Someone on here from Asia recently got some cuttlebones from a fish market and dried them and gave them to his turtle. He said they turned out to be exactly like the ones from the pet store. He said they were a lot of trouble, though so in the future he's just going to buy them at the pet store.
Just a small technical point - while the cuttlefish are called "fish" they aren't really. They're in the same family with squids and octopuses - marine creatures but not really fish.
You boil it to soften it. I've tried giving my turtles eggs shells once, and stopped when they started pooping out pieces of it, even though it had been softened. I think using the cuttlebone is better.
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." -Antoine de Saint Exupery-
I stick a piece in the tank clipped to a veggie clip every two weeks or less. I put a piece the size of a half dollar coin and they eat it when they want to.
For the first couple of years of his life I just let the cuttlebone float and Spot managed to eat it pretty well. But it's easier for him if it's anchored with a veggie clip.
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:45 pm 
