types of chillies

alana8819 · Post by **alana8819** » 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?

Lene · Post by **Lene** » 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... :lol:

dr.roseicollis · Post by **dr.roseicollis** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:56 am

can give spicy food like cooked spicy meat of rice?

alana8819 · Post by **alana8819** » 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 :shock:

its all so confusing sometimes :lol:

skibum · Post by **skibum** » 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!!

Lene · Post by **Lene** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:03 pm

Just be careful with all the salt in human food.

Melika · Post by **Melika** » 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.

LAAnnie · Post by **LAAnnie** » 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.

Miss_kaos · Post by **Miss_kaos** » 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! :lol:

it was hot :shock:

haha. also i was told that chillis are a great natural wormer!! not sure if its tru but i guess it cant hurt

ryelle · Post by **ryelle** » 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

pinkdevil · Post by **pinkdevil** » 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!

bec · Post by **bec** » 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 :roll:

how spoiled are two? :lol:

Post by **Lauren** » 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. :wink:

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