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Hey guys, here is some nutrient data not available anywhere else that I have found. I commissioned this analysis, and am posting it here for the TFO community to see. I'll post it on my webpage when I get the rest of the results (a complete amino acid profile).
It's Soursop leaves, a native food for redfoots and yellowfoots. It's also considered a super food, and for that the published accounts are many. But no basic, nutrient profile or fiber profile, stuff us tortoise keepers might want to know. I'll have some at Kapidolo Farms soon.
Also commissioned is the same analysis for the Ginkgo, that will be on Kapidolo Farms web page when complete.
In the mean time, please note, I really care to get the best stuff for tortoise food. Stuff that is organic sourced as is most of the product line.
Tree leaves have a consistent higher calcium: Phosphorus ratio and fiber profile than weedy plants or grasses. And all the tortoise that hang out under trees will eat tree leaves, that's pretty much all of them.
I'm still seeking more good tortoise foods. If you did not notice from the TFO marketplace, all food orders in September ship with two free ounces of organic sourced Cactus flour. FLOUR not flower. It's cactus pad dried and ground up into a flour like consistency. It sprinkles on food like calcium powder, but more palatable. Of course not as full of calcium as straight calcium powder so a bit more frequently than two to three times a week is suggested. It does have much fiber though, so that brings something into the diet that straight calcium powder does not have.
It's Soursop leaves, a native food for redfoots and yellowfoots. It's also considered a super food, and for that the published accounts are many. But no basic, nutrient profile or fiber profile, stuff us tortoise keepers might want to know. I'll have some at Kapidolo Farms soon.
Also commissioned is the same analysis for the Ginkgo, that will be on Kapidolo Farms web page when complete.
In the mean time, please note, I really care to get the best stuff for tortoise food. Stuff that is organic sourced as is most of the product line.
Tree leaves have a consistent higher calcium: Phosphorus ratio and fiber profile than weedy plants or grasses. And all the tortoise that hang out under trees will eat tree leaves, that's pretty much all of them.
I'm still seeking more good tortoise foods. If you did not notice from the TFO marketplace, all food orders in September ship with two free ounces of organic sourced Cactus flour. FLOUR not flower. It's cactus pad dried and ground up into a flour like consistency. It sprinkles on food like calcium powder, but more palatable. Of course not as full of calcium as straight calcium powder so a bit more frequently than two to three times a week is suggested. It does have much fiber though, so that brings something into the diet that straight calcium powder does not have.