Squash for babies?

[izzyLizzy]

I have been feeding my 4y/o Izzy yellow squash without any problems. In fact, he seems to like it more than greens. I tried feeding my younger ones squash, along with their greens, but they were throwing it back up. I was just wondering if maybe the squash for the babies is a bad idea and if anyone has ever had problems with it. I stopped giving them squash and the regurgitation stopped, their poop also went back to normal. Right now they're just on greens. Mustard, turnip, and collards. Sometimes bok choy greens- those are okay, right? By the way, they only get greens about twice a week.

I also have another question, unrelated to food. Has anyone had multiple young ones with basically identical diets, but growing at different rates? They were the same size when we got them. Now one is 13" and the other is 10". I'll try to post a photo for comparison.

Vincent is the smaller one, Julius is much bigger. This photo is probably a month old, so they are a bit bigger now.


Thanks

 

[diamc]

Are the 2 pictured above housed together? How old are they? How many feeders are each of them eating daily?

 

[izzyLizzy]

I'm not sure their exact age. I'd say about 5-6 months. They are housed together. The thing is, one of them was supposed to be a gift for my brother and family. I got them on the 3rd of March, but on the 6th, my brother was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident that left him in the hospital for months, plus rehab/therapy. Anyway, I ended up keeping both because they weren't going to be able to give the care it needed. We're in the slow process of expanding. I know it's best that they're separated. I rarely see them on top of each other and they both seem submissive. Is that possible? I always catch them waving at each other or sometimes at me when I walk by.

As for feeders- they were eating small crickets at about 50-60 per feed. We've been giving them medium-small ones and they each eat anywhere from 25-35. I leave them in the feeding container for about 10 minutes unless they seem to be trying to get out.