What do you feed pet turtles?

Question

It is a really small paint turtle..About the size of a fifty cent piece...

Answer 1

There are many foods they eat: Mazuri and ReptoMin, Reptile/Pond 10, Cichlid Sticks, feeder fish, feeder crickets, earthworms, krill, blood worms, occasional crayfish & ghost shrimp, aquatic plants (such as Water Lilies, Water Hyacinth, Duckweed,  Anacharis, Water Lettuce, Water Fern, Pondweed, Water starwort, Hornwort, Water milfoil, and Frogbit), some vegetables (such as Zucchini, Squash, Collard Greens, Beet Leaves, Endive, Romaine, Red Leaf Lettuce, Kale, Escarole, Mustard Greens & Dandelions) and some fruits (i.e. Banana). Many keepers use a good brand name commercial diet (usually Mazuri or ReptoMin Aquatic Turtle Diets) for a substantial portion (say, 25 - 80%) of the carnivorous portion of the diet, & round that out with treats of crickets, earth worms, crayfish, ghost shrimp & krill, & use Romaine lettuce (chosen over iceberg for higher fiber) & Anacharis as mainstays for the herbivorous portion of the diet. Since wild RES likely don't encounter fruits often we don't recommend use of Bananas & other fruits except as rare treats. Some people offer hairless mouse pups to turtles on occasion; never feed hairy animals to animals who don't naturally eat them (like RES) since hair is poorly digestible & can form trichobezoars (hairballs) & cause G.I. obstruction in some animals (so in theory perhaps RES).

Answer 2

Small turtles are carnivores. Feed them live food when you can: earthworms, fishes (not goldfish), and soft-bodied insects. When you can't get live food, cut liver into strips and dust it with bonemeal.

When the turtle gets older, it may develop a taste for dark green leafy vegetables, bits of sweet potato, and the occasional piece of fruit.

Note that I haven't recommended anything that has to be purchased at the pet shop.

Answer 3

Why can't you get turtle food? Try to get turtle food as soon as possible.

Answer 4

crickets, blood worms, pellets

Answer 5

There's plenty of things you can feed him. Though it's still a good idea to feed pellets daily when you get them. As a baby you want to be sure he's getting a lot of protein. Until you have pellets feed daily. When you get them feed pellets daily and protein 3-4 times a week. You can also offer fresh produce daily. As babies they don't always like it but once they're adults this is a main part of their diet. So it's best to start getting them accustomed to it.

Protein: shrimp, krill, small feeder fish (guppies and rosies), crickets, snails, earth worms, wax worms, meal worms, blood worms, cooked chicken, beef, liver

Produce: lettuce (no iceberg), kale, collard greens, spinach, mustard greens, dandelion greens, green peppers, carrot, tomato, squash, zucchini, cucumber, apple, banana, papaya, melon, berries, grapes

Hope I could help!

Answer 6

u could try giving it leafy veggies lyk cabbage,lettas, or if u just wanna play it safe rather take it to a vet n ask them wat u could feed it.

Answer 7

maybe bugs or shredded lettus

Answer 8

That all depends on the kind of turtle you have.

              Debbie O

Answer 9

break down turtle food into small pieces. I think it works :)

Answer 10

turtle food

Answer 11

you can feed it bugs or you can buy turtle pellets at the pet store.I had one i got from the wild and i fed it worms and bugs until i got the turtle pellets.

Answer 12

contact a vet. or google it. but you might want to contact a vet, dont let it starve.

Answer 13

Give him the turtle food you get at the pet store but supplement it with little bits of lettuce, strawberries, and other fruits and bits of raw hamburger.  They also really love it if you swat a fly and drop it into their enclosure.  Turtles slowly starve to death if all they get is the pet store turtle food, so make sure you give him lots of extras.