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Is it okay to feed my BTS whole freshwater fish/ feeder fish???
Mine gets his share everytime i get some for my turts.
And is it okay to feed BTS catfood, since most in the market are made from seafood and i feel it is more unatural for them.

I'm still in the research phase for my future bluey, but everything I've read says 'no' to seafood. It's not in their natural diet. I'd love to hear what others say.
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It's true that seafood isn't a natural part of their diet so I wouldn't feed it to them. There are plenty of other things that are a natural part of their diet and that they love to eat so I would just stick to those things. If all you can find is seafood cat food, then try some dog food. Other things you can give them besides cat/dog food are egg (they absolutely love egg), unseasoned pieces of beef or chicken, mince meat, banana, strawberries, kiwi fruit, mango, melon, orange, mandarin, zucchini, pumpkin, potato, carrot, peas, corn, mixed frozen vegetables etc. You can give them live foods aswell like crickets, mealworms, mice, snails etc.

There are a lot of other things you can give them besides seafood!

You should go to www.bluetongueskinks.net

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Edward
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everytime I visit this site someone is trying to feed fish to their BTS. If you just have to feed fish make sure it is fresh and whatever form it is in, whether catfood or whatever, make sure it has never been frozen. No herp should be fed f/t fish and if the herp doesn't eat fresh in the wild, why bother with that when there are plenty of other foods to feed your BTS like chicken, turkey cat foods, insects, veggies, egg, blueberries and lots more.