Butternut squash

[117star]

So I have read that butternut squash is really good for beardies. I went an bought one. Ummmm ... how do you feed it to them? Do I cook it? I am guessing yes unless there is a secret way to cut them up that I don't know about. But unless I pull out the electric knife I don't think I can make a dent in that stuff, LOL. HELP!!!!!

 

[Brett]

I use a cheese crater and sprikle it on top raw.

 

[117star]

I use a cheese crater and sprikle it on top raw.

The outside part too? If not how do you peel it?

 

[Brett]

I dont use the skin I just peel it with a sharp kitchen knife. I cut it into rings about inch to two inches wide it makes its easier to peel.

 

[Dragonsx6]

I use a cheese crater and sprikle it on top raw.

Never tried grating it. I get it ready sliced from the supermarket and cut it into little pieces. Will try grating it the next time

 

[Brett]

ya just watch the fingers itll bite ya. we try to feed it everyother day they love it. our adault dragons we cut it up in small cubes.

 

[Dragonsx6]

ya just watch the fingers itll bite ya. we try to feed it everyother day they love it. our adault dragons we cut it up in small cubes.

It adults & juvies we got and they seem to like it, the youngest one he not too sure, maybe he be better with the grated stuff than cubes, one of our girls will climb over the rest & sit on the other girls heads to get to it or sweet potato lol

 

[Brett]

Ya same here i dont think i have one dragon that will turn it down. They go nuts over it.

 

[Missy]

I slice a piece off, then I take a knife to it, chopping it up fine to coarse. Gobi is nearing a year old, so he isn't requiring the really finely chopped foods. I use skin and all.

 

[Missy]

i bought it for the 1st time last week - was a bit like a pumpkin - didnt realise you had to skin it 1st so just cut it up into small peices and he loved it - problem is it made his poop orange and it erm ponged lol! didnt think to put it in the grater lol! spent ages with a very sharp knife

*snort*... So, how long was the affair with the knife, exactly?

Also, what is "ponged"... and I first read it as "bonged" and my eyes went all buggy. lol. (dang Brits and your wacky words!)

 

[Missy]

Now, I DO use "jiffy" once in a while. I love reading/learning/trying to figure out the UK slang. It's fun. Took a while to get the words "kip" and "chuffed". I thought it meant drunk and rashed. lol

 

[117star]

I ended up cutting it with a knife this morning and just cutting the peel off. However she hasn't touched it. She wont eat orange bell pepers either. But I will keep tossing some in there and see if she takes to it. I might as well i have an entire squash.

 

[ajandj]

ummm is this what you guys call a butternut squash?

we have this a couple of times a week. We roast it with potato, carrots zuccinni, onion .
we chop it and make pumpkin soup ( 4 year old loves it), boil it and mash it like mashed potatoe. You guys do the same?

 

[Brett]

Thats it!

 

[ajandj]

like i said we call it butternut pumpkin..

You Americans .. have to make up works

 

[Brett]

Pumpkins are round squash is elongated

 

[ajandj]

maybe in america.. but us aussies do things different.. haven't you figured this out yet

 

[Brett]

Lol yes I have. But we do it the right way. J/k

 

[ajandj]

oh... really... so tell me Brett, what are you really trying to say (LMAO)

 

[Brett]

Nothing just had to get back at ya since your child was laughing at me.