Cucumber plant leaves

[DreadyPixie]

Hellooo!

Does anyone know if GPs can eat cucumber plants?
As i grow my own cucumbers and i am just about to compost the plants, but wondered if they are edible for pigs.

 

[piggie-power]

I'll be watching this thread with interest - i grow cucumbers too - never thought of guinea's eating the leaves

 

[DreadyPixie]

I did a bit more research and apparently cucumber leaves if eaten in excess by humans can induce vomiting!
So i think to be on the safe side i wont feed them to my gps lol

 

[Hermes]

Seems you already found your answer but I was going to point you in the direction of this thread - http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=95125 - on pumpkin leaves, pumpkins and cucumbers are both in the family Cucurbitaceae.

 

[Dusty_bugs]

excellent thread! I grow cuc's too and recently my sickly 'non eating guinea' made an absolute dive for them. Being so prickly I reluctantly said no but I was really interested in whether they would have done her harm.

Pity!