BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Can blue tongues eat oats not in porridgy form just normal.

AidanJames1 wrote:Can blue tongues eat oats not in porridgy form just normal.

Ill answer in about 32 mins.....

sorry for late reply,was cooking my porridge so had to keep an eye on it

they can eat either,they can eat alot of food we can eat,wether you would feed half of it,thats up to you,they may not like just oats though,but if u mixed some into amix of other stuff,im sure it would be ok,as a staple diet,i wouldnt reccomend it,there poop would look like museli bars,they need a good mix of protein,especially babies

time for me to go make porridge....i blame you guys. RK, does it really take you that long? XD are you sure youre not making quinoa porridge or semolina porridge? XD

i wouldnt be afraid to give your bluey a taste sample of oat porridge, but as they said its not a good staple diet for a bluey. personally i wouldnt find it necessary at all, and i really wonder if they would really see it as food if fed "raw". the oat would just be eaten and then come out again. not much gained.

do you add salt to it though? i dont, seeing as its not needed actually ot bring out taste, but rather an ingredient of habit. if you were to try giving your bluey it shouldnt be salty

people add salt to porridge? i normally add sugar to the finished product,helps to stomach it,lol

to bland in standard form for my liking,actually as ive got older even sugar doesnt help,lol

AidanJames - it is rude to write "answer now". Everyone on here tries to be helpful and if they have the time and expertise will answer your questions as soon as they can, writing "answer now" will not get you a reply any faster but it will come off as rude. Just something to think about, it really isn't necessary.

You vill comply - someone needs some oats, I hear they help move things along.

I see no benefit in the adding of oats to food. Even for us there really is not much nutritional value to them. It is more fiber than anything I just see no benefit to adding it.

Luke wrote:I see no benefit in the adding of oats to food. Even for us there really is not much nutritional value to them. It is more fiber than anything I just see no benefit to adding it.

for humans it is very nutricious food with lots of benefits.

fibers in good amounts for human stomachs
fills up the stomach for a very long time compared to other food
contains iron
contains calcium
contains lots of other stuff. i took this from a website: Thiamin, Magnesium and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Manganese.

you can call it one of the first and most important human-made meals in human history like bread. up until we could afford living as we do now and not fight through starvation and poor times, porridge and oats have been incredibly important for our survival.

but i dont think blueys absorb the nutrients from these very well....somehow?

I first saw this thread a couple days ago, but I have a personal policy; If I am ordered to read/answer something fast, I wait a minimum 48 hours before reading the post, if I get around to reading it at all.

I feed raw rolled oats to my blueys at times. Mostly to the shinglebacks, but the others get some at times too. This was recommended to me by a very experienced keeper in Australia, who has had incredible success with all types of bts. Sometimes I choose to trust what has worked for other people over time even if I don't understand exactly why a particular thing works. I think tried and true is more dependable than a theory every time. I am definitely not saying blueys need oats, just that they are ok to feed.

lol the only time i would ever post "urgent or immediate help needed" would be...actually, no I'd be going to a vet. LOL

I wouldnt personally feed oat products to a Bluey as a staple, but if they were cooked I dont think it would hurt them occasionally? I just have never heard of them eating grains in the wild, but I could be wrong. The other thing is, unflavored oatmeal aka porridge (right?) is totally gross to me, and i'd feel guilty feeding something that tasted so BLAH to my blueys when they could be eating delicious foods that are better for them