what do baby water tutrtles eat?

Question

Caught one today in the Brazos River in Waco,Tx

Answer 1

Wild caught animals rarely do well in captivity.
Let it go.
It thinks it was caught by a large predator that is now going to eat it. That would spoil your appetite too, huh?
Chances are it was sick anyway, how else did you catch it? It was too sick and slow to get away.
Wild animals also go into shock and die when they are caught by humans. They hate people and avoid them at all costs.
Let it go NOW!!!
Before it is too late and you kill it.

Answer 2

Baby turtles are mostly carnivorous; however, they should have vegetabels available,
and they will nibble on them.

* Butter lettuce. I keep it floating in there for them to nibble on between meals.

* Carrot slivers. chopped small.

* Freeze dried or frozen bloodworms. Available at fish stores. High in protein, don't
feed all the time.

* Fish Gum Drops or other frozen veggie cubes for fish. These cubes contain a variety
of vegetables chopped to a good size for baby turtles. Thaw them, then feed the
one cube to the turtle. You can get veggie cubes at fish stores. Net or filter
leftovers after a few hours.

* Redworms, chopped up into small pieces. This is a good food for baby turtles.
You can also chop up earthworms and pick small snails in the yard.
Tadpoles,if available, also make a good baby turtle food.

* Reptomin turtle pellets. I know a number of people who have raised baby turtles
successfully on Reptomin. Make sure you don't overfeed!

Baby turtles should be fed 1-2 times daily, small amounts. I feed once a day and
keep veggies floating in the tank for them to nibble on. Do not overfeed. If the
turtles grow too fast, their shells will deform. While this is correctable in the
early years (fortunately, since I learned the hard way), better not to have to
deal with it.

Fresh food should be part of the diet if at all possible. This also prevents too much
protein/fat, which can lead to shell deformities.

Answer 3

1. Wild-caught turtles do not do well in captivity. THe stress of being caught and transfered to a new and usually inappropriate home is really hard on them. It is even worse for babies.

To make matters more interesting- it is illegal in most places to do so. In my state, for example, they come under fishing rules, game rules, and state conservation laws.

2. In the wild, baby sliders eat small fish, small bugs and worms, small snails and shellfish, etc.

In captivity, we usually feed them high-quality pelleted foods. One company even offers a special pellet for babys.

Answer 4

Depends. Guppies, goldfish food. If you plan to keep it, make sure its water is as warm as where you caught it, and give it some direct sunlight or a UV spectrum lamp (available at a pet store) and a place to bask.

Answer 5

for the turtles sake, please let it go. water turtles move constantly, if you keep it, you will screw up it's ability to reproduce. If kept in captivity, it is very expensive to ensure their nutritional needs, they need special vitamins, uv lights(without the light their body cannot digest food correctly), and a heat source (hot rocks). It is just better to let it go and live it's life as God intended.

Answer 6

bugs. my lil sister's water turtle likes romaine lettuce, bananas, morning glories and other lefty greens. He likes pelleted turtle food, also. But they have to feed underwater. He's one shy turtle though..and really small only 2 inches.

Answer 7

they eat bugs worms and small fish also some will eat water plants

Answer 8

Yes, please put it back. It's a really big, expensive, time consuming responsibility. Let it go.

Answer 9

let it go

Answer 10

other baby water turtles.......w/ salt