How do you prepare Squash for Beardie

[Jackie0527]

I want to try some new food with my Beardie Falcor. How do I prepare acorn squash, butternut squash and summer squash? He LOVES mustard greens and orange/yellow peppers. He is 5 months old and needs more variety. Thank you for your help.

 

[CooperDragon]

With the summer squash I just cut it into circular slices, cut them in half, then chop them up into small worm shapes and sprinkle it on salad. You can also scrape them against the big holes on a grater box and that works pretty well too. I've found it is a bit sloppier though. For spaghetti squash and pumpkin I just scrape the inside with a fork and put the pieces on top of a salad. Acorn squash goes the same way if I remember correctly but it's been a while since I've offered that. The key is to make it look like little worms on top of a salad. That seems to attract the most attention.

 

[Jackie0527]

Thank you. It seems much easier then I thought it would be. Hopefully he will like it.

 

[GruffPBG]

I use a vegetable grater from Sainsburys. Cost me about £3.99 and I just grate some carrot / squash etc and layer underneath some more that I have finely diced so she has a choice of shapes, sizes and colors, despite the fact she has 0 cares to give about her fruit and veg at the moment...