Eggsy
New Member
I understand that when we are discussing turtle diets, cat food is considered a huge no-no. But I have a questions to throw out there:
1) Is it generally accepted that as turtle owners we ban all types of wet cat food from our turtle’s diet (not even as a treat, or appetite stimulant)?
2) If no to the first question, do any turtle owners use cat food as a small part of their turtle’s diet? If so, what kind?
3) When most owners think of wet cat food, are you thinking about the highly processed, low grade pate that most people give their cats or are you lumping the higher grade/excellent cat food that has limited ingredients into the “no cat food rule”?
My definitions of Cat Food Grades (see attached file for visual examples):
Low Grade: mystery meat pate and shreds, when you look at the ingredients there’s an entire book about what they used to create this food.
Medium Grade: still a long list of ingredients, but includes broth, true meat, and then lots of added minerals and vitamins.
High Grade: mainly meat and broth as the ingredients, with some added minerals and vitamins, generally has higher amount of protein in it.
Excellent Grade: only has three ingredients that you can see and recognize, has the highest amount of protein.
1) Is it generally accepted that as turtle owners we ban all types of wet cat food from our turtle’s diet (not even as a treat, or appetite stimulant)?
2) If no to the first question, do any turtle owners use cat food as a small part of their turtle’s diet? If so, what kind?
3) When most owners think of wet cat food, are you thinking about the highly processed, low grade pate that most people give their cats or are you lumping the higher grade/excellent cat food that has limited ingredients into the “no cat food rule”?
My definitions of Cat Food Grades (see attached file for visual examples):
Low Grade: mystery meat pate and shreds, when you look at the ingredients there’s an entire book about what they used to create this food.
Medium Grade: still a long list of ingredients, but includes broth, true meat, and then lots of added minerals and vitamins.
High Grade: mainly meat and broth as the ingredients, with some added minerals and vitamins, generally has higher amount of protein in it.
Excellent Grade: only has three ingredients that you can see and recognize, has the highest amount of protein.