Can birds eat sun dried tomatoes?

[danadear]

I bought some..then thought I'd better check it out..then got confused. A normal course of events for me.

 

[danadear]

Well I guess no'one knows the answer. It's confusing to me because I read that birds shouldn't eat raw tomatoes but can eat cooked tomatoes. Obviously sun dried tomatoes aren't cooked but are they really raw? I guess i will just play it safe and eat them myself.

 

[CeciliaZ]

There are dehydrated tomatoes in the "Just Tomatoes" brand of "Just Veggies" mix - from the ingredient list - corn, peas, carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes.

 

[Macawnutz]

I have heard yes they can eat sun dried tomatoes.

 

[danadear]

Thanks Cecilia..I guess that's about the same thing huh? I am so paranoid though. I know that birds, especially amazons, need whatever nutrients are prevalent in tomato sauce but for some reason I never seem to remember to serve it to Cooper. He gets whole grain pasta in his chop but not any sauce. I was hoping the sun dried tomatoes would serve the same purpose as the sauce but want to make sure it's 100% safe.

 

[danadear]

Thanks Sarah!

 

[sodakat]

Is lycopene what you hope to provide? I'm trying to think what would be in tomato sauce products that he would "need".

 

[danadear]

Oh lord kathy..I have no idea. I just read stuff all the time and have read numerous times that it's good to give your amazon pasta with tomato sauce. I'm a good one for finding folks who do things well and copying what they do rather than trying to learn the reasons and science behind it. Drives my husband crazy. he says I won't do anything unless a book tells me to do it.

 

[jmfleish]

What I would worry about in anything dehydrated is what else have the manufacturer's added. Mostly sulphur dioxide which doesn't have to be listed on the ingredients list.

Tomatoes, raw or cooked are fine for parrots...it's the leaves and vines that parrots and humans should avoid.

 

[danadear]

Thanks Jen!

 

[Laurul Feather Cat]

Sulpher dioxide? I have never seen it listed on dehydrated tomatoes. If it had had much sulfur dioxide I would have reacted big time. It is a pain in the a$$ being allergic to half the world.

 

[jmfleish]

Sulpher dioxide? I have never seen it listed on dehydrated tomatoes. If it had had much sulfur dioxide I would have reacted big time. It is a pain in the a$$ being allergic to half the world.

They add it to most dried foods for color and preserving them and they don't have to put it on the label. I think they should have to list everything they put in their product. I read recently that they want to add Nutrasweet to milk and not have to list it in the ingredients...I've given up Nutrasweet and all the artificial sweeteners because of how crazy they seem to make my appetite. It would not be cool to buy a product that had that in it and not know about it...