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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: sausagesandcash on May 01, 2009, 12:10:18 am

Title: Banana Skins
Post by: sausagesandcash on May 01, 2009, 12:10:18 am

I read somewhere that bananas should be fed with the skin still on, why is this? I am just wondering because my pigs push out the fleshy interior with their snouts and leave the skin.

Morgan

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 01, 2009, 09:40:38 am

Hilary (aka Galloping Gourmet/Gannet) will not eat banana skins.  Most of our pigs will if offered a banana in the skin.  Hilary's have to be peeled.

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: carl on May 01, 2009, 09:42:54 am

mine have nearly all rejected the skin and eaten the fleshy bit. but having bitten the end off a banana, who can blame them, it's not pleasant.

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: sausagesandcash on May 01, 2009, 11:07:47 am

That's grand, I was just wondering if they were missing out on some wonderful nutrition by not eating the skin...obviously not. Picky little buggers!

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: dixie on May 03, 2009, 09:53:39 pm

All of my pigs have eaten the whole banana, skin and all!  You lot have posh/fussy pigs!! ;D

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: sausagesandcash on May 03, 2009, 11:33:02 pm

Silver sponn in their mouths daaaarling!

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: Pigtails on May 04, 2009, 02:41:35 pm

Our pigs eat the whole fruit, skin, pith and all!! :) :)

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: SmallHolderVirgins on May 07, 2009, 04:57:41 pm

OOo ours have never had bananas

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: dixie on May 07, 2009, 05:13:57 pm

Mine love bananas, definate favourite!!

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: jameslindsay on May 07, 2009, 05:37:26 pm

My 2 old goats just love banana - skin as well.

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 07, 2009, 07:22:11 pm

OK one upmanship here, Hilary adores strawberries.  Not that any one is brave enough to feed them by hand, we put them in the bucket.

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: ballingall on May 07, 2009, 11:58:13 pm

Goats nearly always eat up the banana skins

Beth

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: rorsa on May 08, 2009, 09:13:31 am

I'm with you Dixie - what a bunch of pampered pigs! Mine only get the skins and they love them.

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: lordlonk on May 08, 2009, 05:01:33 pm

Goats eat bannana skins :goat: :goat: :goat: :goat: -good name for a band - if scounting for girls can get away with it  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: exmoorlady on May 08, 2009, 06:44:26 pm

My Pigs LOVE banana skins they are a delicacy to them they have one each after breakfast every day and go crazy when they see you coming with them.  :pig:  :pig:

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 08, 2009, 08:55:06 pm

Just the skins, what do you do with the banana?

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: sausagesandcash on May 08, 2009, 09:05:37 pm

Pigs pampered! God you should see the look on my kids faces when I give them the skins (and I don't mean kid goats!)  ;D
Nothing but the best for my pigs!! Funnily enough for such little aristocrats they don't like cucumber.

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 09, 2009, 08:44:39 am

Now the reason they dont like the cucumber is that you are leaving the skins on!!!!

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: sausagesandcash on May 09, 2009, 02:54:49 pm

Yep, They'll only use the cucumber on their eyes at night.... ;D ....also explains the mud face pack they use  ;D ........Extreme pig vanity!

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 10, 2009, 08:55:49 am

 

I am still laughing at the idea of Hilary with mud packs and cucumber eye covers  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: rorsa on May 11, 2009, 08:56:54 am

In answer to your question Hilarysmum - eat them of course!

Title: Re: Banana Skins
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 12, 2009, 06:56:48 am

According to Hilary you have that the wrong way around.