types of chillies
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:51 pm
hi just wondering what types are okay to feed to birds do you mean actual chillies or capsicum? also what other types of spicy or hot foods can you give them?
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:11 pm
Actual chillies - hot ones - the hotter the better... Just don't kiss the bird on its beak afterwards...
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:56 am
can give spicy food like cooked spicy meat of rice?
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:07 am
thankyou lene 
i just get confused cause americans and other countries have different words for the same things 
its all so confusing sometimes
i just get confused cause americans and other countries have different words for the same things its all so confusing sometimes Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:14 pm
they love chillies
and spicy food - Max used to love eating curries when I cooked them and Ziggy seems to too.
I figure that because they are an Indian Ringneck, they should therefore like Indian food!!
and spicy food - Max used to love eating curries when I cooked them and Ziggy seems to too.
I figure that because they are an Indian Ringneck, they should therefore like Indian food!!
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:03 pm
Just be careful with all the salt in human food.
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:56 pm
dr.roseicollis wrote:can give spicy food like cooked spicy meat of rice?
I'm sorry, I'm in America and we're ignorant of most other cultures so know nothing. I don't know what that is. :/
Buuut, parrots can't taste the hot part, only the spicy of the peppers. I hate peppers, so now I have someone to eat the ones I grow!
I love growing peppers... nothing around here eats them outside, lol.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:37 pm
hot hotter and hottest....... these birds don't have salivary glands, so the hot pepper doesn't bother them. Mine likes the little red Thai chiles, which are smokin hot. Habaneros (round green), pepperocini (italian), jalapenos (mexican), and plain old red & green peppers. All good if they will eat them. Dried chiles are fine, too. They will eat the seeds.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:36 am
My bird (birdbird is his name lol) i also have just found out he is a male cos i can see little red tipped feathers coming through round his neck whoo! 
lol not that it really bothers me wat sex he is...
anywho, Birdbird absolutely loves Frozen jalapenos!! i used to freeze them to keep them fresh (thats what a chef told me anyway) nd he just goes crazy for em, i did make the mistake of his beak rubbing on my face afterwards but! ow! it was hot haha. also i was told that chillis are a great natural wormer!! not sure if its tru but i guess it cant hurt 
lol) i also have just found out he is a male cos i can see little red tipped feathers coming through round his neck whoo! lol not that it really bothers me wat sex he is...
anywho, Birdbird absolutely loves Frozen jalapenos!! i used to freeze them to keep them fresh (thats what a chef told me anyway) nd he just goes crazy for em, i did make the mistake of his beak rubbing on my face afterwards but! ow!
it was hot haha. also i was told that chillis are a great natural wormer!! not sure if its tru but i guess it cant hurt Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:37 am
you should try giving your birds sour things aswell, like lemons and bitter apples and grapefruit etc. i know my fid loves them. tucks in to a half lemon and demolishes it in 10 minutes
Re: types of chillies
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:07 pm
alana8819 wrote:hi just wondering what types are okay to feed to birds do you mean actual chillies or capsicum? also what other types of spicy or hot foods can you give them?
I feed my birds both capsicum & chillies when I grow them. I noticed they go crazy for both!
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:14 am
i just tried chillis for kieron & riku but they will only eat them if they are cut up a little like all their other food 
how spoiled are two?
how spoiled are two? Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:36 am
What I find odd, is Jibby will turn his nose (beak) up at some foods, but others he licks like crazy. I know they dont have the sense of taste, but what makes them like/dislike a food? 
Today Jibby was very much enjoying some of my curried rice, but normally hates anything spicy? Weird!
*edit* I just checked my 'bird owners manual' and they do have taste buds, in the roof of the mouth... down the back of the beak. They just arent as good as our sense of taste.
Today Jibby was very much enjoying some of my curried rice, but normally hates anything spicy? Weird!
*edit* I just checked my 'bird owners manual' and they do have taste buds, in the roof of the mouth... down the back of the beak. They just arent as good as our sense of taste.