gut loading

I dont think tomatoes are a good gutload. Do a search on here for gutloading and you will see all the good ones to use. And maybe some cricket crack!
 
I seem to remember hearing that tomatoes are toxic?

I may be wrong - I have so many types of animals sometimes it's difficult to keep up with who can eat what! All I know is that nothing of mine eats tomatoes...
 
Yeah, I remember seeing they were bad just cant remember what for. I use carrots, lettuce, various fruits and CRACK!!
 
Tomatoes are high in oxalates and shouldn't be a staple for gutloading but as far as I know they aren't toxic. Hornworms that have ingested the leaves of tomato plants are toxic to chams so maybe it's just the leaves. Here is a great site to check the value of some common fruits and veggies: http://www.greenigsociety.org/foodchart.htm. It's geared for iguanas but same concepts apply.
 
i think it has todo with the absorbtion of d3 and not able to absorb calcium like they should....and tomatoes , spinache, and brocolli should b avoided.....as i from what researched on the forums...
 
Ace said:
i think it has todo with the absorbtion of d3 and not able to absorb calcium like they should....and tomatoes , spinache, and brocolli should b avoided.....as i from what researched on the forums...
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Yes, all three of these are high in oxalates, the later two also in goitrogens. Oxalates bind to calcium before it is absorbed from the food so the calcium is lost in the feces and not utilized so anything high in oxalates should be avoided or limited. The site I posted says which veggies are high in oxalates and other nutrients - I use it a lot when preparing new gutloads!
 
ferretinmyshoes said:
Tomatoes are high in oxalates and shouldn't be a staple for gutloading but as far as I know they aren't toxic. Hornworms that have ingested the leaves of tomato plants are toxic to chams so maybe it's just the leaves. Here is a great site to check the value of some common fruits and veggies: http://www.greenigsociety.org/foodchart.htm. It's geared for iguanas but same concepts apply.
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Thanks for that website, just printed it out.
 
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