Foods
There are a variety of fruit and vegetable feeds which can be given to herbivorous reptiles, some may be fed as a staple part of their diet and others should only be fed on occasion as a form of enrichment. Overfeeding of certain foods can lead to nutritional imbalances and ill health as some foods have anti-nutritional factors to them or lack nutrition outright.
Below are some lists of foods which can be fed routinely and occasionally to herbivorous and omnivorous reptiles, the following lists were originally compiled for Iguanas and Bearded Dragons but can be applied to other reptiles.
Susan Donoghue & Julie Langenberg, in Douglas Mader’s Reptile Medicine and Surgery (pg 151), report generalized reptile nutrition statistics as follows:
▪ Carnivores should consume 25-60% protein, 30-60% fat and <10% carbohydrate
▪ Omnivores should consume 15-40% protein, 5-40% fat and 20-75% carbohydrate
▪ Herbivores should consume 15-35% protein, <10% fat, and 55-75% carbohydrate
Below are some lists of foods which can be fed routinely and occasionally to herbivorous and omnivorous reptiles, the following lists were originally compiled for Iguanas and Bearded Dragons but can be applied to other reptiles.
Susan Donoghue & Julie Langenberg, in Douglas Mader’s Reptile Medicine and Surgery (pg 151), report generalized reptile nutrition statistics as follows:
▪ Carnivores should consume 25-60% protein, 30-60% fat and <10% carbohydrate
▪ Omnivores should consume 15-40% protein, 5-40% fat and 20-75% carbohydrate
▪ Herbivores should consume 15-35% protein, <10% fat, and 55-75% carbohydrate
references
Divers, S., and Mader, D., 2006. Reptile Medicine and Surgery (2nd Edition). Elsevier Inc.
© 2014 Cat Read
Divers, S., and Mader, D., 2006. Reptile Medicine and Surgery (2nd Edition). Elsevier Inc.
© 2014 Cat Read