What is this in the cockatiel food ?

[Sophia]

Hi Everyone,

We have recently bought a new cockatiel seed, which has, dried banana in, and a few pellets,and different types of seed so it is a wide variety!

But this morning I was changing the food, and there was this in it :

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z286/sophiayears/P1000528.jpg

It is something dried, I thought it was a tomato, because I saw a seed in it(you can see it in the picture on the side sticking out, It is yellow), Earl had a nibble at it, and quite liked it ! It is in his food bowl now!

What do you think it is ???

Thanks Sophia x

[**TielHeart**]

Hmm. I think it looks like a dried tomato to me too!

[Aly]

Maybe a dried tomato or a dried short chilli pepper? Check the ingridients and see which one of the two (if not both) are listed. Either way, sounds like good food!

[Sophia]

I can't look on the packet, I always put the food in to a container, and throw the bag away! My mum just emptied the food in the tub, then threw the packet away!

Do chilli's have seeds ?

Thanks x

[Aly]

Yup, they sure do. Don't touch your face (esspecially your eyes) after touching a chilli pepper seed-that's where all the heat is. It'll sting like crazy. Now that I'm looking at it it does look more like a dried tomato...

[atvchick95]

what brand of food was it? it looks like a tomato to me also

but if you can look the brand name up, it should tell you the ingredients

[Sophia]

I don't know what brand it was, my mum bought it, I wasn't there when she got it, but she got it from Pets At Home! :)

[Avalon_Princess]

It looks like either a tomato or a mini capsicum, I've seen the mini capsicums being sold dried for birds before...

[Bea]

It looks like a mini capsicum/pepper/chilli to me. You can get small ones at the supermarket and that's exactly what they would look like dried.

[xxxSpikexxx]

I think it is a mini capsicum or red bell pepper. They are in Spikes food :) It is called ecotrition here is a link http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?familyid=12804&Ntt=Ecotrition%20Essential%20Blend%20for%20cocktei ls&OneResultRedirect=1

[Sophia]

Thanks everyone, I will make sure to keep the packet next time :)