Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:50 pm
On most charts, asparagus has a low Ca/Phos ratio (one article, however, says it has an adequate balance), but so do some of the other foods that are suggested as being good to give (although they usually have positives to equal that out as well).
I've never tried to feed it to my turtles (I don't really like it and rarely buy it), and it doesn't appear to have a noticeable odor which would attract them. For a healthy turtle that has an otherwise varied and balanced diet, I don't think a piece or two occasionally would hurt. It shouldn't be a regular part of the diet. If you give some, balance out that lack of calcium with something that does have calcium (a little extra cuttlebone, for example). On the whole, though, it's much better to emphasize leafy greens.
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." -Antoine de Saint Exupery-
