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My rats were very picky eaters. The inside of a cucumber slice would be eaten leaving the skin behind for example.
by shawn_w 1y ago
My rats were very picky eaters. The inside of a cucumber slice would be eaten leaving the skin behind for example.
- neom 1y agotrue! But that's also because cucurbitacins, given the size of a rat I'd imagine it wouldn't have to eat much cucumber skin to get pretty sick.
- DroneBetter 1y agothat's not unusual; most rodents do it, and also ants and plecostomuses (although in their cases it may be less out of preference and more due to mouth limitations)
- mjh2539 1y agoThe skin of cucurbits is usually fairly high in cucurbitacins (usually much higher than the flesh).
- HelloNurse 1y agoUnlike bats, cucumber slices can be easily transported to a safe eating place, rarely fight back, and are ideally suitable for precision nibbling.