Best nutrition for Irwini Cat?

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Just picked up a nice 5'' Irwini Cat and wanted to now the best type of foods to feed him? I have bichirs in there two so would he/she just eat the massivore pellets they eat? and Do they like live snails and If so whats some good types to feed to him/her?
 
caribemob;4016120; said:
Just picked up a nice 5'' Irwini Cat and wanted to now the best type of foods to feed him? I have bichirs in there two so would he/she just eat the massivore pellets they eat? and Do they like live snails and If so whats some good types to feed to him/her?
Vary the diet as much as possible-wet and dry.
My meg is 24in and has been raised on mainly jmc cat pellets and trout pellets with regular small amounts of cockle,prawns,fish fillets,mussels ect.
When bigger throw in garden snails-obviously not after using slug pellets on your garden.:)
 
JPRP got any pics of yours? Sorry to derail caribe
 
jprp;4016163; said:
Vary the diet as much as possible-wet and dry.
My meg is 24in and has been raised on mainly jmc cat pellets and trout pellets with regular small amounts of cockle,prawns,fish fillets,mussels ect.
When bigger throw in garden snails-obviously not after using slug pellets on your garden.:)

how long have you had yours? and what size tank is that bad boy in
 
My two eat massivore,jmc catfish pellets,cichlid gold,prawn,algae wafers etc and they eat alot!
Last night i put food in and i thought oh crap ive put far too much in il have to take it out,but then out comes the big one and eats everything lol,i didnt think both of the megas the dat and the blockhead and poly would eat it all,but he ate it all to himself lol

steve
 
spwd;4017076; said:
My two eat massivore,jmc catfish pellets,cichlid gold,prawn,algae wafers etc and they eat alot!
Last night i put food in and i thought oh crap ive put far too much in il have to take it out,but then out comes the big one and eats everything lol,i didnt think both of the megas the dat and the blockhead and poly would eat it all,but he ate it all to himself lol

steve

sound like some beast...:headbang2, Have you ever tried snails because I heard thats there main favorite food in the wild
 
One certainly is,hes 8" now ive only had him a few months and he was just about 5" when i got him ,the other is about 6.5"lol
No ive not tried snails ,just ordinary ones of the garden?

Steve
 
spwd;4017583; said:
One certainly is,hes 8" now ive only had him a few months and he was just about 5" when i got him ,the other is about 6.5"lol
No ive not tried snails ,just ordinary ones of the garden?

Steve

no cause they might have pesticide on them get mystery or apple snails
 
How big are those two species,and i take it they are from the lfs?

Steve
 
Tank is 8ft long,26in front to back and 27in high-250 manly,thrusting uk gal = about 300 limp,flaccid us gal.:ROFL:
6 years from 4-24in.
Has been in my 300uk/360ishus for part of its life.
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Oh yer almost forgot - massivore :) :grinno: :ROFL: :ROFL: :cry: :nilly:!
 
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