Map turtle...?

Question

I asked a similiar question on my map turtle and I got like 1-2 answers, which did not help.

Can I feed my Map turtle something besides turtle sticks?

(Do I really have 50% best answer?)

Answer 1

no you have 43 percent best answer. try feeding him fruits or someting maybe crickets i dunno

Answer 2

Why do people keep saying to feed meat-eating aquatic turtles so many plants, and especially fruit- which is high in sugar and hard for turtles to digest (they like fruit, but that does not mean it is good for them. After all, how often would a wild turtle get the chance to eat fruit in the water?)

Try a mix of about 1/2 good pellets (Reptomin or Mazuir, for example), and 1/2 live or frozen/thawed fish foods like small fish, shrimp, insects, worms, arthropods, beef heart, krill, snails, etc.

Answer 3

Live food is best: earthworms, fishes (not goldfish), snails, soft-bodied insects. When you can't get live food, cut liver into strips and dust it with bonemeal.

Answer 4

Exclusively feeding hum turtle sticks is not good.  He needs to eat some high calcium greens (dandelions, endive, escarole) and a small amount of fruit.  He should also have various sources of protein - night crawlers, feeder fish, crickets, snails ,,, etc.  The diet should be mainly protein, but do continue to feed the sticks, fruits and greens.  Variety is the key.  Don't forget a calcium supplement.  Good luck to you and your turtle!  :)

Answer 5

my turtle loves blackberries and worms.

Answer 6

Mississippi Map turtles are omnivores (but as adults more carnivorous than sliders). They’re easily over-fed protein resulting in an unhealthy growth rate and pyramiding of the shell. They readily eat live foods such as crickets, earth worms, and meal worms, & commercial dry foods such as Mazuri and ReptoMin. They will also eat some vegetables such as Romaine lettuce

http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/

Answer 7

Yeah,a map turtle will eat just about any thing,they love fish,worms,frogs,crawdads,snails...you got the idea.