The turtles didn't seem to enjoy the taste, and there is a bit of waste from the bites and spits they take that sink to the bottom. At first they are too hard for the turtles to eat, then once they are softened by the water, they simply spit most of them out. Not sure if they have different flavors, but they seem to like the orange ones better. This is what I believe to be the rank of the foods I've tried based on my turtles reaction:
1. Omega One Turtle Sticks: They really seem to enjoy eating them over any base food. If there are other foods available, this is the food they would go to. This is a smaller company than Reptomin, so they have limited sizes available right now.
2. Reptomin Turtle Sticks: They also seem to like these, though not to the extent that they like the Omega One. If the turtles got to chose, they would actually chose the reptomin treats but that's not a base food. these aren't too bad, and they do eat all of them. This might be a better alternative to Omega One due to the price options.
3. Hikari Turtle Sticks: One of the less desired foods. The turtles will eat it, but don't seem to enjoy all of the flavors of the pellets, they stick to the more reddish ones and avoid the brown ones completely. Will eat fish food above this.
4. ZooMed food pellets: They would only eat this when nothing else is present, and they spit it out frequently. Luckily this does float, so doesn't leave a mess at the bottom.
5. ExoTerra food sticks: Again, not well liked, and would also eat fish food instead of this. They also spit this out frequently, leaving a big mess.
1 and 2 are real good choices if you care what your turtle enjoys to eat. If you don't care, than 3-4 are good options for force feeding your turtles disgusting food. Either way, they all seem to have a good level of nutrition. Guess it just depends on what your turtles like.
1. Omega One Turtle Sticks: They really seem to enjoy eating them over any base food. If there are other foods available, this is the food they would go to. This is a smaller company than Reptomin, so they have limited sizes available right now.
2. Reptomin Turtle Sticks: They also seem to like these, though not to the extent that they like the Omega One. If the turtles got to chose, they would actually chose the reptomin treats but that's not a base food. these aren't too bad, and they do eat all of them. This might be a better alternative to Omega One due to the price options.
3. Hikari Turtle Sticks: One of the less desired foods. The turtles will eat it, but don't seem to enjoy all of the flavors of the pellets, they stick to the more reddish ones and avoid the brown ones completely. Will eat fish food above this.
4. ZooMed food pellets: They would only eat this when nothing else is present, and they spit it out frequently. Luckily this does float, so doesn't leave a mess at the bottom.
5. ExoTerra food sticks: Again, not well liked, and would also eat fish food instead of this. They also spit this out frequently, leaving a big mess.
1 and 2 are real good choices if you care what your turtle enjoys to eat. If you don't care, than 3-4 are good options for force feeding your turtles disgusting food. Either way, they all seem to have a good level of nutrition. Guess it just depends on what your turtles like.
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