What Do You Feed A Turtle?

Question

i need help in raising a turtle because i'm getting one tomorrow.

Answer 1

Depends on the turtle. Do a Google search on " care sheet". It will tell you the proper housing and diet necessary for the turtle you have.

Answer 2

What kind of turtle? There are many kinds, and each has a different diet.

I also have to wonder- if you don't have the food ready, do you have the habitat ready?

I'm going to guess this is a Red-ear Slider- one of the most common species of pet turtle.

Here are some basic care notes for this misunderstood pet:

Housing- a 10 gallon tank nearly full is OK for one or two babies, but they will quickly outgrow that. Buy the time it is an adult, it will need about 120 gallons to play in. Many experts recommend that adults are best kept in outdoor ponds.

The water needs to be kept clean and warm- between 75-80F. There needs to be warm basking sites and more.

As far as diet- Red-ears eat about half good quality turtle pellets, and the rest would depend on age. Birth to about 3 is mostly live or frozen/thawed 'fish foods' like shrimp, krill, worms, bugs, snails, etc. At about 3 and older, it eats more and more dark leafy greens and some colorful veggies.

You can learn a lot about this species at http://www.austinsturtlepage.com

Answer 3

It's not that difficult, you feed a turtle TURTLE FOOD. You can buy pellets at any pet store. If you don't know what to feed a turtle, maybe you shouldn't get one. They're a lot of work.

Answer 4

It definitely depends on the kind of turtle. I have box turtles and they eat lettuce, grapes, strawberries, apples, ground beef, and scrambled eggs, sometimes worms. They've never liked the box turtle food in a can, though. We found these ones out in the wild in northern CO and have kept them for several years.

Answer 5

Be wary of internet sorces. Anyone can make a care sheet... even little 8 year old jonny that did a school project on king snakes. I would go to a library or even www.kingsnake.com for a care sheet or advice. It's all herp breeders n such. But most stores you buy animals from also supply the proper diet. Just an extra info bit... make sure you know how long your commitment for this animal is gonna be. I see too many animals end up in rescue centers because they get too big/expensive/hard to care for. Good luck

Answer 6

I have a turtle that I usually feed the pellets that you can get from the pet shop, I also buy him feeder shrimp, as they are small and allow him to eat them when he's hungry, you can also feed them brine shrimp (the frozen kind) and small amounts of mean, if you do feed your turtle though I would suggest putting it in another small container just to feed it as then you won't have to clean your tank as much and it won't get dirty as quickly

Answer 7

I had a box turtle, you can feed him any greens but iceberg lettuce or spinach. mine loved mustard, romane, shredded carrots, peas, strawberries. but the best advice when you go pick one tomorrow, ask the sales person they will tell you everything you need to know.

Answer 8

you can buy turtle food, look for it in a pet store

Answer 9

boiled beef meat. they love it! you must tear it in small pieces and leave them in the turtle bowl.

Answer 10

Lettuce.