Can red eared sliders eat corn?

Question

I was wondering if my 2 turtles which are red eared sliders can eat corn?

Answer 1

My new RES loves tomatoes!! just posted a question to see if that's ok for them. Don't know about corn. My guy (Flash is his name) seems to like anything I give him, especially tomatoes!!

Answer 2

yes and no.

Fish and leafy greens are thee most important.

Maybe for a treat like  garden worms, meal worms, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, dragon flies and  anything that moves only as a treat.

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 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 3

Young Red-ear Sliders are meat eaters, and as they age, they eat more vegetation, but not certain foods...

Grains are a no-no. Wheat, rye, oats, millet, soy, and corn. It takes a specialized digestive system to process this stuff and reptiles don't do it. They cannot handle diary either.

Try http://www.redearslider.com for more info

Answer 4

dont know if they can. Its not if they can, its if they will. but honestly dont know. arent they somewhat carnovores? like pellets and fish and meat and stuff like that?