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Post subject: Re: Chilli pepper, jaapeno etc. whole plants  Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:50 pm |
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I tried looking online for information on pepper leaves and I didn't see anything saying that it isn't or is allowed so I'm not sure what to say. A pepper garden? Lucky birdies. Just be sure they won't demolish the plant before the fruit even grows lol. We know our birds well enough.
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Post subject: Re: Chilli pepper, jaapeno etc. whole plants  Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:08 am |
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I'd be a little nervous, just because peppers are closely related to tomatoes and eggplants which definitely have toxic leaves, and the Solancanae family in general tends to be a bit poisonous. However, I can't find anything about pepper leaves specifically. The leaves do have nicotine in them, but I don't know how that affects birds.
EDIT: Okay, there is info on nicotine poisoning in birds, so it's definitely not good for them as it can cause death from respiratory paralysis. However, these are generally poisonings from curious birds finding and eating their owner's cigarettes, which contain far more nicotine (among other nasties) than pepper leaves. So whether the amount contained in pepper leaves is safe, I can't say.
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