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goini04
at Wed Aug 17 18:16:45 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by goini04 ]
Israel Dupont had made mention of this feed before and I had been meaning to look into it more, so now that my attention has been brought back to this, I have a few questions.
I know this stuff helps to improve growth rates and what not, but can it enforce an unhealthy growth rate? Is there a suggested feeding set for a certain size crocodilian with this stuff?
While I am interested in getting some, I dont want something that can make the alligators grow abnormally fast. They are seem to be growing at a rather steady rate at this point, and I like that, but just dont want to add something to the diet that can make them grow at an unhealthy pace.
Furthermore, which size pellets would be good for 3.5ft gators? They have two feed sizes in there. What would you recommend as an appropriate size.
I have already called one large feed store and they have informed me that in order to order it for me there would be a minimum order of 25 bags. That's a croc! (pun intended).
Anyways, thanks for your time Chris.
Best Wishes
Chris
>>Just wanted to make a brief post about Mazuri's crocodilian diet.
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>>I had visited Gatorland a few weeks back and was informed that they were using Mazuri crocodilian diet, among other items with their animals. I also visited St.Augustine and found the same. So I bought a couple bags of the diet to experiment on my own animals.
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>>It's to early to tell how it will affect growth but of 9 crocodilians I've tried it on 7 have become pretty fond of it, 1 is a sampler, and 1 will not eat it.
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>>3 animals(Nile crocodiles) will be getting it exclusively as an experiment.
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>>The diet comes in 2 sizes, a small pellet for young animals and a larger pellet for larger animals. I pay $39 for a 50lb bag. Which is expensive but in comparison to the normal fare of steaks, roast, rodents, and chicken it's a bargain.
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>>One negative appears to be that the binder makes the waste a little more 'thick', but this is a minor negative.
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>>All in all from first impressions it seems to be a product worth using in the diet of a captive crocodilian. And for a private keeper makes feeding much easier.
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>>CDieter
>>'Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.'
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Questions... - goini04, Wed Aug 17 18:16:45 2005