Feeding and Nutrition :: Reptomin Pellets

[Hammerstix]

Are these turtle pellets all they are cracked up to be? Based on ingredients doesn't seem to be much nutritional value.

[steve]

They're considered to be reputable and probably the easiest to find. They are other good brands but are hard to locate or order.

[<3 Turtle Love <3]

I feed them to my turtle and he's really healthy. I like the brand.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

I also feed them to my turtle. He likes them, but man do they smell horrible! Lol.

[Listen97]

I stopped feeding these because my turtles wouldn't eat them right away and they caused my water to turn a hint of Green. I have tried other brands but my girls seem to like the Wardley the best.

[Hammerstix]

Honestly, my turtle prefers "Omega One," flakes over the Reptomin Pellets.

It's made from: whole salmon, whole herring, black codd, halibut, whole shrimp & then various wheat products.

Reptomin ingredients: fish meal, wheat starch, dried yeast, corn flour, shrimp meal & various other unknowns.

Im thinking this will be his last can of Reptomin pellets.

[Hammerstix]

I just found "Omega One" turtle pellets @ Petsmart. It's about $10 per can. Im really happy about this since my fish also love the flakes.

[Listen97]

Since Hammerstix posted the ingredients thought I'd post the Wardley I get from Petco. I wish they liked another type since I normally shop at Petsmart, I've even tried Zoomed's but they don't care for them either.

Wardley: White fish meal, wheat flour, soybean meal, shrimp meal, brewers dried yeast, dehydrated alfalfa, gluten, fish oil, lecithin, insect larvae, algae, blood worms, supplemented vitamin C, ethoxyquin (as a preservative).

[steve]

Do they leave a lot of crumbs? That's my primary problem with Reptomin.

[Hammerstix]

Steve...are you asking about Reptomin or Wardley, or Omega One?

[Listen97]

I can't say about the crumbs anymore with the Wardley because the pieces are smaller than my turtles mouth. So they eat them in one bite now. I do know the reason I stopped using the Reptomin was because even if they got the whole piece in their mouth it would leave green "crumbs" coming from their mouth (kinda looked like green smoke).

[Diamondbacks4Life]

I actually think he was asking about omega one pellets since their new.

[Listen97]

Ah the Omega one were mentioned as flakes, so assumed he meant the Wardley pellets since well flakes um flake . But it looks like they are sticks.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.j ... d=12620203

[slider_keeper]

I just pick one of those cans up, I'm gonna mix match my turtles pellets I have used Reptomin since I got my first red ear slider. I feed mainly greens but give three pellets every day

[steve]

Thanks guys for the info. I was asking about the Omega One. I've noticed that some RES are just messier when it comes to eating too. My female RES leaves a lot more Reptomin crumbs than my male RES, though the Koi pellets seem to hold together better.