Avocados

[warthog]

Can goats eat avocados, the fruit, not the leaves, they are in season at the moment and plentiful and cheap!!!

I seem to remeber somewhere reading that they are posionous.

Anyone ever tried it, or know the answer?

 

[Ariel301]

They can eat the fruit. Mine get a mushy gross one every now and then from the kitchen. Do not let them eat the seed though, that is the poisonous part. I wouldn't feed them a huge meal of avocado all at once, though, as that could cause stomach upset. Go easy on them, and they are fine.

Hahaha I wish avocados here were cheap enough to consider them as a goat food! I'd be eating a whole lot of guacamole!

 

[warthog]

They can eat the fruit. Mine get a mushy gross one every now and then from the kitchen. Do not let them eat the seed though, that is the poisonous part. I wouldn't feed them a huge meal of avocado all at once, though, as that could cause stomach upset. Go easy on them, and they are fine.

Hahaha I wish avocados here were cheap enough to consider them as a goat food! I'd be eating a whole lot of guacamole!

There may well be a lot of things we can't get in Belize, and at times that can be very frustrating. But it's made up with the things you can get, Mango season just finished 5 for 1BZD (50cents) to you. Avocados not had to buy any yet, get so many given to me, I just can't keep up with them, if I were to eat them for every meal I would still have some left over.

Anyhow thanks for the info, I will try one or two between the four of them later today.

 

[warthog]

Well my goties love the avocados. I gave them 2 between the four of them, but little Chops wasn't that interested, so I suppose it was 2 between 3. They just loved them.

Over the last day or two they have had them twice and no ill effects.