Hello! Shelldon Leo Kooper is back safe and sound in MN! She has been eating enthusiastically and basking at her normal times, her water and basking temperatures are all the same and she is in good health!
I have been changing up her diet a tad; she loves the green/red leaf lettuce in place of the romaine (in addition to the carrot slices, will likely offer romaine when it becomes safe to eat again without all the E.coli scares) and she eats her new pellet blend of Zoomed, Reptomin, and Omega Pellets enthusiastically (Mazuri Pellets will be added when they arrive in the mail), but I had a question in regards to the Omega Pellets. I heard they were a good staple pellet, and so my plan was to give her 3 of them, with one Zoo med, One Mazuri Pellet and One Reptomin Food Stick. When I received the Omega Pellets, they were smaller then I had anticipated. About four of them equaled the size of one zoo med pellet. By that logic, I should give her about 12 of the Omega Pellets, then One Zoo Med, Mazuri and Reptomin pellet. Is that too much? This should equate to about the same amount of food I gave her back when I was just feeding her 5-6 zoo med pellets/ afternoon (with the veggies in the morning), but serving size and nutritional input may not be the same thing. I tend to go by the rule of "One mouth's worth of food/day", and the food I give her is about a head's worth, Imagine a mini salad wrap with lettuce, carrots, and pellets. At any rate, this is just a change, and I prefer double checking these things.
Thank you,
David G.