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i'm too lazy to look it up...long day. i just bought a bunch of baby spinach for me and Luna and now I am thinking it is the veggie that binds calcium?

thx
lele
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (both MIA
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog (for summer)
0.5 Mad. Hissers (for summer - all girls, no little ones, whew!)

you should not feed spinash.
use othere greens

That would be correct lele spinich is the veggie that binds calcium.

OK, thanks to both of you. it's been awhile since she has been eating veggies and as I put some in her cage it hit me...OK, she'll get some asparagus instead, LOL!

lele
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (both MIA
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog (for summer)
0.5 Mad. Hissers (for summer - all girls, no little ones, whew!)

Kale and spinach both bind calcium. Iceberg lettuce is also worthless.

what veggies are good for chams? ive never fed anything becides insects. thanks.

-jonathan

Some things I have heard to feed the crix are:
broccoli, alfalfa, apples, banana skins, yams, yellow squash, zucchini, mustard greens, carrots, collard greens, and romaine lettuce.

So i guess you could try giving these right to your cham too. Although I'd stick with the leafy greens. I don't know that'd they eat fruit-like stuff, or banana skins.

To one of the above posts, I just bought a bunch of kale. It was on a list I got from somewhere. Guess I'll be having myself quite the salad.

~Melissa

...there is someone on this forum who said his panther was eating a plant sometimes, but it is only veiled's who regularly (well, like kids it depends on each - lol!) eat veggies. here's an article and list that might be helpful
An Omnivorous Lizard

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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (both MIA
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog (for summer)
0.5 Mad. Hissers (for summer - all girls, no little ones, whew!)

I don't think I knew that about kale. Actually I thought it was one that was regularly offered and as a matter of fact Luna loved it when she was younger. Yeah iceberg lettuce is only good as a source for water since it is 99% h2o!

thanks,
lele

>>Kale and spinach both bind calcium. Iceberg lettuce is also worthless.
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (both MIA
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog (for summer)
0.5 Mad. Hissers (for summer - all girls, no little ones, whew!)

Hi.

What is the best way to offer greens (in terms of presentation)? Chopped? Whole? On the cage floor? Hanging?

Thanks,
Mike