What do baby box turtles eat?

Question

i have a baby box turtle i am wondering wat it needs beside bugs and water of course but what else does it need to get gud nutrition?

Answer 1

I always feed mine hard-boiled egg yolk,mixed with an equal amount of fine breadcrumbs and a few drops of water.Add a pinch of reptile vitamins and calcium powder to the yolk,too.Make it so it's the consistency of Play-Doh and let the baby eat all it wants twice a day.Also,very small earthworms ( or chop up larger ones) pill bugs,pinhead crickets,mini mealworms,waxworms,Repto Min ( for aquatic turtles,and moisten it) canned dog food or cats food,finely chopped romaine lettuce and grated carrots ,mixed with it's cat food,Bil-Jac frozen dog food ( thawed of course) small pieces of fish,meat,etc. very soft fruit,like banana or scraped apple or berries are good,too. You also have to make sure that the baby stays moist enough.Make it a hide box filled with damp moss,and have a very shallow water dish for it ( a jar lid is fine) A few hours of natural sunlight everyday is great for it. Put it in a plastic kiddy pool with Eco-Earth or Bed a Beast and some leaf litter and a hide box and water dish,and put chicken wire or screen over it so nothing can get it. Of course make sure it cannot get stuck in the rain,as if the pool fills with water ,it will drown. Or drill some very small  drain holes in the bottom of the pool.

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Answer 2

baby box turtles like live foods, use earthworms, rolypolys, grubs etc, it will be difficult to get them to eat veggies for a couple of years but they will eat cantaloupe, watermelon, tomatoes, strawberries (they like red/orange foods) when you are out of bugs you can feed them canned dog food

good luck

Answer 3

i dunno my mom killed my turtle when i was 9.

look it up on google.

Answer 4

PROTEIN makes up about 50% of the diet. Protein foods should be cut up small enough so the turtle cannot get its fill of food with just one bite of protein. Mix the protein with the vegetables and fruits. All muscle meats should be sprinkled with calcium supplement that contains no phosphorus. Cuttlebone given to birds may also be shaved onto food stuff and left in the turtle's home so the turtle can forage on it at will. It is high in calcium and other trace minerals and should always be available to box turtles.

Use regularly—Natural live, whole foods like pesticide free earthworms, slugs, waxworms, beetles, grubs, sow bugs. Boiled, chopped chicken, feeder fish or beef heart.

Occasionally—Low-fat soaked dog kibble, soaked puppy Milkbones®, low-fat premium canned dog food, cooked lean steak, mealworms and crickets that have been gutloaded on dark greens, Prepared box turtle food products.

Less frequently—Pinky mice, boiled egg, tofu, low-fat cat kibble.

Never—Due to the possibility of contamination, fat content and salt: raw meats, fatty meats or processed meats.

VEGETABLES make up about 30% of the diet. Use the part of the vegetable that is colorful as it contains the most nutrition. Use fresh vegetables whenever possible and steam or grate hard vegetables before offering to the box turtle.

Use regularly—Summer and winter squashes, peas in the pod, sweet potatoes, okra, grated carrots, green beans, wax beans and cactus pads with all spines removed.

Occasionally—Mushrooms of all types, corn on the cob and tomatoes.

Less frequently—Bean sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, beets and cauliflower.

Never—Avocado peel.

LEAFY DARK GREENS make up 10% of the diet. Dark leafy greens contain fiber and many minerals and vitamins. Greens help keep the turtle gut healthy through their cleansing action. Always provide your turtles with greens.

Use regularly—Collard greens, mustard greens, dandelion greens, romaine, wheat grass and turnip greens.

Occasionally—Red leaf lettuce, endive, parsley, kale and Swiss chard.

Less frequently—Iceberg lettuce and spinach.

Never—Rhubarb, potato and tobacco leaves.

FRUITS make up the remaining 10% of the diet and are dessert for your turtles. Most turtles love fruits and each seems to have a favorite. Try to find your turtle’s favorite. If it is a finicky eater, use the fruit to entice it to eat other foods. Chop the favorite fruit into small pieces and mix it with things the turtle should eat but won’t. This way, with every bite of fruit it will also eat the required food. I sprinkle vitamins on the fruit as well.

REGULARLY—Grapes, apples, fresh figs, blackberries, raspberries, mulberries, peaches, crabapples, strawberries, cantaloupe, kiwis, cherries and persimmons, banana and most other fruits.

Answer 5

I have a baby box turtle that loves earthworms,blackberries,bananas,blueberr...

Here's a few sites about box turtles:

http://aboxturtle.com/eastern_box_turtle...

http://www.reptilechannel.com/turtles-an...

http://www.reptastic.com/CareSheets_Turt...

http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/ca...

http://members.aol.com/TheWyvernsLair/tu...

I hope I helped

Answer 6

Well my brothers box turtle eats worms??

Answer 7

Worms and crickets

dont put alot in at one time..so he wont eat too much.

you can put a little leaf lettuce in, not much since is a baby

they like lettuce...

Answer 8

worms crickets and some veggies they don't like lettuce that much its just one of those old wives tales you can also get turtle food off line form ebay and many other sites.