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Posted by chikkensht on August 27, 2002 at 01:08:29:

In Reply to: Never ever feed honey to an animal !!!!!!!!! posted by cwatbay on August 26, 2002 at 23:17:27:

interesting. I know that honey is dangerous to infants, but it seems though it would not be that toxic to some animals. Consider the fruits that are fed to many iguanas. They contain sugars and enzymes and such, too. That is where I base my theory. You are correct that it may not be good even in small quantities, and I can see your point that if it wasn't found in their natural food staple, then it prolly isn't that great. You would not feed lets say, a monitor species fruits, and most of you do not feed your iguanas meat, although they have been known to eat meat. I respect your views, and I agree that maybe it is not the best thing for them, but I don't see that much harm done if given a small amout once in a blue moon. I also mentioned something about hibiscus honey-I read somewhere that this exists. Now my thoughts are iguanas LOOOOOVVVEEE hibiscus, I think it is a very food and it's supposed to be good for them(mainly the leaves). Now imagine hibiscus leaves and flowers(you can make hibiscus tea from the leaves) made into a liqiud honey, or dry honey(naturally made into crystal and melts at room temp), or even diluted. This is intriguing me, I'm not trying to prove a point, I'm just generating ideas as I go. Sorry for rambling!! THANX FOR YOUR INPUT!!
ps: I found this pretty educational as well...It offers argument for both views.
http://www.ento.vt.edu/~fell/apiculture/HoneyComposition/honey_composition.htm

:Sorry to be so extreme, but just trying a taste of it to most animals is extremely toxic and in most cases cause death. There are a few animals that have the tolerance and enzymes to process and digest honey (mostly mammals) and some insects. This is one of the reasons you don't ever give honey to a human baby, they just can't tolerate it and it has resulted in either severe illness and/or death.

:As far as lizards go, I would never experiment with anything that wouldn't in some way be a natural food in their environment. And not only that, would they, by their nature, eat it. I would also not recommend the "it's Natural, so it must be good" philosophy, for instance: radioactivity is natural, asbestos is natural, hemlock is natural, so is botulism(sic), heroin, cancer and plague, so just because it's "natural" doesn't automatically mean it's "good for ya". My 2 scents(LOL) and more. CW

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My monitors eat fruit quite frequently....more jiffypop 08/27/02 (0)