Help save my eyeballs, and other body parts

It’s been months and months and months. Hot peppers, the hottest on earth, are a significant part of Archie’s diet.

I cut, remove the vein and seeds, rinse, cut, and Archie eats.

I go to sink...use dishwashing liquid...and wash my hands forever. However...

Invariably, a few hours later, I rub my eyes...or another anatomical feature that I possess two of...and burn in agony. Getting it from one or the other is bad enough, but both at the same time is REAL torture.

I know about using gloves, but I’m skeptical:

Is there something I can use when washing my hands that NEUTRALIZES hot peppers? Something citrus, maybe?

My eyeballs and two other anatomical parts thank you.

I'll hang on for the replies! This us advice I need to!

bleach can break down the oils, but that isn't safe for birds...

Have you tried lots and lots of dawn?

Wear disposable kitchen gloves during the whole time of prepping? (possibly Two Layers?) remove using safe-removal process and discard? Present the peppers to archie via kitchen tweezers? And of course then keep archie safely away from said sensitive areas...

(My own conure's penchant for gentle, unannounced eye- and ear- examinations is the reason I have Not chosen to include a hot-pepper option in her diet.)

Gloves are a very good idea. Way safer than anything else

Thats the main reason I don't do hot peppers! Learned that the hard way,and Amy just throws them back at me anyway.


Jim

The gloves do not work. Why?

Because you have to use an ungloved hand to remove the infected gloved hand. Plus...

I’m just feeding a parrot. I’m not doing Covid vaccine research.

fiddlejen said:

Wear disposable kitchen gloves during the whole time of prepping? (possibly Two Layers?) remove using safe-removal process and discard? Present the peppers to archie via kitchen tweezers? And of course then keep archie safely away from said sensitive areas...

(My own conure's penchant for gentle, unannounced eye- and ear- examinations is the reason I have Not chosen to include a hot-pepper option in her diet.)

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What sensitive areas would Archie be affected? Eye and ear? Never heard of this at all.

And hot peppers are a very important part of a healthy diet. How can you exclude them, which a bird loves, from his diet?

AmyMyBlueFront said:

Thats the main reason I don't do hot peppers! Learned that the hard way,and Amy just throws them back at me anyway.


Jim

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If Amy doesn’t eat them, I understand.

Archie gobbles them down.

I feed hot peppers they love them. Yes they sometimes give me " hot pepper " kisses but I'm still alive

Ira7 said:

fiddlejen said:

Wear disposable kitchen gloves during the whole time of prepping? (possibly Two Layers?) remove using safe-removal process and discard? Present the peppers to archie via kitchen tweezers? And of course then keep archie safely away from said sensitive areas...

(My own conure's penchant for gentle, unannounced eye- and ear- examinations is the reason I have Not chosen to include a hot-pepper option in her diet.)

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What sensitive areas would Archie be affected? Eye and ear? Never heard of this at all.

And hot peppers are a very important part of a healthy diet. How can you exclude them, which a bird loves, from his diet?

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The sensitive areas which YOU referenced in your first post, of which I only have to be concerned about my Eyes.

I have simply Not Offered her hot peppers. She loves Orange-Colored Bell Peppers, which are not hot, so I don't have to put MY eyes at risk.

There is a method for removing gloves which I was taught. You start with disposable gloves on Both hands, of course, which you had used for food prep or whatever. You use one gloved hand to pull off the other glove. Holding the used glove in the still-gloved hand, you slip a clean, non-gloved-finger up inside the glove that you're still wearing. You pull off that glove whilst turning it inside-out, catching the first glove entirely inside it, and no clean areas of your skin need touch any contaminated area.

I'm sure you can look this up on youtube if you'd like, it's quite simple if you see it demonstrated.

I do NOT actually know whether it works for disposable food-service gloves used to prep hot peppers, but, I would assume it would help.

Laurasea said:

I feed hot peppers they love them. Yes they sometimes give me " hot pepper " kisses but I'm still alive

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I’m still alive too, but what’s your point?

I use gloves. They work great as long as you take them off properly.

Ira7 said:

Laurasea said:

I feed hot peppers they love them. Yes they sometimes give me " hot pepper " kisses but I'm still alive

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I’m still alive too, but what’s your point?

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I was responding to the post that said they dont feed hot peppers because sensitive areas like eyes and ears. Like agreeing it burns but joking it doesn't kill you . When the bird kisses you with hot chili juice on their beak. My bird and the other members birds will kiss our eyes and ears and it burns!!! I think that's funny , so true but funny

The dangers from chili's isn't just cutting them and touching yourself. The bird eats them then touches you and it burns too

Hmmm certainly wasn't an attack on you, was sharing the fun of hot peppers
Does that clear it up for you?

I learned with my parrot, Winston, who loved hot hot chilies. I hand fed him them once, and immediately went to use the john right after. Oh yes , I learned very quickly. I do use throw away gloves when making Salty's chop. Its maybe 20% hot peppers of different types.