Frozen Turtle Food

[jc254]

I am wanting to make my own frozen turtle food, does anyone know whats in the turtle tucker by hot house?

[repto]

i can give you thr recipe from Napier Aquarium which is tried and true and has everything necessary in it,just too busy to type it out at the moment.it will cost a little to get some of the ingredients as you will have to buy a bottle etc but these will last for ages once you have them.Will hunt it out and post later.

[repto]

Napier Aquarium Terapin mix

1/2 teaspoon absorbic acid

1 teaspoon vy daylin

2 teaspoons granulated yeast

2 teaspoons lactating calcium

2 teaspoons cod liver oil

2 teaspoons olive oil

500 grams ox heart with fat removed

500 grams fish

1/2 cup rabbit pellets

one cup greens(water cress,outer leaves of lettuce etc,NOT cabbage)

method

cut fish and meat into chunks and partially freeze,soften rabbit pellets in water.now take a small portion of everything and pulse in a kitchen whizz untill the consistenty of coarse sawdust.press out like a biscuit mix and freeze.I used to sandwich betweeen 2 baking trays and press out to the desired thickness,you can get it off the trays easily when frozen and cut into bite sized pieces and freeze free flowed in plastic bags.You can use any fish you like from Wharf caught herrings to just fish scraps such as wings etc with the bones and everything in the mix.

Feed frozen and just enough that they eat the lot and not have alot of uneaten scraps floating around.

the vy daylin is a supplment from the chemist and the absorbic acid is vitamin c,these may cost a bit at the start but will last for ages as will a few kg`s rabbit pellets and the calcium.