New turtle food on the market
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:47 amHello all,
I visited the pet store to get some pellet food today and I found a new one on the market. It's called "HBH Turtle Bites Aquatic Turtle Food" (you have to use the whole name because they have another food called just "Turtle Bites.") It looks to have some good ingredients and it is lower in protein than most sticks, which is good for adult turtles especially.
It has lots of fruit and veggies, which is good, but the things I woprry about are a)the amount of things in there that I don't know what they are, like copper sulfate, and b)it has a Vitamin D3 supplement. Since my turtle lives outdoors in the sunshine I am not convinced this is necessary and I don't want him to get Vit D toxicity... what do you think? Also, the spinach and broccoli aren't good everyday foods. I'm torn because a food with lots of veggies seems better than a grain-based food but the ingredients here are a bit questionable.
Here they are:
fish meal, soybean meal, corn meal, corn gluten meal, soya oil, coconut oil, wheat, calcium carbonate, raisins, coconut, papaya, apricot, banana, sweet potato, pineapple, apple, spinach, broccoli, carrots, dates, dicalcium phosphate, l-lysine, choline chloride, natural and artificial flavors, dl methionine, vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), ferrous sulfate, d-biotin, yucca schidigera extract, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, niacinamide, vitamin B12 supplement, green tea extract, mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, citric acid, vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, sodium selenite, folic acid, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, natural and artificial colors, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (source of vitamin K3), vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt sulfate.
What do you think?
I visited the pet store to get some pellet food today and I found a new one on the market. It's called "HBH Turtle Bites Aquatic Turtle Food" (you have to use the whole name because they have another food called just "Turtle Bites.") It looks to have some good ingredients and it is lower in protein than most sticks, which is good for adult turtles especially.
It has lots of fruit and veggies, which is good, but the things I woprry about are a)the amount of things in there that I don't know what they are, like copper sulfate, and b)it has a Vitamin D3 supplement. Since my turtle lives outdoors in the sunshine I am not convinced this is necessary and I don't want him to get Vit D toxicity... what do you think? Also, the spinach and broccoli aren't good everyday foods. I'm torn because a food with lots of veggies seems better than a grain-based food but the ingredients here are a bit questionable.
Here they are:
fish meal, soybean meal, corn meal, corn gluten meal, soya oil, coconut oil, wheat, calcium carbonate, raisins, coconut, papaya, apricot, banana, sweet potato, pineapple, apple, spinach, broccoli, carrots, dates, dicalcium phosphate, l-lysine, choline chloride, natural and artificial flavors, dl methionine, vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), ferrous sulfate, d-biotin, yucca schidigera extract, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, niacinamide, vitamin B12 supplement, green tea extract, mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, citric acid, vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, sodium selenite, folic acid, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, natural and artificial colors, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (source of vitamin K3), vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt sulfate.
What do you think?