A question about bell pepper seeds

[Liane]

I have a question about bell peppers - are the seeds poisonous to pigs or just a choking hazard? I am always very careful to remove them but I would like to know exactly why they can't eat them.

I also move as much white fleshy stuff as possible to be safe - is this unnecessary? Or is the fleshy bit bad for them?

 

[MOC]

It is purely because they could become a choking hazard. There are some owners I know of who feed the seeds too, personally though I would not risk it. There is nothing poisoness about the seeds, so if you wanted to feed them or one happened to cling to the pepper without you realising it would not cause harm to your piggie through toxicity. There is also nothing wrong with the white bits, my boys all love pepper and eat every part except for the seeds.

 

[MargaretB]

I always take the seeds out, but only because I wouldn't eat them. I never wondered whether the piggies would like to eat them.

 

[Hermes]

I cut carefully around the pepper near the top, pull the top section off including the stalk/seed bit and give it to my rats and then rinse the bottom half and give it to the pigs, it's the perfect system.

The seeds are quite bitter but the rats love them and the pigs far prefer the flesh so everyone wins.