One of our very first members, Kristina, posted her recipe for a gel food. I thought this might be a good time to revive it so you all could give it a try:
Ingredients -
4) Centrum vitamin tablets
6 oz Lifetime liquid Calcium Magnesium Citrate (I prefer the blueberry flavor, the smell is quite strong)
2 tbsp Sticky Tongue Farms Miner-All
1) 10 oz can of kale
1) 4 oz Butternut Squash babyfood
4 oz distilled water
2 packets Knox gelatin
Heat about 2 oz of the water to boiling, and add 4 tablets of Centrum to it to start dissolving. In a blender, combine the canned kale, Lifetime calcium, squash, and Miner-All. Blend it together until it is a liquid. Add the dissolved Centrum and mix it in thoroughly.
Pour the mixture out of the blender and into a bowl. Heat the remaining water to boiling and stir in the gelatin until it is dissolved. Pour into the blended mixture and stir THOROUGHLY.
Line a cookie sheet with plastic wrap. Make sure the wrap goes up the sides. Pour the gel mixture into the cookie sheet, and tap it on the counter to level and settle it. Place it into the refrigerator and allow it to set up.
You can cut it into strips and cubes once it is set. For storage, cut it into larger squares and layer with pieces of wax paper, wrap in plastic wrap or in a freezer bag and freeze. You can take out a small portion at a time and defrost.
Offer a piece each day that is equal to the size of the tortoise's head. Should be fed in conjunction with a diet of varied, quality dark leafy greens, weeds, and grasses.
The reasons that I prefer the Lifetime liquid are that it is phosphorus free, has great smell and flavor, and contains D3.
Ingredients -
4) Centrum vitamin tablets
6 oz Lifetime liquid Calcium Magnesium Citrate (I prefer the blueberry flavor, the smell is quite strong)
2 tbsp Sticky Tongue Farms Miner-All
1) 10 oz can of kale
1) 4 oz Butternut Squash babyfood
4 oz distilled water
2 packets Knox gelatin
Heat about 2 oz of the water to boiling, and add 4 tablets of Centrum to it to start dissolving. In a blender, combine the canned kale, Lifetime calcium, squash, and Miner-All. Blend it together until it is a liquid. Add the dissolved Centrum and mix it in thoroughly.
Pour the mixture out of the blender and into a bowl. Heat the remaining water to boiling and stir in the gelatin until it is dissolved. Pour into the blended mixture and stir THOROUGHLY.
Line a cookie sheet with plastic wrap. Make sure the wrap goes up the sides. Pour the gel mixture into the cookie sheet, and tap it on the counter to level and settle it. Place it into the refrigerator and allow it to set up.
You can cut it into strips and cubes once it is set. For storage, cut it into larger squares and layer with pieces of wax paper, wrap in plastic wrap or in a freezer bag and freeze. You can take out a small portion at a time and defrost.
Offer a piece each day that is equal to the size of the tortoise's head. Should be fed in conjunction with a diet of varied, quality dark leafy greens, weeds, and grasses.
The reasons that I prefer the Lifetime liquid are that it is phosphorus free, has great smell and flavor, and contains D3.
