My Turtle!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Question

I have a baby turtle and he eats alot. is it normal. he eats 6 a day and once he ate 9! my sister fed him when i did without knowing. will my turtle die? should i just cut down suddenly?? Please tell me what you think!

Answer 1

its depends on how old he is try searching his species online and his age also if u think hes gonna die try seeing if his shell is soft or hard (if soft bring  to a vet)

Answer 2

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You know I have had my 2 slider  girls for 36 yrs. Plus an 8 and 5 yr old and now a 2 yr old adopted from this site.. Been in a pond for almost 7 yrs now. Got them on my 18th birthday!

I have always had a stocked tank full of goldfish and minnows.and feed leafy greens and they are still here and never been sick.

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.

Answer 3

Turtles will eat pretty much all you give them. If you over feed you risk getting "pyramid" shell and rapid growth that will, most likely, shorten his life. I suggest cutting back to the proper amount, the turtle will probably still act hungry but don't give him any more pellets you can put some red leaf lettuce into the tank for them to snack on. Baby turtles don't eat lettuce as much as adults, but it should still be available.  

Answer 4

It won't die from gorging once. Most turtles will overeat if given the chance. Gradually cut back on its feeding schedule until (when it is adult), you feed once per week in the summer to once per month in the winter. Don't let it con you into extra feedings. If you are too soft-hearted to let it stop stuffing its face, put some small fish (not goldfish) in the tank so that it has to chase them down to get a snack.