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Does anyone here know what nutrients/vitamins the skin of a tomato has, compared to the actual meat of the tomato?

Tomatoes have a lot of nutrients in them, but are also acidic and I'd like to get more nutrients in my turtles if the skins are better or equal to the rest of the tomato.

What about the seeds? Are those considered edible and nutritious, too?

(I've had no intention of giving it to them without first knowing what they are getting).

I know with most fruits a lot of the nutrients are in or just under the skin. It's probably safe to say it's the same for tomatoes.

When I give tomato, I usually just give a thin slice with skin and seeds. Neither of mine much care for it though, so I only give it every couple of months. I've never tried giving skin only. I have a feeling it would get sucked into the filter quicker than it would get eaten.

The only thing I could find on tomato skins specifically is that they are high in Carotenoids and Flavonols (Health Properties of Tomatos)

BullDog wrote:I know with most fruits a lot of the nutrients are in or just under the skin. It's probably safe to say it's the same for tomatoes.

When I give tomato, I usually just give a thin slice with skin and seeds. Neither of mine much care for it though, so I only give it every couple of months. I've never tried giving skin only. I have a feeling it would get sucked into the filter quicker than it would get eaten.

The only thing I could find on tomato skins specifically is that they are high in Carotenoids and Flavonols (Health Properties of Tomatos)

The tomato itself has a truckload of different nutrients you're right, and I know it's good for skin in humans, so I wonder if it has the same effect on turtles...

It's worth a shot. It's thinner than lettuce too, so, it should be easier for them to bite and chew.

The last time I gave them tomato pieces, they gobbled it up really fast.

I occasionally give some tomato to my turts, and when I do, they get pieces of the firmest part, under the skin, along with the skin---it has the brightest color and the most nutrients. I don't give the inner part with the seeds (too watery), but I suppose a few stray seeds wouldn't hurt.

Those stray seeds can even start to grow. Your own hydroponic garden lol.

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20862&highlight=sprout

I tried feeding a little bit of cherry tomatoes, sliced, but he didnt really go crazy for them...

Caphits wrote:Those stray seeds can even start to grow. Your own hydroponic garden lol.

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20862&highlight=sprout

I tried feeding a little bit of cherry tomatoes, sliced, but he didnt really go crazy for them...

Eh... My turtles have a weird taste.

I think so I can preserve them better, that I just might get those cherry tomatoes. I'll go through them a little bit quicker, since I only give them tomato once a week. (I use romaine lettuce too, which we almost always have in my apartment. If I don't have either I'll give them pellets on their lettuce and tomato days, to keep up with their nutrients.)

That would be kind of funny to have a tomato plant growing in my tank, although they would probably destroy the roots and stems.

Typhoon was so funny, yesterday, she tried to eat the plastic root of the frog bit bottom plant I got. Turtles have actual facial expressions/mannerisms. She just tilted her head funny, chomped on the root, and it wouldn't break off. She chomped again, realized the horrible taste of plastic, spit out bubbles, (bleh!) and then reared her head back with her eyes crossed like, dude, what the heck is this crap?

I give my turt a small piece of the thickest part of the tomato with the skin, no seeds. From what I've read from this site and the information my herp vet gave me I do not give tomato on a regular basis because it's too acidic. I did include two slices of tomato, without the seeds, in my jello shot formula.

I have a hydroponic garden I'm growing cherry tomatoes in right now, and on occasion I'll get one and slice it into a few thin slices and feed it to Sam, but he doesn't really eat more then like 1/4 of the cherry tomato. I always feed my turtle in a seperate feeding container because that's what the vet told me I needed to do.