Silkworm time again ! thinking of including mulberry leaves in lizards' salads too .

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Someone on GumTree posted some info about the nutritional benefit of mulberry leaves so I though this is hard to find info and worth sharing :

Mulberries leaves have a wide range of beneficial vitamins and minerals which include Vitamin A, B1, B2 and minerals such as Magnesium, Zinc, Iron. They also contain sodium and potassium. All these combine to create a healthy meal for your Shrimp, whether they be Red Cherry, NQ Algae, Amano, Crystal Red or Black King Kong Panda's. Feeding Mulberry Leaves to your shrimp will help in the molting process and help them build a new shell. Mulberry leaves may also get your shrimp breeding a lot quicker.

Nutrient Analysis:

Protein: 23%
Carbohydrate: 43%
Fat: 4%
Fibre: 26%

and a more detailed analysis I found http://www.fao.org/livestock/agap/frg/lrrd/lrrd12/2/yao122.htm


This is the analysis for white mulberry leaves from a study http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/wrs/article/viewFile/196/183

indicates a dry basis Ca/P = 2.3 which is pretty good.

I'll be including mulberry leaves in my beardie's diets , assuming hicks mulberry leaves are similar chemistry , and not toxic - I've raised several generations of silkworms on them and fed the worms to my lizards with no ill-effects .
Any one care to comment on the above and the use if hicks mulberry (black mulberry) leaves in a lizard's salad ?