Protein source for red-foots

[Tom]

This has been a fascinating and very useful thread. Everyone reading this is gaining from wisdom and knowledge that takes decades to accumulate. Thanks to everyone who has participated, especially the lot of you who have tons of experience in this area. I just learned more about redfoots in the last ten minutes, reading this thread, than in the last few years.

 

[Candy]

Great information on Redfoots Carl thanks for posting it. My husband was saying the same thing after remembering the information about where they are from that you and Mark had posted before. Even the pictures of their farms that I've seen are open and they're all out and about. It is very interesting about the protein and I'd like to read more about it. I've given Dale elk meat before, but now when try to give it to him he eats a bit and walks away. I tried also to give them chicken like people on here have fed theirs and they didn't get excited over it at all. I guess if they want it they'll eat it that's the way I feed Dale and Ruby and Eddie.

 

[Madkins007]

The last sentence that in part says "Less UV = need for D3 source = meat eater" is also without any merit. How does this person explain the fact that Manouria impressa, M. emys and Indotestudo elongata are all found in deep forest situations and greatly prefer shaded environments in captivity, and yet they are not generally known as meat eaters. M. impressa seems to be a fungus specialist. True, I would bet that all three will eat the occasional dead vertebrate they encounter but they seem to do just fine in deep shade with a generalist or herbivore existence.

Just FYI- fungi are a natural source of vitamin D2. MANY forest species are big fungus eaters.