Table: Composition of Plant Foods that May Be Offered to Reptiles

Composition of Plant Foods that May Be Offered to Reptiles

Food Item	Dry Matter (%)	Protein (%)	Fat (%)	Energy (Kcal/g)	Calcium (%)	Phosphorus (%)	Ca:P Ratio
Alfalfa	—	15.5	37.1	3.94	1.29	0.21	6.14
Apple^a	—	0.2	0.6	0.57	0	0	0.57
Banana^a	29.3	1.1	0.3	0.79	0	0.02	0.25
Black currants	—	—	—	—	0.06	0.04	1.4
Blackberry	—	—	—	—	0.06	0.02	2.62
Broccoli	—	3.6	0.3	—	0.1	0.06	1.49
Cabbage	—	1.3	0.2	—	0.04	0.03	1.22
Carrots	10.1	0.7	—	0.23	0.04	0.02	2.29
Clover hay	—	11	1.9	—	1	0.2	5.0
Collard	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.07	2.76
Cranberries	—	—	—	—	0.01	0.01	1.36
Damsons	—	—	—	—	0.02	0.01	1.5
Dandelions	—	—	—	—	0.18	0.07	2.4
Endive	—	1.7	0.1	—	0.08	0.03	2.67
Fennel	—	2.8	0.4	—	0.1	0.05	1.96
Fig	—	—	—	—	0.28	0.09	3.04
Grass (lawn)	33	2.4	1.2	1.58	0.1	0.09	1.1
Iceberg lettuce	—	1.2	2.5	0.14	0.03	0.02	1.34
Kale	—	—	—	—	0.17	0.06	2.9
Lemon	—	—	—	—	0.11	0.01	9.17
Lettuce^a	4.1	1	0.4	0.12	0.02	0.02	0.85
Mustard cress	—	—	—	—	0.06	0.06	1
Orange	13.9	0.8	—	0.35	0.04	0.02	1.71
Parsley	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.13	1.53
Radish	—	—	—	—	0.04	0.02	1.63
Raspberry	—	—	—	—	0.04	0.02	1.41
Red currants	—	—	—	—	0.03	0.03	1.2
Spinach	—	3	0.3	—	0.09	0.05	1.69
Tomato^a	6.6	0.9	trace	0.14	0.01	0.02	0.62
Turnip	—	1.1	0.9	—	0.05	0.01	2.89
Watercress	—	2.2	0.3	—	0.22	0.05	4.23
White grape^a	20.7	0.6	trace	0.63	0.01	0.02	0.86
^a The poor Ca:P ratio of these commonly used items may make them less suitable as a staple component of a reptile diet.

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