at petco the other day, i was discussing larry with the very helpful guy who works the aquatic life section and he introduced me to these little frozen food cubes. he says his res love them. they contain anacharis, other green leafy veggies(dont have box right in front of me) dried shrimp, worms, etc and larry loves them as a treat in addition to pellets, cuttlebone, and his own veggies.
larry isnt particulary fond of his vegetables and likes to stuff them up the filter tube then go after his algae eaters instead. but the little cubes gave me an idea, as well as a topic in the tortoise section. if i could hide more vegetation in the form of a "treat" would larry eat more veggies...hmmm.
so i went to the grocery store yesterday and loaded up on more veggies then brought them home and began mincing, chopping and grating. included were 6-8 large leaves of romaine, a handful of dandelion greens, a few carrots, a small apple(which produced a surprisingly small amount when grated), cauliflower(which larry hates), zucchini, a tiny bit of red pepper, and a few sugar snap pea-pod thingies(they were going to be part of my dinner). i mixed it all up then distributed it into ice cube trays and popped it in the freezer. we shall see if larry can be hoodwinked into eating vegetables this way...mwahahaha...
on a side note, i have some canned cat food that my cat hates. its meow mix market select or something like that. its got big chunks of salmon tuna and whole shrimp in it. it looks better than most of the stuff i eat...next time i make turtle food, can i add this to the mix? the batch i made earlier made about 2 quarts, so it'd be 1/2 cup cat food to 2 qt veggies. its not the recently recalled cat food! just so yall know im not trying to off my turtlino...
