Proper availability of calcium within an animals body is vital in maintaining multiple bodily functions and for skeletal formation and repair…
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The Nutritional Life Cycles of Aquatic Turtles
So how do you choose the right food for your turtles? There are a lot of different brands out there and let’s face it, all of them profess to be the best. Sure, there are the leaders: TropicZone, Zoo Med, Tetra. But do even…
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Turtle-Tech Diet Reviews
Providing great nutrition for our Aquatic Turtles is always a prime concern. At every level of development, from hatchling into adulthood, turtles require the proper nutrients to keep them healthy, growing, and strong…
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The Proper Feeding Practices of Box Turtles
We at TropicZone get asked frequently just what the proper procedure is to feeding different varieties of turtles. As a Manufacture of Premium Turtle Diets for both Aquatic Species and Terrestrial Species (including Box Turtles), with decades…
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The Life Staging of Turtle Diets – Turtle Diets of the Future are Here
So what exactly is “Life Staging” you might ask? If you listen to advertising text from countless Animal Nutrition companies you’ll hear the name, or at least the premise. Though you might not catch the phrase…
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The Proper Feeding of Aquatic Turtles
We at TropicZone get asked frequently just what the proper procedure is to feeding Aquatic Turtles. As a Manufacture of Aquatic Turtle Diets, with decades of experience in feeding aquatic turtles behind us, we are uniquely suited to answering this question…
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The Progression of Aquatic Turtle Diets – From ant eggs to the stars
Every year, since around the mid 1950’s thousands of baby turtles have been purchased for pets every year. In the early days, because of the lack of quality turtle foods and the basic understanding of proper turtle care and cleanliness, many of these hatchling turtles never made it into adulthood. Thankfully, those times are long gone now, and the current flood of information…
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The Quality of Protein Sources in Aquatic Turtle Diets (useable vs. non-useable Proteins)
So, to start, a little biology 101. Sorry – No way around this! But Proteins are a very important factor in providing good nutrition, so it’s worth the time to review…