made my own beefheart

[tdr1919]

found a butcher that actually had beef heart! the best part is that was cleaned and frozen. I did not thaw it, I just took a cheese grater and chipped off enough to freeze flat in a sandwich size zip lock. I only added powder garlic and a ground up womens vitamin.
We'll see how they like it!
Tom

[ShinShin]

Tom,

The garlic powder is useless if you added it as a dewormer. You need freshly crushed garlic added to the beefheart as you prepare to feed it. This is also the way Wattley said he uses it.

http://www.garlic.mistral.co.uk/Allicin.htm

http://www.allicin.com/

Mat

[tdr1919]

Thanks Matt, but I also thought it stimulated their appetite, is that also only with fresh garlic?

- Tom

[ShinShin]

I've never heard the appetite stimulator reference before today.

[nolefan]

It started with the saltwater hobby (garlic extract) to get finky saltwater fish to eat from what i was told .

[RyanH]

I've also never heard of garlic being used for that... doesn't mean that it didn't appear to work for somebody at some point. :p

I agree with Mat in that crushed fresh garlic is what you're going to want add if using for a dewormer. The powdered stuff lacks the essential ingredient contained in the fresh.

[scans]

I've used garlic in homemade foods for years with saltwater. It does seem to get them to eat better. Maybe a chemical thing, maybe just taste better? Except I used crushed, not powder.

[billeagan]

Garlic is suppose to help stimulate appetite and attract teh fish to the food.