Courgette Leaves

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I'm cultivating a lovely veggie patch, partly for the piggies. As a break from the endless amount of kale they are getting, can I feed them the courgette leaves?
 
I personally wouldn't just because they are so prickly! I hate touching them myself due to the prickles not being comfortable and can't imagine it would be a nice experience for their little tongues
 
:D I read somewhere that piggies cannot eat courgettes, so I would think that would include the leaves.
 
7squeakers. said:
:D I read somewhere that piggies cannot eat courgettes, so I would think that would include the leaves.
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Zucchini is great for guinea pigs to eat. It is best for them to eat it raw, and it is very nutritional containing low amounts of sugar, salts and sulphur. It also has a reasonable amount of vitamin c.
 
7squeakers. said:
:D I read somewhere that piggies cannot eat courgettes, so I would think that would include the leaves.
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I don't know where you read that. Mine can enjoy it, took a while to get used to though. I think when they saw it they initially thought it was cucumber and then were disappointed :)) but they do eat it and no bad effects (apart from Izzy who will only eat the middle and leaves the skin lol)
 
Lady Kelly said:
I don't know where you read that. Mine can enjoy it, took a while to get used to though. I think when they saw it they initially thought it was cucumber and then were disappointed :)) but they do eat it and no bad effects (apart from Izzy who will only eat the middle and leaves the skin lol)
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:D I stand corrected - (said the man in orthopaedic shoes!)
 
Courgettes are edible, however, most piggies don't like them.
 
7squeakers. said:
:D I stand corrected - (said the man in orthopaedic shoes!)
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Fair enough, I panicked that I might have been feeding my piggies naughty stuffs :))

I've had mixed success with courgette but I must admit the home grown ones get gobbled up whereas they aren't as keen on the supermarket ones
 
Having read this thread just tried my two with it for the first time and they wolfed it down - piggy dustbins!
 
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Wow! good stuff
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Actually, since this post her ladyship Jemima LC-Peach has decided it's not to her taste and now rips the courgette from my fingers and throws it between her teeth on to the floor with quite an impression head flourish. Casran gets double.
 
TheAurora said:
Actually, since this post her ladyship Jemima LC-Peach has decided it's not to her taste and now rips the courgette from my fingers and throws it between her teeth on to the floor with quite an impression head flourish. Casran gets double.
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One has tastes that change you know, one's slave should get accustomed to this and have a selection of noms on standby for such occurrences x
 
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