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Thank-you kensopher! I appreciate your help in locating that recipe for me. I do intend on continuing to feed the turtles their freshly made salads and mealworms etc., but I thought that if they would eat this "gelatin" meal, that when I go out of town in a couple of weeks, my neighbor could feed them while I am gone and it wouldn' be much of a bother since she could just get a few cubes out of a bag and put out for the boxies to eat.

I would only be gone for about a week, so they would only have to eat that diet for a few days before I would be back to fix their salad again.

Thank-you again for the trouble you went through to find the recipe for me. I really appreciate it. You have a good rest of the week-end! Take care.................9boxies

Here is a link to box turtle food.
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Jack

This is an interesting article on how they came to make this turtle food.
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Jack

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has tried these box turtle patties, and if so, if their turtles would eat them? It would be very convenient to have on hand, but only if the turltes liked them.
Thanks

Here is another source of "vacation food". Look up NASCO's Turtle Brittle. It was developed by the Atlanta Zoo and is used to feed box turtles in many large collections. If it is soaked then combined with chopped vegetable, a leafy green and fruit. it's a complete diet. It'll save your neighbor have having to deal with bugs, lol!
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Tess
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