Beef Heart for Redfoot?

[ZEROPILOT]

I have portions of Beef Heart in my freezer that I feed as a treat to my larger fishes. They are in cubes about 3/4 of an inch in diameter.
Can I ad these to Mazuri as an "at hand" source of protein for my Redfoot colony?
I don't see any issues. It's 100% lean and protein. However, I may be overlooking something..........
Thank you.

 

[Yvonne G]

I was told many, many, many, many (did I remember to say that it was many years ago?) years ago that one shouldn't feed too much organ meat. It was so long ago that I can't remember why, though.

 

[leigti]

Heart is just pure muscle. It's not like liver or kidney. I've been told it's good for box turtles, my box turtle liked it.

 

[domalle]

I have portions of Beef Heart in my freezer that I feed as a treat to my larger fishes. They are in cubes about 3/4 of an inch in diameter.
Can I ad these to Mazuri as an "at hand" source of protein for my Redfoot colony?
I don't see any issues. It's 100% lean and protein. However, I may be overlooking something..........
Thank you.

Just so long as you don't overdo either one.

 

[domalle]

I was told many, many, many, many (did I remember to say that it was many years ago?) years ago that one shouldn't feed too much organ meat. It was so long ago that I can't remember why, though.

Another name for organ meat is offal. Offal was thrown into the breeding ponds as food on the Gulf Coast redear slider farms
and was implicated in the original salmonella outbreak in the 70s. That may be one reason you had a negative feeling about it.