Re: crix YES YES YES

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Posted by meagan on April 01, 1999 at 23:31:26:

In Reply to: crix YES YES YES posted by snakebyt on April 01, 1999 at 05:28:10:

i see your point, but why feed them something that you can get the same protien out of by using a plant source like alfalfa and not have to worry that you are going to harm your iguanas organs. i would not feed my iguana a cricket, or any other animal source of protien. thier bodies are not eveolved to digest aniaml protien correctly. i know that a good argument is that they would eat a few bugs in the wild, but i doubt it would happen as often as once a week like you are suggesting. if you decide to feed your iguana crickets, it should be done so every once in a great while, i mean like a thanksgiving dinner, it happens like once a year. i don`t understand why everyone insists on feeding iguanas bugs and animal protein. they are herbivores. cows are herbivores too and we don`t keep trying to feed them chicken do we?!?! so why do we try with an iguana?
meagan

: : i have my young iguana in with some harmless cricket eating specimens, and i noticed the last time i threw crickets in, he went after them with a passion. is it ok for him to be eating them?

: : thank you

: while he is young i would let him eat crickets
: every once in a while..about once a week..
: i have fed them to my iguanas when they were young
: and all it just made them grow faster....
: i say go for it..alot of people say that they do not
: need protien and no they dont..but it will not hurt them unless it is fed in excess
: in the wild they take alot of varied insects in there diet.
: as long as you see to it that he eats his greens well
: a few crix every so often is not going to hurt anything..

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: i see your point, but why feed them something that you can get the same protien out of by using a plant source like alfalfa and not have to worry that you are going to harm your iguanas organs. i would not feed my iguana a cricket, or any other animal source of protien. thier bodies are not eveolved to digest aniaml protien correctly. i know that a good argument is that they would eat a few bugs in the wild, but i doubt it would happen as often as once a week like you are suggesting. if you decide to feed your iguana crickets, it should be done so every once in a great while, i mean like a thanksgiving dinner, it happens like once a year. i don`t understand why everyone insists on feeding iguanas bugs and animal protein. they are herbivores. cows are herbivores too and we don`t keep trying to feed them chicken do we?!?! so why do we try with an iguana? : meagan : : : i have my young iguana in with some harmless cricket eating specimens, and i noticed the last time i threw crickets in, he went after them with a passion. is it ok for him to be eating them? : : : thank you : : while he is young i would let him eat crickets : : every once in a while..about once a week.. : : i have fed them to my iguanas when they were young : : and all it just made them grow faster.... : : i say go for it..alot of people say that they do not : : need protien and no they dont..but it will not hurt them unless it is fed in excess : : in the wild they take alot of varied insects in there diet. : : as long as you see to it that he eats his greens well : : a few crix every so often is not going to hurt anything..

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