Anyone have any reviews on the nature zone box turtle diets. I picked up a sample pack at a show and the box turtle seems to love it but how is it as a primary food source? I give various vegetables and a few fruits as well, but I was thinking about switching over to this since my container of repcal box turtle food is about out. Will he do well if his diet is about 80% nature zone and 20% veg/fruits/insects?
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Anyone feed the nature zone diet?
pfan151
Oct 11, 2009 05:24 PM
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kensopher
Oct 17, 2009 05:34 AM
Hi John,
I was given the Nature Zone diet one year as a Christmas present by well-meaning relatives. Most of my box and wood turtles didn't like it. The desert box turtles ate it, but they'll eat anything.
My main problem with it is the following; if you place a moist, nutrient rich food item out at room temperature and it does not begin to spoil, it must be loaded with preservatives. It also has a very, very strange chemical-type smell.
I'm not as picky as some when it comes to what I will offer my box turtles, but I have made the decision to feed more fresh food items, and I have actually modified the gelatin-based food recipe found in Russ Gurley's book for box turtles. If you'd like an easy to feed gelatin-based food, I would recommend trying to make your own.
Hope this helps.
