An unfortunate situation

[kimbosaur]

Tilapia seems to be fairly inexpensive - a lot cheaper than salmon at least.

[ConcinusMan]

Tilapia seems to be fairly inexpensive - a lot cheaper than salmon at least.

I've heard people complaining about how expensive it is. When I was still in WA I could get a lot of tilapia really cheap. Now I'm SoCal and it's extremely expensive!

I know you mentioned the heat situation already but that's the best option I can suggest, is to cool them way down. Northwesterns are very cold-hardy. Other than that, if they will eat chicken (only the very lean muscle from thighs or legs, soaked or rinsed in hot water first) is OK. I would avoid breasts. They are most likely infused/injected with salt water. In any case, be sure to use just the lean meat and rinse or soak thoroughly to remove sanitizer which is always used on the surface of poultry.

I know you got food for them now already and that's great. Just adding info to the conversation.