of the bird. Maybe that's what the 'one bite' above is talking about.
I asked her if 40 mg/kg would kill a macaw and she said 'probably, a block of Baker's chocolate would do it.' So maybe 20 M&Ms for macaw (that doesn't seem like a lot to me) They would have central nervous system and cardiovascular stimulation, so tachycardia and hyperactivity and vomiting and diarrhea. It would all be out of the bird's system within 30 hours, but they would give it active charcoal as treatment to get it out if they knew that's it was. I think they would definitely feel the effects of it quickly so if they ate, say, a quarter to a half of a chocolate bar quickly, maybe dark chocolate? then it could hit harder and faster--boom.
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I asked her if 40 mg/kg would kill a macaw and she said 'probably, a block of Baker's chocolate would do it.' So maybe 20 M&Ms for macaw (that doesn't seem like a lot to me) They would have central nervous system and cardiovascular stimulation, so tachycardia and hyperactivity and vomiting and diarrhea. It would all be out of the bird's system within 30 hours, but they would give it active charcoal as treatment to get it out if they knew that's it was. I think they would definitely feel the effects of it quickly so if they ate, say, a quarter to a half of a chocolate bar quickly, maybe dark chocolate? then it could hit harder and faster--boom.