Comments on: Reptile Gardens – Growing Food Plants and Attracting Insects for Your Pets http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/13/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets/ That Pet Place Reptile Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/13/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-3948 findiviglio Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:47:51 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=375#comment-3948 Hello Kevn, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for your interest in our blog. I rinsed the dandelions and then allowed them to dry before enclosing in plastic zip-lock bags. While working at the Bronx Zoo, policy was to freeze (tree foliage, for primates) plants without rinsing, then to rinse after defrosting…not sure if it made a difference in quality. The plants look withered and discolored upon defrosting, but are accepted by many animals (if less enthusiastically than fresh, perhaps); zoo nutritionists informed me that their quality remains relatively high. Good luck and please keep me posted. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio Hello Kevn, Frank Indiviglio here.

Thanks for your interest in our blog.

I rinsed the dandelions and then allowed them to dry before enclosing in plastic zip-lock bags. While working at the Bronx Zoo, policy was to freeze (tree foliage, for primates) plants without rinsing, then to rinse after defrosting…not sure if it made a difference in quality. The plants look withered and discolored upon defrosting, but are accepted by many animals (if less enthusiastically than fresh, perhaps); zoo nutritionists informed me that their quality remains relatively high.

Good luck and please keep me posted.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio

]]> By: kevin huff http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/13/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-3946 kevin huff Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:49:26 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=375#comment-3946 Would you please email me instructions for freezing dandelions? Thanks so much in advance. Would you please email me instructions for freezing dandelions? Thanks so much in advance.

]]> By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/13/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-2490 findiviglio Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:48:36 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=375#comment-2490 Hello DJ, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated. Glad you have found greens to be of use – good way to avoid over-stuffed Sliders while keeping them busy at the same time! I see what you mean re the plant – I’ll check with sources that list each (ASPCA/ British Tortoise Assn.) and see if I can resolve it. Good luck and please keep me posted. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello DJ, Frank Indiviglio here.

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated. Glad you have found greens to be of use – good way to avoid over-stuffed Sliders while keeping them busy at the same time! I see what you mean re the plant – I’ll check with sources that list each (ASPCA/ British Tortoise Assn.) and see if I can resolve it.

Good luck and please keep me posted.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: DJ in Marion IA http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/05/13/reptile-gardens-%e2%80%93-growing-food-plants-and-attracting-insects-for-your-pets/comment-page-1/#comment-2489 DJ in Marion IA Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:27:42 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=375#comment-2489 Hello Mr. Indiviglio, I've been feeding plenty of greens to my Sliders lately and you are right, it's a good way to satisfy their constant begging for food. They love a big handful of mustard greens floating in the tank and they spend hours picking away at it. The article on feeding greens to Sliders led me to this article and I noticed a recommended plant called a Clamatis and then, on the page with the list of possible toxic plants, the Clematis, which I know well, but I don't know if the Clamatis is a plant or a typo. Google search returns Clematis for Clamatis! Great articles as usual! Thanks, DJ Hello Mr. Indiviglio,
I’ve been feeding plenty of greens to my Sliders lately and you are right, it’s a good way to satisfy their constant begging for food. They love a big handful of mustard greens floating in the tank and they spend hours picking away at it. The article on feeding greens to Sliders led me to this article and I noticed a recommended plant called a Clamatis and then, on the page with the list of possible toxic plants, the Clematis, which I know well, but I don’t know if the Clamatis is a plant or a typo. Google search returns Clematis for Clamatis!
Great articles as usual!
Thanks,
DJ

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