Teasels (Dipsacus silvester)
protect their seeds with long hard pricks. Before serving teasels
to your birds, you should shorten those pricks and cut the
seed vessel into two or more pieces. Half-ripe or ripe seeds can be
found from August to October. Many parrots, parakeets and budgies
do not really like to eat teasel seeds. But perhaps your bird is
an exception and you should therefore try it anyway.
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