Anybody knows how to feed mini-turtles? ?

Question

i even dont know what they eat ,meat or vegetables?

Answer 1

what exactly is a mini-turtle, please?  we need to know what you have in order to answer you properly.

Answer 2

It depends on the type of turtle you have.  If it's a RES, they need both meat and veggies.  Try krill, brine shrimp or bloodworms, and red or romaine lettuce to start.  As they get bigger, try them on brocolli, peeled and finely chopped carrots, apples, grapes, etc.

Answer 3

if they are the ones that have red on their necks then there are some pellets that you can buy at Pet Co.

Answer 4

cut up some veggies and leave thwem in a dish or somthing

Answer 5

No matter how old they need what they eat in the wild..baby guppies,minnows and small goldfish. Leafy greens.

The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle. Remember 10 gallons for every inch of turtle. I have used kiddy pools and plastic pond liners from most nurseries and worked great.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA/UVB for 8 to 10 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also.

Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always.

Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they p**p allot.

Total Body length: 5-8" average, up to 12 inches max. Life span: 15-25+ years

Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about 3” across.

You need a good filter system! Gravel larger than they can swallow.

You need to feed them feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows for protein and calcium daily drop 20 or so in the tanks and watch them disappear in a few days!

This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!

They sleep at the bottom of rivers, streams. lakes or ponds or your tank to avoid predators like coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks, possums, raccoons and even some wide mouth bass.

TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium. it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that’s fine!!

They can have garden worms, meal worms, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, dragon flies and anything that moves only as a treat.

They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.

You probably already know that they get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, blowing bubbles from their nose.

**Swollen cloudy eyes means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google ‘vegetables with Vitamin A.

Contact the “www.anapsid.org/societies, for a turtle vet / rescue in your city and state.

I wish you luck.

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Answer 6

Baby turtles are carnivores. Feed live earthworms, fishes (not goldfish), and soft-bodied insects. When you can't get live food, cut strips of liver and dust them in bone meal. If your turtles survive to adulthood, you can introduce them to dark green leafy vegetables.

And DO figure out what kind of turtles you have. The most commonly-sold ones may require bathtub-sized tanks when they grow up.

Answer 7

WHY DO U HAVE A PET U DONT KNOW WHAT TO FEED.

also there is no such thing as a mini turtle my guess its a baby and u dont have a clue on what species it is. do u even know what set-up in needs. do u have things like a UV light

take it back to the pet store before u kill it

to answer your question Most turtles can be fed a mixture of prepared commercial food and fresh food. Special food formulated for turtles can be used, but this should only make up about 25% of the total diet. The proportions of fresh supplements will depend on the age of the turtle, but can include live feeder fish, earthworms, crickets, waxworms, bloodworms, aquatic snails, fresh greens (collard, mustard and dandelion greens, and dark leafy lettuces but never head lettuce), aquatic plants, and shredded vegetables

here's the basic care of aquatic turtles http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/reptilest...