Feeding and Nutrition :: Kale Kale Kale

[GMoneyjr]

Has anyone heard any good/bad info about feeding an RES kale? I work at an organic foods store and get so much of it free, yet it's not on the list for good things to feed your turtle on this site. However, kale is rich in calcium, vitamin K, folic acid, magnesium, and beta carotene so I'm curious if its alright if not great to feed my little guy?

[asemilla]

i just did a yahoo search with keywords red ear slider kale and came up with a yes to your question....i could be wrong and if i am someone here will correct me lol.

[flutterby]

What I found said yes, but used sparingly.

[GMoneyjr]

Austins turtle page seems to think its a good thing to feed them...... I wonder what made what the info that you found ,flutterby ,say "sparingly"

[asemilla]

dont depend on just one site look around at others and see what they say and if they all pretty much say the same thing that go with it

[GMoneyjr]

all of the sites i've come across have listed it in the items to feed so i'm going to go with it for now and if something comes up that i should only use it sparingly it wont be a big deal because he's only eating it tonight

[marisa]

Kale is OK as part of the diet. I've found, though, that my turts don't like it as much as more tender greens that have smooth edges---they seem to be initially put off by the curly edges, which can be a little stiff.

[GMoneyjr]

Thanks guys for your imput, and my turtle was also put off for a bit by the curly edges.... I might introduce it every once and awhile from now on when the other greens I give him are getting low/old.

[industrial_girl_2000]

If they don't like the curly edges, chop it up a bit.

Kale for free??? That's awesome. I love eating it myself!

[marisa]

On larger pieces, I've sometimes gone around the leaf and cut off the curly edges. It made the leaves much smaller. The curly edges were put into my salad.

[pahl]

Just to resurect an old post.

My turt will barely touch raw Kale, but I have heard that boiling it makes it taste better (for humans anyway) so I was just wondering if people knew what happened to the calcium/phosphorus conent when boiled?

[da sAUCE!]

YUCK!! Eating kale?? I used to work at Pappadeaux and they use kale as a garnish. That stuff was just nasty. I guess it'd be ok for them to eat. You're just supposed to mix it up for 'em, keep 'em guessin.