How do prepare aloe for my Hermanns?

[Eliezer Blatt]

I have many aloe plants and want to feed it to my 9-month old Hermanns. How do I feed it to them?

 

[wellington]

What I did when I tried getting my leopard to eat it was to cut off the sharper edges and that was it. You can give them a bigger chunk of chop it up in tiny pieces.

 

[Bambam1989]

I yank off leaves of the "pups" that come up from the main plant. They are tender and my 4 month old sulcata devours them easily.

 

[Maro2Bear]

We purchase 1 -1.5 foot long aloe leaves at our Asian market. I usually start from the sharp pointy end and cut a piece about 4 inches or so. Then I slice the very pointy ridges off from each side in one slice and cut the remainder into chunks. Our Sully loves his aloe, will seek this out before dandelion, pumpkin or mazuri. The nice thing with the aloe is the “wound” on the remaining piece will dry over and heal until we cut again. This one big aloe stem will last a few weeks like this. Bonus! No spines like cactus pads.

 

[Eliezer Blatt]

Thanks team! I can't wait to let Moe and Larry try it.