she is a Red eared Slider. I have recently added mealworms to her diet and chop them up in about 1 cm slices. My turtle is 3 years old and this is the first time she has tried them. They look the same shap as her pellets but still won't eat them. Will feeding them in a bowl on land help because now I am just dropping them into the water like her normal food.
2006-12-01 12:50:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
DO NOT FEED MEALWORMS to turtles! The shell will block their digestive tract!
It is perfectly OK to offer an occasional mealworm as a treat, but if you do, try dropping the entire worm into the water. Its struggle is part of what attracts the turtle.
Check out some other food ideas here: http://www.austinsturtlepage.com
2006-12-01 16:42:49 · answer #1 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-24 16:33:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mealworms SUCK. They are high in chitin and hard to digest and they arnt very nutritious.
My red ear slider likes wax worms, duckweed, San Francisco Bay brand Frozen turtle food, zoo med turtle pellets, tetra reptomin pellets, krill, tubifex worms, night crawlers, bits of collard greens, and crickets. Next im going to offer Hornworms.
2006-12-01 23:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by lady_crotalus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe she doesn't like dead meal worms most reptiles wont eat dead thing like my leopard gecko wont eat anything unless its moving.........if its not that them go to petco or a local pet store and ask for the best brand of turtle food i have been to petco and seen them feed the turtles like little balls of grain specially made for them hope i helped :)
2006-12-01 20:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All turtles are individuals, she may just not like them. You can try adding other things such as boiled ground turkey, collard greens/mustard greens, squash etc... Don't try feeding on land, they have to be underwater to swallow.
2006-12-01 23:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Feed them whole and live. The movement will attract her to them.
2006-12-01 23:55:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mealworms will clog the inside of her dont do it that why she wont eat them
2006-12-02 03:45:36 · answer #7 · answered by Ace_Spade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you feed her depends on what they would normally have in the wild if meal worms ain't on that list then she wont eat then.
2006-12-02 07:33:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋