Feeding and Nutrition :: My turtle has gotten this for years, is this good?

[Alexr]

How good is it for her? She gets it daily. I occasionally give her other foods (vegies, live fish etc.) but this is her main diet.



here are the main ingredients:

Carrots, Anacharis, Krill, Romaine Lettuce, Turnip, Pollock, Bloodworms, Dandelion Greens, Spirulina, Algin Menhaden Oil, Vitamins and calcium

sorry if this has been talked about before. i searched but didnt find anything.

[octpusgirl8]

It looks like basically the same thing as the San Francisco Bay frozen aquatic turtle diet. I give it to my turtle occasionally, but not as a staple. Carrots are the main ingredient, so it's probably a little high in sugar, but it does have a lot of good stuff in it. It would probably be good to alternate it with pellets, and offer fresh greens daily.

[Alexr]

it actually is san francisco bay just new packaging.

[Take-One]

Veggies should be a staple.

Yeah it is probaly high in sugar.

[Tenodera]

I have heard lots of good things about this product. Made from natural stuff...

It's good!

[marisa]

It is the same thing as SFB Aquatic Turtle diet (don't know why it's now the called the adult formula, though---I used to give it to my turtle's when they were small hatchlings).

I think it's quite good as part of the overall diet and offer it weekly to my turtles. Just curious, but if your turtle gets it daily, how much do you give her at a feeding?

[Alexr]

It is the same thing as SFB Aquatic Turtle diet (don't know why it's now the called the adult formula, though---I used to give it to my turtle's when they were small hatchlings).

I think it's quite good as part of the overall diet and offer it weekly to my turtles. Just curious, but if your turtle gets it daily, how much do you give her at a feeding?

i normally give her about two cubes a day. i dont know if that is too much or too little but thats what she gets.

[marisa]

Well, most of it's moisture, so I don't think you're overdoing it. I usually give it in place of some of the veggie I'd normally give, but if it's a pellet day, they still get some pellets.

[Chrisbarnett]

This stuff looks and sounds pretty good. I think i'll pick up some from petsmart for variety next time I go. That is where you can get it right?

[imderanged]

Yeah. After reading this thread I pick some up today at Petsmart.

[VanishingReality]

My hatchling gets half a cube once a week, he loves the stuff and it tricks him into eating carrots!

[imderanged]

I just gave a cube to Sylar today in place of pellets and he went right for it! He REALLY likes it. It looks like it's kinda messy though.

[marisa]

I think the faintly fishy smell makes it attractive to them. And it is messy. I used to feed it in a separate container of water. Now my turtles get some of it before I'm going to do some cleaning or at least a partial water change.

[slamster33]

yea i use this tuff my turt Leonardo loves it. i give him on ith the mornin and one at night about 3 times a week.