Box turtles are omnivorous animals, enjoying both animal and plant material for sustenance. This food offers them both, including plenty of leafy green vegetables as well as papaya and mango fruit for variety.
This food features whole corn and apples – two staple foods of captive box turtles – in addition to being fortified with kelp powder and brewer’s yeast for additional nutritional support.
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Ingredients
Zoo Med provides exotic pets with food designed to provide their bodies with essential nutrition, as well as bedding made of sustainable materials that allows reptiles and amphibians to burrow and nest as they would in their native environments.
Box turtles require fresh, clean water for drinking and bathing purposes. Ideally it should be provided in a shallow dish, crock, pan with ramp or log so they can access it easily, with regular changes happening weekly using a spray bottle to mist regularly throughout the week.
This food is a pelleted mix featuring small amounts of fruit and vegetables (papaya and mango) that box turtles enjoy, along with added vitamins and minerals. The diet offers plenty of vegetables like escarole, endive, dandelion greens as well as plenty of other nutritious choices, but should avoid collards, turnip greens, kale mustard and Swiss chard, which contain high oxalates which could prevent calcium absorption.
Nutrition
Box turtles are omnivorous animals and need both animal- and plant-based foods for nutrition. In addition, they need plenty of water in order to stay hydrated.
This food for box turtles features fresh fruits and vegetables with added vitamins and minerals for maximum health benefits. Plus, its ingredients contain fewer preservatives than comparable canned options! Reviews indicate that turtles seem to love this treat! Reviewers rave that their turtles devour it!
Vegetables should form the bulk of a box turtle’s diet. Examples include collard greens, kale, mustard or turnip greens, alfalfa hay, broccoli Swiss chard and watercress; while iceberg lettuce and celery should only be fed occasionally due to being composed primarily of water and fiber with few nutrients.
An occasional dose of reptile-specific vitamin mineral powder should help ensure your box turtle receives all of its required nutrition. Additional options could include calcium gluconate, lactate or carbonate supplements as well as multivitamin/mineral dust made specifically for reptiles.
Storage
Zoo Med has long been known to produce quality products to assist pet owners with caring for their reptiles, amphibians, birds and aquatic pets. From natural habitats to food designed specifically for your exotic companion, Zoo Med offers everything needed to keep exotic pets healthy and happy.
This canned food is specifically tailored for box turtles and tortoises. Packed with whole corn and apples – two favorite foods of captive box turtles – along with added vitamins and minerals, its use is easy thanks to a pull tab can which makes opening easy for turtles; its size makes it similar to cat food cans so their lids work just fine with this product too. 1/4 of a can should be fed per turtle when feeding; keep in the refrigerator to prevent spoilage for best results; you can mix this food in with other fresh foods such as fresh fruits, veggies, pellets or live prey (such as grasshoppers crickets or waxworms).
Overall
Zoo Med’s Box Turtle Canned Food is a fantastic choice for pet turtles as it contains an assortment of fruits and vegetables known to benefit captive turtles, along with adequate levels of protein and calcium for them.
Reviewers have noted that their box turtles seem to enjoy this food. Some reviewers even found their turtles eating this canned food even if they refused other food options; though it might be wise to mix in other things such as fresh fruits and vegetables or mealworms for best results.
Provide a dish large enough for your turtle not to drown, as many species enjoy bathing in water dishes. Make sure the water stays clean as some species will defecate or urinate in it; thoroughly wash any fruits and vegetables prior to feeding them as certain varieties can contain harmful fungi and bacteria that could harm reptiles; provide daily fresh, clean water as a drinking source.
