Sugar snap peas?

pinkneon · 09-30-2016, 11:00 AM

My dinner tonight has some mixed veg and one of those veg is sugar snap peas ... Just wanted to check if it's ok for Sweep? I think there is baby corn in there and broccoli too!

Nom nom

Pebbles82 · 09-30-2016, 12:00 PM

I have given Charlie sugar snap peas before. Raw ones. I cut the end off then cut about a centimetre. Then peel off the stringy bits from either side/end (it sometimes falls apart a bit at this point). So he gets a bit of the outside bit with a mini pea or two inside. If it is mixed veg, best be careful there isn't anything added like salt or other seasoning etc

pinkneon · 09-30-2016, 12:19 PM

Thanks. Didn't see this til I'd eaten my dinner so didn't save him any! (There was only like 2 anyway!) LOL But he did get baby corn, carrot and broccoli!

Coco61 · 09-30-2016, 02:02 PM

So Sweep did ok anyway then but like Serendipity I have given Mocho this and with no problem.

Rads · 09-30-2016, 02:33 PM

Pip loves Mange Tout I cut them down to about a half inch and she goes at them like a total loon

cypher · 09-30-2016, 11:39 PM

Aw shame Sweep missed out! Mine love sugar snap peas.
Maybe make yourself a list of safe veg for a quick check so you know next time & Sweep can get a treat

pinkneon · 10-01-2016, 03:13 AM

Thanks. Cypher, do you know where the safe list is? I can't find it anywhere!!

cypher · 10-01-2016, 03:25 AM

The old wiki list

And this is my personal list, doesn't include fruit.
Hope that helps.

Safe veg, those marked * are relatively high in sugar so only feed to diabetes prone species as an occasional treat if at all.
Asparagus
Basil
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Common or red clover
Cabbage, green or red
Carrot*
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard
Coriander
Courgette
Cress (not mustard & cress as commonly sold together)
Cucumber
Dandelion leaves & flowers
Endive/chicory
Green beans/runner beans
Kale
Pak choi/Bok choi
Parsley
Peas/mange tout/sugar snap/snow*
Peppers, any colour
Potato/sweet potato cooked only*
Radicchio
Spinach
Squash/pumpkin*
Swede
Sweet corn/baby corn*
Turnip

Thin Lizzy · 10-06-2016, 01:45 AM

Harvey loves sugar snap peas. He does love his greens.

Juliebrei · 10-06-2016, 03:20 AM

We use this page: [HAMSTER NUTRITION V] Safe Dietary Supplements for Hamsters - Food & Nutrition - Hamster Hideout Forum
It has a really nice systematic list.