food question for greens

[Kya Ajiira]

iny our caresheet they say this
Best Greens:
Collard Greens
Turnip Greens
Mustard Greens
Dandelion Greens
Endive
Escarole

hum allt hese are almost impossible to get where i live so we give dandelions when summer and hum spinach and celery leaves hum is their any suggestion? anything i should change try to see if i can get? =/

[Kya Ajiira]

in veggies he eats brocoli, turnip tried celery but no matter what he pouts me and alot of alfalfa(funky name ugh! he hates that 2 XD its annoying to swallow). fruits well once again raspberries are to costy over here during winter =/ hum he likes banana water melon(when we have =_=) he likes kiwis hum plums hummm loves grapes also when we have now its to costy

[KyleWeiss]

Avoid the spinach and celery leaves. There's specific toxins that aren't good called oxalates and an imbalance of calcium to phosphorus (you want equal calcium=phosphorus rather than more phosphorus).

If you can find turnips or radishes, use the leafy greens on top if you simply cannot find the more exotic greens. Also you can try cilantro/coriander plant (which Rollie loves) which seems to be cheap and available almost everywhere.

Hope that helps, greens are really important.

KW

[Kya Ajiira]

okay well i never saw a turni^with leaves but hum he eats turnip as for radishes that can easely be found good thing he only ate one celery leaves and 2 times for spinach i hope it wont kill him =/

[Kya Ajiira]

as for the plant my mom said they are really expensive sigh im scared for my skink now nuthing i need is available or price wise

[Kya Ajiira]

is alfalfa sprouts good? man im so getting confused between pet shops and here its hard and im gettign paranoid i dont live in a place that makes it simple since almost all those foods are hard or not available

i did buy a spagetthi squash and hum am i suppose to cook it o.o?

[Zach]

Spaghetti squah is a little bit harder to feed because the insides are so stringy -- what you can do though is chop it up finely in a food processor. No need to cook. The skin is great too if you want mix it up in there as well (finely chopped).

[Kya Ajiira]

illt ry i just hope my fat blue baby will be okay since so many of those foods i cant get =/ he is really healthy for the past 6 months(the time i had him lol) so im probly being paranoid but any other good things i could feed him id love to know please

[NomadOfTheHills]

Don't worry about a little spinach or celery here and there. Problems result from long term use, months, if not longer, of constant use.

[Kya Ajiira]

ah okay but im worried he doesent get enough of what he needs =( i guess its one stinky thing for living in quebec ;.;

after loosing 2 iguanas for bone problems im mega paranoid to loose my darling bluey =/

[NomadOfTheHills]

Eek! That sucks. Luckily BTS are much hardier. However, those bone problems were possibly caused by the same thing as you want to prevent here: an improper Ca:P ratio.

[Fatal_S]

Find an organic store! I have one in Winnipeg, and they have collard greens and other great foods. Sobeys also randomly carries bok choy, endive, or collard greens, along with various squashes. Safeway is useless as tits on a bull, though they may get cactus once in a blue moon. If you look around at different stores, I'm sure you can find some. And ask the clerks in the fruit & veggie sections, as the foods may have different names in Quebec.

[NomadOfTheHills]

useless as tits on a bull

[Fatal_S]

Lol, it's something my grandma and mother say a lot.

[Kya Ajiira]

sadly the closest sobeys is 6 hours away =(

[Kya Ajiira]

[quote="NomadOfTheHills"]Eek! That sucks. Luckily BTS are much hardier. However, those bone problems were possibly caused by the same thing as you want to prevent here: an improper Ca:P ratio.[/quote]

wekk for the iguanas the cases were different, first one was the food he hates everythign and i was not infored proprely second ate suepr well but stupid petshop ddues never told us to change the uv lamp every 2 or 3 months =( so yea it was stupid people not giving good informations

[Fatal_S]

IGA? And again, organic food stores would likely be the best bet.

[Kya Ajiira]

illt ry asking at IGA hopefully this will work i want the best for my baby at least he is really healthy and big and sweet