I have a red ear slider turle and we feed him fish. But he came to when we give them to him he kill then and lets them float aroud
2007-01-06 14:29:34 · 11 answers · asked by Ashley 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
You say it the same way my son say turler. He is only five.
I have one and depends on the fish. He picks on the little one's and leaves the big one's alone. But he does pick on the sucker sometime when he is bored. Sounds like he is hungry I feed my at least four times a day.
2007-01-06 16:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. If they are not hungry, they will harass, annoy, bite, and injure fish pretty much for fun.
2. Attacking but not eating fish may also be a sign that the tank is too small and giving the turtle aggressive tendencies.
3. Variety is important for turtles. Fish is good, but should only be part of the diet. Try a mix of 25-50% good pellets and the rest live or frozen/thawed 'fish foods' like small fish, bugs, worms, shrimp, beef heart, etc.
He may still be hungry, just not for fish.
2007-01-06 15:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turtles will kill about anything they can. It's just a predatory instinct. In the wild, they don't have an endless supply of fish and kill whatever they can for food. In captivity, their instinct to kill for food takes over before they realize they're not hungry anymore. If you want to feed it fish, keep them in a separate tank and add a few at a time or just buy them in small amounts so it only has what it will eat. Another option would be to feed it turtle food and give fish occasionally for snacks so it's less messy.
2007-01-06 15:23:31 · answer #3 · answered by talon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably he's not hungry, and he's killing them because it's his instinct, but he doesn't have room to eat them. Cut back on his feedings and see if that helps. Or try a different type of feeder fish: small goldfish, rosy red minnows, ghost shrimp, etc. There's also a lot of commerical turtle diets, you should give him a wide variety to keep him interested.
2007-01-06 15:11:28 · answer #4 · answered by Dreamer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're likely overfeeding him. Even if the animal is not hungry, the instinctive response to kill available prey can be pretty strong. This time of year he's not likely to eat a lot anyway. In most areas his co-specifics in the wild are not eating at all. I'd offer him prey when you see him actively searching for it and not try to coax him out of his season of rest.
2007-01-06 14:51:43 · answer #5 · answered by Redneck Crow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't fly very well when I tried feeding my box turtle some meat - fish, bits of ground beef, etc. I don't think they are anything other than vegetarians. The small pet turtles, I mean.
2007-01-06 21:02:31 · answer #6 · answered by Benvenuto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your turtle probably does not like the fish i used to feed my red ear sliders a mixture of canned dog food, whole egg including shell, mixed frozen vegetables all blended together and put in ice cube trays and then frozen then i used to drop one in their water when they needed feeding was good for their shells and they were happy.
2007-01-06 14:45:25 · answer #7 · answered by Kellie c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first off spell check is a very good thing. Next, your turtle probably doesn't like the taste of the fish. try changing it.
2007-01-06 14:31:47 · answer #8 · answered by Rach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the Turtle doesn't like fish,anyways yea.
2007-01-06 20:16:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot put a fish with a turtle or the turtle will get hungry.
2007-01-06 15:05:45 · answer #10 · answered by Ema423 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋