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02-25-13, 10:19 PM
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Dog Food vs Whole Prey
Which do you think is better for Blue Tongue Skinks? Supplemented with vegetables of course.
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02-25-13, 10:33 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
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Which do you think is better for Blue Tongue Skinks? Supplemented with vegetables of course.
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I've heard whole prey is better for all lizard who can take it, like Tegu's can be on a 100% whole prey diet and remain very healthy.
There's a local person I've been talking to who breeds and has very healthy blue tongues that only does dog food with vegetables which is very cheap.
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02-25-13, 10:38 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
But which one creates a healthier animal?
There is a difference between surviving and thriving, and I'm having a hard time figuring out which one makes which.
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02-25-13, 10:46 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
Consider this... I won't even give most dog foods to my dogs.
Whole prey will always be best.
A lot of dog food brands have the same ingredients used to make dish soap and anti freeze!!!
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02-25-13, 10:57 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
There's also dog food's that aren't made with crap, but they're costly.
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02-25-13, 10:59 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
But what about the few dog foods you would?
I'm fairly sure that dog food is bad, as it looks like crap, smell like crap, and the ingredients are crap.
The only problem I running across is, people have animals that are 15+ years old that have been fed nothing but dog food.
No one has fed only whole prey though, so I have no information about that.
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02-25-13, 11:02 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
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But what about the few dog foods you would?
I'm fairly sure that dog food is bad, as it looks like crap, smell like crap, and the ingredients are crap.
The only problem I running across is, people have animals that are 15+ years old that have been fed nothing but dog food.
No one has fed only whole prey though, so I have no information about that.
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Natural Balance Synergy Ultra Premium Dog Food at PETCO
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03-02-13, 11:49 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
What do BTS eat in the wild? Insects, snails, fruits, berries, flowers and leafy greens.
That's what's best for them.
I would avoid grain inclusive dog foods like the plague if you do choose to feed them. Dogs do not need grains, skinks DEFINITELY do not need grains.
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03-02-13, 11:57 PM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
Have you SEEN some of the Beneful dishes that are available? People that buy that stuff are feeding their dogs better than they're feeding themselves!
Rachael Ray does make a grain-free dog food. It's a little expensive, but definitely worth it.
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03-03-13, 12:15 AM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
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People that buy that stuff are feeding their dogs better than they're feeding themselves!
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I went to a reptile expo today... the mcdonalds in there had a line up that went around the corner and down the hall... Human beings are notorious for ingesting food that is worse for their bodies then raw sewage with a fecal cherry on top.
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03-03-13, 12:19 AM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
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I went to a reptile expo today... the mcdonalds in there had a line up that went around the corner and down the hall... Human beings are notorious for ingesting food that is worse for their bodies then raw sewage with a fecal cherry on top.
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 How incredibly true!
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03-03-13, 12:28 AM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
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Originally Posted by Little Wise Owl
What do BTS eat in the wild? Insects, snails, fruits, berries, flowers and leafy greens.
That's what's best for them.
I would avoid grain inclusive dog foods like the plague if you do choose to feed them. Dogs do not need grains, skinks DEFINITELY do not need grains.
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They also eat mice.
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03-03-13, 12:52 AM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
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They also eat mice.
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Yes, they can but their wild diet doesn't appear to include many rodents... Probably for good reason. Theys gots tiny legs.
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03-03-13, 12:59 AM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
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Perhaps but I'm leaning more towards a diet mostly of invertebrate and vegetation/fruit. And I don't imagine they're agile enough to catch and consume rodents consistently on a daily basis.
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Youtube wild blue tongue skinks, they're actually very fast.
I can't remember where but I read a wild BTS was found with a small family of mice inside it's stomach.
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03-03-13, 01:03 AM
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Re: Dog Food vs Whole Prey
Could have cornered them in a nest and they had no choice but to get nommed, but I duno, never read the story.
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