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I personally feed raw meat to my BTS, along with liver, brains, and a whole bunch of other stuff about 2-3x a week for added variety. I'd say its a great way to add some more variety and protein into their diet, my BTS loves it. Although she loves insects a bit more. I dont see any problem with giving them raw meat, after all I'm sure in the wild they would feed on carrion left over by larger predators.

I dont even feed dog food to my BTS, its a waste of money. Way too many fillers and preservatives in my opinion, much rather have a more natural diet than one thats just for convenience. Although I will say that when I first got my BTS I did give her some cat and dog food to help get her weight up as she was very skinny and not in the best shape, so I suppose if your BTS is underweight and needs fattening up it could be used for that, but for the entire diet? No thanks.

Its actually recommended to give them both UVB and a basking bulb. Just thought i'd point that out...
I know for a fact my BTS would choose a basking bulb over a heat mat any day. When I offer one she barely uses it, but I suppose if a heat mat was her only way of getting heat then to survive she would have to or she wouldn't be able to digest her food properly.

<blockquote data-quote="VenusAndSaturn" data-source="post: 166966" data-attributes="member: 9042">I personally feed raw meat to my BTS, along with liver, brains, and a whole bunch of other stuff about 2-3x a week for added variety. I'd say its a great way to add some more variety and protein into their diet, my BTS loves it. Although she loves insects a bit more. I dont see any problem with giving them raw meat, after all I'm sure in the wild they would feed on carrion left over by larger predators. I dont even feed dog food to my BTS, its a waste of money. Way too many fillers and preservatives in my opinion, much rather have a more natural diet than one thats just for convenience. Although I will say that when I first got my BTS I did give her some cat and dog food to help get her weight up as she was very skinny and not in the best shape, so I suppose if your BTS is underweight and needs fattening up it could be used for that, but for the entire diet? No thanks.Its actually recommended to give them both UVB and a basking bulb. Just thought i'd point that out...I know for a fact my BTS would choose a basking bulb over a heat mat any day. When I offer one she barely uses it, but I suppose if a heat mat was her only way of getting heat then to survive she would have to or she wouldn't be able to digest her food properly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VenusAndSaturn, post: 166966, member: 9042"] I personally feed raw meat to my BTS, along with liver, brains, and a whole bunch of other stuff about 2-3x a week for added variety. I'd say its a great way to add some more variety and protein into their diet, my BTS loves it. Although she loves insects a bit more. I dont see any problem with giving them raw meat, after all I'm sure in the wild they would feed on carrion left over by larger predators. I dont even feed dog food to my BTS, its a waste of money. Way too many fillers and preservatives in my opinion, much rather have a more natural diet than one thats just for convenience. Although I will say that when I first got my BTS I did give her some cat and dog food to help get her weight up as she was very skinny and not in the best shape, so I suppose if your BTS is underweight and needs fattening up it could be used for that, but for the entire diet? No thanks. Its actually recommended to give them both UVB and a basking bulb. Just thought i'd point that out... I know for a fact my BTS would choose a basking bulb over a heat mat any day. When I offer one she barely uses it, but I suppose if a heat mat was her only way of getting heat then to survive she would have to or she wouldn't be able to digest her food properly. [/QUOTE]

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