Ok to feed sulcata

[alex_ornelas]

I know they can eat prickly pear cactus but can they eat chaote ( it's a squash )

 

[wellington]

Check it out here http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp?catID=627

 

[ascott]

Health benefits of chayote

• Chayote like pumpkin is one of the vegetables, which is very low calories; provide just 16 calories per 100 g and contain no saturated fats or cholesterol. However, it is rich a source of dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins. Being a low-calorie and fiber-rich vegetable, it is often recommended by dieticians in cholesterol controlling and weight reduction programs.
  
  
• The fruits are relatively good sources of B-complex vitamin; folates. 100 g fresh mirliton provides 93 µg or 23% of daily recommended intake. Folates are important in cell division and DNA synthesis. When taken adequately before and during early pregnancy, it can help prevent neural tube defects in the newborn babies.
  
  
• Like in other gourd family vegetables like zucchini, they too provide moderate levels of potassium. 100 g fresh fruit contains 125 mg or 2.5% of recommended daily requirements of this electrolyte.
  
  
• Furthermore, chayotes contain small levels of aglycone flavonoid poly-phenolic antioxidants such asapigenin and luteolin. These compounds help scavenge harmful oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) from the body that play a role in cancer, aging and various disease processes.
  
  
• Fresh mirliton-pears are adequate sources of anti-oxidant vitamin-C. Provide about 7.7 mg or 13% of RDA per 100g.
  
  
• In addition, they are also good in B-complex group of vitamins like thiamin, pyridoxine, riboflavin and minerals like iron, manganese, phosphorus, zinc, and copper.

Sounds like good stuff to me.....