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My little guy just LOVES plants, he cant get enought of them, even tho he also eats crix like crazy. He sees something new and green, he will try to eat it.

Which brings me to 2 questions: I put a peice or 2 of green apple in the bottom of the cage so that the crix left over after a feeding can chill there instead of on my cham. But my little guy hate the peice of apple! Was that dangerous? Should I be worried? It wasnt a big peice..

Also can I give him green letuce like Iceberg? I say iceberg because it's pretty crunchy for a salad... and full of water... He LOVES green stuff...

thanks in advance if you do answer this!
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Gabriel - Montreal - Ding.
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Hello,
Now I'm by far no expert. I have no chams but I used to have a little veiled that I lost to dehydration. She was not into greens yet. I'm afraid I cannot answer your apple question, but I can answer your iceberg question. Lettuce is one of the least nutritious greens you can feed to a creature. It has very little nutritional value, and iceberg is the lowest of the low in nutrtional value. If your going to feed lettuce at all feed, dark romaine leaves, or offer things such as dandelion, carrot, kale, etc greens. All of the greens mentioned are VERY high in nutrients.

Steven

I don't even feed my grandmother iceberg lettuce, it sucks the calcium out of bones in order to metabolize.