Recipe for Turtle Food

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I copied the following recipe for turtle food from this link: http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/care.htm It didn’t sound too bad until.. +++ From Dr. Pritchard’s book, Encylopedia of Turtles, I have listed a recipe for making your own turtle food. We are hoping to have better success substituting Trout Chow with ReptoMin. 2 oz. fish (frozen smelt or any fresh fish) 8 oz. Boiling Water 3 oz. Trout Chow (we use Mazuri), ground up into powder 2 oz. Cod Liver Oil 1 1/2 oz. Unflavored Gelatin (we use Knox Unflavored Gelatin) 1 1/2 oz. Bone Meal 1 Teaspoon dibasic calcium phosphate 20 drops red food coloring Using a blender, mince the fish into very small pieces. Dissolve unflavored gelatin into boiling water, stirring thoroughly. Add the minced fish and oil. Pour in the ground trout show along with the bone mean and dibasic calcium phosphate. Mix well, adding 20 drops of food coloring. Pour mix into a shallow pie tin or plastic ice cube tray and put in freezer. Cut into small cubes or strips to feed to turtles. +++ Is anyone familiar with ‘bone meal’ or know where to get it? I stumbled upon this while trying to find Mazuri, and I think I went from bad to worse. Also, is calcium phosphate that white powder that you can use to put on their food? Thanks. __________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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