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kensopher
at Sun Jan 21 07:49:51 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kensopher ]
I have no doubt that they're wonderful food items for a young box turtle. I feed them to my animals frequently. I suspect that they're very high in calcium.
However, like I stated, there's no nutritional information available. I had previously read that article, and it doesn't specifically give a nutritional analysis. They're difficult to catch and have an extensive exoskeleton. My comment was only related to the "high caloric reward, low energy expense" discussion.
My intent was not entirely clear in my previous post...with a normal and healthy hatchling, isopods are a very good food choice. I've mentioned this many times before. I even feed them to my hathcling aquatics, as the little critters will live and crawl about under water for hours!
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