too much zucchini?

[stinax182]

my yearling leopard tortoise LOVES zucchini. i discovered this after trying a couple other treats (cactus pears, various fruits, carrots, ect) and nothing but her greens got her excited. so i tried zucchini and she goes crazy! not only does she love it, but often when I'm holding the piece for her, she will ram it...i don't know any other way to describe it. she pushes it forward pretty hard. maybe it's only because I'm holding it and she wants it to herself it's very weird and cute because she'll do it so hard she's inside her shell haha.

but anyways, i wanted to know how often i could feed it to her? is it strictly a treat or can she get it a couple times a week? only because it has so much water in it if like to feed it to her more often than every other week.

 

[yagyujubei]

Personally, I don't see any reason you can't feed it a couple times a week.

 

[furandscales]

I try just to stick to a diet of greens and lettuce. Maybe once a week? And it won't be a treat anymore if she gets it all the time!

 

[stinax182]

haha, this is true. i just wasn't sure if there was something in it that is okay in small doses and fatal in larger doses. I'd like to give it to her twice a week it's our bonding food haha

 

[Tom]

A small amount once in a while shouldn't hurt anything, but I can't say that its "good" for them. My preference is to fill their stomaches with things that are GOOD for them rather than things that probably won't hurt them in small amounts.

Now pardon me, I've gotta go eat some Reeses peanut butter cups...

 

[Moozillion]

A small amount once in a while shouldn't hurt anything, but I can't say that its "good" for them. My preference is to fill their stomaches with things that are GOOD for them rather than things that probably won't hurt them in small amounts.

Now pardon me, I've gotta go eat some Reeses peanut butter cups...

Ha ha ha!!!

 

[Maggie Cummings]

I feed my tortoises grated zucchini daily when it's in season. I have not seen any harm from this. Bob is MORE likely to cause trouble if I go out to close him in and I *don't* have any squash. Zucchini and acorn squashes are favourites with my guys...