I also have a painter turtle and that eats crickets but the boxer wont eat crickets or vegetables i give him such as lettuce, spinach or anything.
2006-07-09 05:37:40 · 12 answers · asked by Marshall 5 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Smart turtle, Spinach and Iceburg lettuce are VERY bad for them. The lettuce has no nutritional value whatsoever, and spinach (as well as broccoli) messes up their calcium levels. A Good staple diet would be Collard and/or Mustard greens, squash, carrots, apple, papaya, fig, etc... (use fruit sparingly, I think too much can lead to digestive issues). They are actually more omnivorous than most land turtles/tortoises, and will eat earthworms, crickets, mealworms/superworms, even boiled lean turkey, chicken or hamburger.
If you caught this turtle out of the wild, PLEASE let him go where you found him. Not only is it cruel to take them out of the wild, it may be illegal where you live. If you did catch him, that would explain why he's not eating. They stress out very easily and acclimating them to captivity can be difficult. You also have no way of knowing whether or not he has any sort of illness or parasites that may be worsened by sticking him in a cage. Most plant eating reptiles actually need a certain amount of internal parasites to survive, but when you catch them and stress them out the numbers can get too high and eventually kill them. If you insist on keeping him check out http://boxturtlesite.org/bxbook.html soon or you won't have a turtle for very long at all.
2006-07-09 06:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Box turtles are mostly herbivorous. Meaning they eat plants.
If you found one and are thinking of keeping it as a pet, I suggest you do not. In many places, they are protected species and in any case, keeping wild reptiles is difficult even for scientists.
I once saw a man kicking a box turtle in our wooded yard, right in front of his son. Not only were they trespassing on my land, but the man was abusing an animal and teaching his son to do the same.
I got them out of there, fast, with some CHOICE words of criticism.
I would suggest that if you love animals, you return this fine turtle to his habitat. We rescue box turtles all the time from the side of the road, where they get stranded, before they end up squashed. They are fun to see trudging around the woods, and that's the place Mother Nature intended for them to live.
2006-07-09 12:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by dr_dr_evil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxes
2006-07-09 12:41:14 · answer #3 · answered by Mash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy turtle food at most places that have a pet section. It works for all types of turtles(I had a painter and a snapper). They also have shrimp snacks that mine loved.
2006-07-09 12:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by blah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is check on the internet or with a vet or pet store that specializes in reptiles. Be sure before it gets sick from something or worse. Don't just take random advice.
2006-07-09 12:41:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Box turtles will eat scourge of the earth Styrofoam peanuts, but it takes time to unpackage them.
2006-07-09 12:41:48 · answer #6 · answered by timmy♫♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what my boxie eats:
Box turtle food, meal worms and super worms, boiled chicken (favorite), raspberries (favorite dessert), lettuce, red cabbage, dried squid legs, dried black flies, dried shrimp.
2006-07-09 13:02:29 · answer #7 · answered by Juju_Bee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my bro has a turtle; all u need to feed it is a pellet a day. u can get turtle pellets at petsmart and petco
2006-07-09 17:35:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they like watermelon,tomato,you should talk to a vet about,or go to a pat store ad the painted turtle should also be eating small goldfish. :):):):)
2006-07-09 12:41:05 · answer #9 · answered by Dawn A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully your not feeding him boxes. I would guess small insects or vegetation.
2006-07-09 12:40:10 · answer #10 · answered by flyingbumblebee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋