More Vegetables

[GEO]

Well as the titles says..

Is there any way i can make them eat more vegetables.
I tried different veggies, tomatoes,cucumbers and lots of different greens.

But they arent interested in anything.

Any advice?

Or some good veggies they like?

[Emma9383]

butternut squash, sweet potato or carrot seems 2do the trick. The first two are really home nutrition too
you cud try a tiny little bit of eucalyptus honey (very small amount) to sweeten it up but don't make a habit of it

[helen88uk]

I'm glad i'm not the only one that had veggie problems! Mine will only eat butternut squash, sweet potato, carrots and abit of watercress.
Anything that turns their mush green once I've made it they turn their nose up. And I tried the whole 'you'll eat this or you'll eat nothing' approach and they ate nothing for 2 nights so on the 3rd night I gave in.

Try just adding one veg at a time, just do it slowly and try and trick them into eating it. I started by adding a little bit of sweet potato to their mix. Their mush was normally a yellow/orangey colour anyway so they didn't see a difference by just looking at it. And I used their fave fruits in it (just check your faves match the ratios) and then just begain eating asif they didn't realise it was in there. Then gradually up the amount of that 1 veg so you are using a full one per batch, (unless its butternut cos theyre HUGE! I use half of them per recipe) and then maybe after a week try them with abit of another veg.

Good luck!x

[GEO]

I forgot to mention that i tried also carrots, but nothing.

I will try butternut squash and sweet potato.
Just pill them of and give it to them?
Potatoes are really good.High in carbohydrates!

Also about the honey.
They like very much thyme honey.
I know an apiculture and he gives me pure 100% quality.

[wjohnw]

my guys eat carrots, sweet potato and butternut also. The general rule of thumb is if you'd eat it, they'd eat it.... so peel the potato and squash.

[helen88uk]

with veggies cut em up real small so that they blend easier. Mine wont eat them if they're lumpy. Add water to the mix if you need to x

[zac-tilly-moss]

oooohhhh...... sounds good adding the little bit of extra t make them more interested, i have found that if i add sugarsnap peas they wolf down the lot.... no matter what i give them, although they do not seem very interested in butternut squash....  been offline for a while so im catching up with everyone... im back now and more advice needed!!! lol, missed everyone and all the advice

Jayne & the gang xx

[CookieMonster]

mine dont like veg raw, so give it to them cooked.

i actually give mine veg mixes of baby food. but a lot of baby food have onions in so u have to check the labels!!!! i give mine ella's kitchen organic baby food, they are great!!! they love the butternut squash, pumpkin and sweet potato ones.

and the food is litrally what it says on the pack, no additives, no added this that and the other, just pure veg

[Amalthea]

But cooking the veg takes away a lot of the goodness....

[Usha77]

My babies eat just about every veggie I give them and I always try to vary what I feed, so they have tried and liked a lot!  The only thing they refused to eat was some yellow type of squash that's shaped like a cucumber that my coworker brought in from his garden. 

Here's a list of the veggies (okay, some of these are probably technically not veggies) I can think of offhand that my gliders have eaten:

Sweet Potato
Carrots
Cucumbers
Celery
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Spinach
Jicama
Mushrooms
Tomatoes
Green Bell Pepper
Red Bell Pepper
Sugar Snap Peas
Peas
Corn
Green Beans
Collared Greens
Radishes
Cabbage

There may be more that I'm just not remembering.    I've been branching out more lately and hope to continue to do so. 

[CookieMonster]

can they have parsnips???

[HodgesFamily]

Is corn okay for them to have? Corn cannot be digested by humans and most other animals and is used as filler in other animal foods.

[Amalthea]

No... The ratio of corn is TERRIBLE and gliders have been known to get addicted to it, so better to just never give it to them.

[Marie]

I don't give mine stronger tasting veg like peppers or radish.  They sometimes get broccoli but not often.  Some of the green leafy veg you need to be careful of as they contain oxalates which prevents the calcium from that specific food item from being absorbed. 

[CookieMonster]

but are they able to have parsnip? is it poisonous or not good for them?