Different exotic pets require different calcium phosphorous ratios in their diets. Many pets need a 2 to 1 calcium phosphorous ratio, meaning the food should have twice as much calcium ans it does phosphorous. Make sure you aren't giving your pet the wrong amounts of calcium and phosphorous by paying attention to the the calcium phosphorous ratios of what you feed.
Calcium Phosphorous Ratios
Alfafa Sprouts - 0.5:1
Apple (skin on) - 1.1:1
Apple (peeled) - 0.6:1
Apricot - 0.7:1
Asparagus - 0.5:1
Avocado (high fat- 0.3:1
Banana - 0.3:1
Beet Tops - 3.0:1
Beets (high in oxalates) - 0.4:1
Blackberries - 1.5:1
Blueberries (high in oxalates)- 0.6:1
Broccoli - 0.7:1
Brussel Sprouts - 0.6:1
Butternut Squash - 1.5:1
Cantaloupe - 0.6:1
Carob - 4.4:1
Carrots - 0.6:1
Cauliflower - 0.5:1
Celery - 1.5:1
Cherries - 0.8:1
Chicory - 2.1:1
Chinese Cabbage - 2.8:1
Collard Greens - 14.5:1
Corn (very high phosphorous)0.02:1
Crab Apple - 1.2:1
Cucumber - 0.7:1
Dandelion Greens - 2.8:1
Dates - 0.8:1
Dried Figs - 2.1:1
Dried Parsley - 4.2:1
Eggplant - 0.3:1
Endive (Escarole) - 1.9:1
Figs - 2.5:1
Grapes (may be harmful to sugar gliders and canines) - 1.4:1
Green Beans - 1.1:1
Green Cabbage - 2.0:1
Iceberg Lettuce (can cause diarrhea) - 1.0:1
Honeydew Melon - 0.9:1
Kale - 2.4:1
Kiwi - 0.7:1
Leeks - 1.7:1
Loose Leaf Lettuce - 2.7:1
Mango - 0.9:1
Mustard Spinach - 7.5:1
Nectarine - 0.3:1
Orange - 2.3:1
Papaya - 4.8:1
Parsley - 2.4:1
Peach - 0.4:1
Pear - 1.1:1
Peas - 0.2:1
Pineapple - 1.0:1
Plum - 0.4:1
Prunes - 0.7:1
Pumpkin - 0.5:1
Radish - 1.1:1
Raisins (may be harmful to sugar gliders and canines) - 0.5:1
Raspberries - 1.8:1
Red Cabbage - 1.2:1
Romaine Lettuce - 0.8:1
Soybean - 1.0:1
Spinach - 2.0:1
Spaghetti Squash - 1.9:1
Star Fruit - 0.2:1
Strawberries - 0.7:1
Summer Squash - 0.6:1
Sweet Potato - 0.8:1
Swiss Chard - 1.1:1
Tangerine - 1.4:1
Tofu - 1.1:1
Tomato - 0.2:1
Turnips - 1.0:1
Turnip Greens - 4.5:1
Watercress - 2.0:1
Watermelon - 0.9:1
Winter Squash - 1.0:1
Yam - 0.3:1
Zucchini (high in oxalates) - 0.5:1
