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I think somewhere I posted about offering in moments of despair or lack of veggies, Gerber baby food that has vegetables.... or any other reputable brand. Even the Gerber fruit stuff.

Now, instead of in cases of emergency, what if it was offered more regularly? Is it properly nutritional for them?

I saw a Gerber commercial, and thought how funny it would be if they changed the slogan to "Make your iguana baby, a Gerber baby", with an iglet in place of the baby on the label. lol

I dont know....im just rambling mindlessly out of boredom, but what if, right?

Anyways, if you think I'm a total moron for posting this, go easy on me....thanks.....hahaha.

-IJ

For my part, I don't think you're a moron... LOL You would be if you didn't ask any questions at all!

I wouldn't offer Gerber baby food as a staple. The food is cooked for a long time and watered down a lot so that a baby's delicate digestive system can handle it. So a lot of nutrients (the kind baby igs need) are lost.

There are other ways to offer variety to a baby ig -- salad bars are a good source. Look for Spring (or Mesclun) mixes. You can mix these with chopped romaine. Green beans are also great for baby igs and you can find those anywhere year round. You can also used cooked legumes; if you used canned, rinse them well before using them.

Finally, mix in some high-quality rabbit pellets; either leave them in the salad until the moisture breaks them appart or soak the pellets and then mix them in. A quicker method would be to use a coffee grinder to reduce the pellets to a powder.

Also, you can also grow some baby greens in a sunny window very easily and inexpensively, but not if you have a black thumb like I do. LOL

Hope this helps!

Julie

I have a receipe somewhere on how to make your own baby food. But basically you can puree the veggies and fruit with added water in a blender until well mixed. There are very few baby food out there with out meat or meat byproducts. Plus baby foods are LOADED with preservatives. So I have just made my own.
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By the way Cind, I knew about pureeing the veggies, I was mostly focusing on the Gerber thingy. Would be funny tho uh?
...Hmmm....ok maybe not... but whatta heck.

Anyways, thanx for even bothering to reply to my idiotic post! HAHAHAHA!!!

Regards to you both,

-IJ

last weekend I did pay a ridiculous amount of money for 2 bottles of Ball Python beer left over from the Tinley Park show. The label has a photo of several BP morphs on it. The sad part is, I was at the show and drank some of the beer and could have brought the empties home with me free....just wasn't thinking clearly enough. LOL Last year I paid big money for the 2002 show bottle...has a Komodo on it.