{"product_id":"lafeber-el-paso-nutri-berries","title":"Lafeber El Paso Nutri-Berries Bird Food","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery other flavoured bird food is sweet. El Paso is the one that is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLafeber build it around \u003cstrong\u003ehuman-grade red and green bell peppers with cayenne pepper and spices\u003c\/strong\u003e, in the same hulled-seed, vitamin-coated berry as the rest of the range. For a bird that has eaten sweet fruit berries for two years and started losing interest, a savoury one is a genuine change rather than another variation on the same note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIs chilli safe for a bird?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes — and this is worth understanding rather than just trusting. Capsaicin, the compound that makes chilli burn, binds to a receptor that mammals have and birds do not. A parrot tastes the pepper but feels no heat. It is the reason chilli is added to wild bird seed to keep squirrels off it without troubling the birds, and the reason wild parrots eat hot peppers freely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWash your hands after handling it. Your receptors work perfectly well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich one for your bird\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSmall Birds\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCockatiels, parakeets, conures, lovebirds and other small parrots. Built on an unusual \u003cstrong\u003eblack canary seed\u003c\/strong\u003e base.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eParrot\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmazons, African greys and similar, in the larger berry.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are genuinely different formulas, not one recipe in two bag sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGuaranteed analysis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSmall Birds\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eParrot\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrude protein (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrude fat (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrude fibre (max.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMoisture (max.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOmega-3 (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0.23%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0.38%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOmega-6 (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.12%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.16%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIngredients\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmall Birds:\u003c\/strong\u003e corn, black canary seeds, red millet, soybean meal, maltodextrin, peanuts, wheat flour, canola oil, corn syrup, red bell peppers, glycerin, green bell peppers, ground limestone, gelatin, dicalcium phosphate, corn gluten meal, ground rice, dried whole egg, iodised salt, DL-methionine, cayenne pepper, citric acid, and a full stabilised vitamin and chelated mineral pack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParrot:\u003c\/strong\u003e ground corn, hulled white proso millet, red millet, soybean meal, safflower, wheat flour, peanuts, maltodextrin, dried red and green bell peppers, canola oil, dicalcium phosphate, corn syrup, ground limestone, glycerin, corn gluten meal, gelatin, ground rice, dried whole egg, iodised salt, DL-methionine, citric acid, cayenne pepper, and the same vitamin and mineral pack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo artificial flavours, colours or preservatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow much to feed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLafeber's published guidance: \u003cstrong\u003esmall parrots 10 berries at a time, medium parrots 15, large parrots 20.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fresh food and water always available; greens, vegetables and some fruit at around 20% of the daily diet. It is a complete diet — you can feed it as the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get asked\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill my bird's droppings change colour?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePossibly, mildly — bell pepper pigment. If you are ever unsure whether what you are looking at is pigment or blood, ring your avian vet rather than talk yourself out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy bird hates sweet food.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen this is the one to try. A surprising number of birds that snub Tropical Fruit will take El Paso straight away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it too spicy to feed every day?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. Birds do not experience it as spicy, and Lafeber formulate it as a complete daily diet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I mix it with the Classic berries?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. 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