Feeding and Nutrition :: Dragon Fruit

[LadyBloodRose]

anyone ever experimented with this fruit and turtles of any type? I got some today just to try it myself it was abit over ripe lol so i didn;t care for it. Kinda reminds of of a Kiwi with juist the texture an the way the seeds are as well but its not sweet. Tastes more like potato or raddish.

[SpotsMama]

I can't say I've ever even heard of it.

[ZombieTurtle]

i dont know if it would be good or bad for them,, i dont think it would be to good for them though..

[megcornell]

I looked it up.
It's high in vitamin C, but it has a pretty bad Ca:P ratio-- it's 1:4 when it should be about 2:1. So I'd be wary of feeding very much of it truthfully.

[LadyBloodRose]

yea didn't plan on usin much of it since feedin to much fruit can cause diahrea n what not

[RESCHIU]

I had dragon fruit before, it taste almost like kiwi except it's in white color
I guess if kiwi is safe for turtle, then Dragon fruit should be ok too?(just don't feed it too much as it has lot of acid in it...)

[LadyBloodRose]

sounds good, if its suposed to taste like kiwi then walmart realy needs ta tame theirs off tehs helves cuz its bad!!! lol i didn;t bother givin mine any of it cuz when i tried it it had a nasty taste to it an i noticed after closer examination that it had shoots commin from the seeds. So the fruit was oevr ripe. i may try some later though when I can get some freash. Do have to admit though I picked up some Star Fruit lol but the turtles never got any of it *hordes the star fruit*

[RESCHIU]

yeah, it should taste like kiwi except just a bit less sour than kiwi(kinda hard to explain), I didn't even know they sell them in wal-mart, I'll have to go check it out

[LadyBloodRose]

lol yep ours actualy does it was over around their papya an mangos