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Post by davx on Sept 11, 2011 13:04:21 GMT
Hello, malteser posted in an other thread a very helpful link to a book about fodder plants you can download freely as pdf: www.countrylovers.co.uk/wfs/wfsurban.htmI examined the book and recognised many useful plants. Thus I highly recommend this as a base to work with it. Well, the book has 60 pages - to print out it is quite a lot of paper. I acutally think about listing all plants, so that we have here an overview and also we can complete the list with information, if a single plant is suitable for our degus.
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Post by davx on Sept 11, 2011 13:51:08 GMT
Here is the list, the number at the beginning is the page number, after the number I list the english common name and in brackets the scientific name. Then I also give the german name as help for our german speaking members and for you if you like to search on german degu pages or the deguforum.de. Finally I give some information about the plant, use as food etc. Fodder Plant List10 Borage (Borago officinalis) - in german "Boretsch", suitable but spiny 12 Burdock (Arctium lappa, A. minor) - in german "Klette", lack of information, but perhaps suitable 14 Chickweed (Stellaria media) - in german "Vogelmiere" or "Stern-Vogelmiere", suitable and good winter food (it is one of the sparse plants also growing in winter, but it is not suitable for indoor cultivation) 16 Dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis) - in german "Löwenzahn", suitable 18 Goosegrass/Cleavars (Gallium aparine) - in german "Kletten-Labkraut", lack of information, but Gallium species are in general not much liked 20 Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) - in german "Gundermann", not liked, perhaps slightly toxic 22 Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) - in german "Behaartes Schaumkraut", sparse experience, but it seems that it is not much liked 24 Hedge Garlic (Alliaria petiolata) - in german "Knoblauchsrauke", lack of information, perhaps in smaller quantities suitable/liked 26 Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - in german "Wiesen-Bärenklau", suitable, but keep in mind there are similar looking toxic plants 28 Common Nettle (Urtica dioica) - in german "Brennnessel", suitable (fresh and dried), but some degus don't like it 30 Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) - in german "Spitzwegerich" and Greater Plantain (Plantago lancelota) - "Breitwegerich", suitable 32 Ramsons (Allium ursinum) - in german "Bärlauch", lack of information, perhaps suitable in smaller quantities 34 Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) - in german "Sauerampfer", suitable and good food 36 Smooth Sow-Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) - in german "Gemüse-Gänsedistel" or "Kohl-Gänsedistel", suitable and good food 38 Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) - in german "gewöhnliche Kratzdistel", spiny but suitable, perhaps the degus don't like it because of the thorns 40 Three-Cornered Leak (Allium triquetrum) - in german "Glöckchen-Lauch", lack of information 42 Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris) - in german "Winterkresse", perhaps suitable 44 Yellow Sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) -> this information is misleading: 1. in the picture you can see Yellow Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) - in german "Aufrechter Sauerklee", suitable and very good degu food 2. the scientific name refer to Creeping Woodsorrel or Sleeping Beauty (Oxalis corniculata) - in german "Hornfrüchtiger Sauerklee", suitable but difficult to collect in bigger quantities See also in wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_corniculata 46 Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna, C. oxycantha) - in german "Weissdorn", suitable, also the fruits are liked 48 Beech (Fagus sylvatica) - in german "Rotbuche", Fred already mentioned that there was a questionable discussion about poisoned degus eating beech leaves. Thus there is little experience but it seems that it is suitable. I already fed the seeds. Occasinally and in smaller quantities that's fine. 50 Oak (Quercus robur, Q. petraea) - in german "Eiche", the ripe seeds I already fed... they are suitable in smaller quantities, the leaves I used as bedding and the branches I also offered. But besides this there is little experience. 52 Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - in german "Edelkastanie" or "Esskastanie", my degus like neither the leves nor the fruits/"nuts"
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Post by NightwishRaven999 on Sept 12, 2011 6:28:30 GMT
Thanks for the link and the list David ! This will prove to be useful !
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