Ive used Reptomin successfully as a dietary staple for a variety of reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates, in both zoo and private collections. Species, amounts and other details here http://bitly.com/WlorTB. Id appreciate hearing about others experiences. Thanks, Frank
Reptomin: My Experiences (zoo/home) Whats Your Opinion?
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I have used it as a staple for all of my current & previous turtles, and it has worked great in every case.
I am currently keeping a hatchling alligator snapping turtle and have kept mud turtles, musk turtles, red eared sliders, & common snapping turtles as well; all of them have loved ReptoMin.
I am currently keeping a hatchling alligator snapping turtle and have kept mud turtles, musk turtles, red eared sliders, & common snapping turtles as well; all of them have loved ReptoMin.
I'm with wiggles, I've always used it as a staple for my water turtles and hatchling box turtles. I currently feed it to my Mud and Musk Turtles.
I do not use it with most Turtles, I have noticed that those fed exclusively on it tend to have pyramiding, retained scutes, etc, while those feed on Mazuri and other foods when keep in every other way the same do not. This tends to be a bigger issue with Sliders and their ilk like Maps and Painteds, and not with Muds, nappers, softshells, Reeves, etc.
I'm a firm believer in a varied diet, especially during the growth period so feeding something exclusively is more likely to result in shell issues.
I think all around it's a good pellet to supply the basic nutrition that MOST species need but other additives have to be part of the diet. Turtles have too broad of a diet and to expect one pellet to cover all the needs of many different species isn't practical.
Agreed. I give my alligator snapper feeder fishes, algae wafers, shrimp pellets, frozen krill, plant matter, and other foods in addition to ReptoMin.
I've actually had a hard time getting my (pretty carnivorous, as I understand it) turtle to eat the basic ReptoMin floating food sticks. Should I try one of the enhanced varieties? Or like, pre-soak them or do a sort of mix with food he likes the way I would to trick fish into eating pellets?
Don't mean to derail, haha. I saw this just as I was thinking about the issue, and I suppose I'm technically sharing an experience.
Don't mean to derail, haha. I saw this just as I was thinking about the issue, and I suppose I'm technically sharing an experience.
^ I've noticed that sometimes they're not easy for turtles to spot.....especially when you have a lot of floating plants in a tank. But a turtles keen sense of smell should easily help them to find it. If you're still worried the color enhanced foods are easily spotted. I use both types.
i have a painted and an alligator snapper. both eat reptomin and NEVER had a problem. in addition i feed nightcrawler, cichlid pellets, feeder fish, snails, lettuce, and sometimes beemoths and crickets.
I have had some bad experiences with Reptomin- it always turns the water this unnatural teal/green color and although it will keep the animals alive they are not as robust as they seem to be on other diets. I have switched over to a Mazuri turtle diet and a Gourmet pellet that I think is made by Zoo Med. You might be surprised how much of a difference it makes.