RES Feeding Question

[bec1520]

I just recently got a recipe for "snail jello" and wondered if I could change it a bit and feed it to my red eared slider turtle. Heres the recipe:
Ingredients:
1 Jar of baby food (veggies or fruits)
1 Calcium supplement (I use Calcium vitamin from local Wal-Mart)
1 Tsp of non-flavored Gelatin
Any fish food you may want to include
Any herbs around your kitchen (no onion)

Instructions:

1) Crush up all your fish food (algae waffers, shrimp pellets, flake food, etc. (NO frozen or live foods))
3) Crush your herbs really fine (Garlic powder, Basil, Ginger, Parsley, Chili Powder, etc (NO onions))
2) Crush your Caclium pill (if you're using one)
3) Heat your baby food up in the microwave for about 30 seconds
4) Stir in all your fish foods, calcium, herbs with your baby food
5) Stir in the gelatin (make sure it's mixed in real good so it doesn't clump too much)
6) Place the finished product in the refrigerator to setup


Would this recipe be ok if I change the "fish food" part to the turtle food? And what sort of herbs would be ok? Should the baby food be ok if I only get the fruits and veggies kind? And I've read that turtles do need calcium too, so I think that part should be ok.
Let me know what you think, please.

[paperdragon]

Snail jello is fine. Read over this page for the vegetables to add: http://redearslider.com/plants.html
Some of the "not recommended" stuff surprised me a bit, like spinach and peas. Also, I wouldn't recommend any of those spices , chili powder isn't exactly something they would naturally eat.

[bec1520]

Great! Thanks.

[Bonne46]

For fish use either guppies, or minnows...don't do gold fish they contain to much fat. For veggies I would do carrots, callord greens, or you can do dandelions.