SHG Pesciolini - natural food with high nutritional value for turtles

Dried fishes constitute a high quality natural food, obtained from small selected fish from uncontraminated water environments. Immediately after fishing, fish are washed carefully and subjected to natural drying in the sun, a traditional process that allows nutritional properties to be preserved without chemical alterations.

This processing method guarantees:

• Maintenance of the original nutritional profile

• High digestibility

• Absence of contaminants and pathogenic agents

• Natural storage without additives

Thanks to their composition, dried fish represent a complete and highly biologically available food source.

Nutritional value and organic benefits

The high protein and mineral content makes this food particularly suitable for animals with high nutritional requirements.

Nutritional analysis:

• Protein: 54.0%

• Fats: 13.4%

• Humidity: 14.9%

• Ashes (minerals): 2.0%

Main benefits:

• Promotes muscle growth and body development

• Supports energy metabolism

• contributes to the robustness of the skeleton

• It brings soccer and essential minerals

• strengthens the immune system

The natural lipid content provides easily assimilable energy, fundamental for active animals or in the growth phase.

Nutritional role for aquatic turtles

Dried fish are particularly suitable for aquatic turtles, as they imitate the natural diet based on entire prey.

If used together with a correct UVB lighting:

• They favor the harmonious development of the carapace

• Bone mineralization improve

• They prevent shell deformations

• Support healthy growth in young specimens

The intake of whole fish, including bones and fabrics, provides bioavailable football and essential micronutrients.

Recommended animal species

This food is indicated as a protein integration for:

• Carnivore and omnivorous aquatic turtles

• Large predatory cichlids

• Large carnivorous fish

• Water reptiles

• Medium-large amphibians

It can be administered as a complementary integration or food within a varied diet.

Method of administration

To ensure a balanced nutrition:

• Administer in quantity proportionate to the size of the animal

• Alternate with other foods for a complete diet

• Rehydrate slightly in water for animals with ingestion difficulties

• Remove any residues to maintain water quality

For young turtles it is advisable to break the product to facilitate ingestion.

Ingredients

• Small dried fish

Distinctive features

• Natural food without additives

• Traditional solar drying

• High palatability

• Rich in proteins and minerals

• Promotes bone health and growth

• Ideal for natural diet of reptiles and predatory fish