Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:49 pm Re: She eats her own poop but she won't eat a carrot.
That sounds like a great mix to me! The heavier on dark greens it is, the better. They're the best for them. Mine are heavy in dandelion greens and red leaf lettuce because it's what I had on hand. Also, if you have it, add some boiled crushed egg shell, or calcium powder, or crushed cuttlebone for calcium, and a little bit of reptile vitamin mix powder never hurts. (I have calcium powder in mine along with vitamins, but also am offering him some crushed eggshell when I feed him.)
Here's the recipe I used. I copied it off this forum, and then tweaked to it a tiny bit.
Ingredients:
1 cup of pureed veggies (1 head red lettuce, 1 bunch dandelion greens, 2 small carrots, 1/2 medium squash, 6 green beans.)
1 tbs calcium power
1 tsp vitamin powder
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cool water
2 packets Knox Unflavored gelatin
directions:
In a bowl mix the plant ingredients on the list until well blended. Add the two packets of knox gelatin to the cool water and stir for 1 minute. Let sit while the water boils. Add the cool water with gelatin to the boiling water and stir until the gelatin has dissolved. Pour the geltain mixture into the bowl of veggie mix. Stir until blended and portion into ice cube tray molds. Place in your fridge and allow them to set.
Once they have set, pull them out of the mold by using a tooth pick and cut them in half or fourths (depending on the size of your turtle). place pieces in rows on a cookie sheet and freeze. once frozen, portion into plastic containers. Serve frozen. Makes about 64 servings.
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