i have a turtle that still consider as a baby.
and it only likes too eat meat and nothing eles.
i put romain lettec and it doesnt eat it and when i put a peice of chicken it gulpes it up..
is it normal for baby turtles too eat meat alot??
how can i make my turtle eat veggatbles also??
2007-04-12 10:55:15 · 7 answers · asked by Grack 5 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Baby turtles are almost purely insectivorous. As they mature, they will begin eating more and more vegetation. I wouldn’t be concerned about it not eating lettuce now. The best food is live such as crickets, wax worms, and meal worms. A pellet food is also good as it will have some extra vitamins and vegetables as well.
Good luck,
Robert, aka Reptile Bob
2007-04-12 11:58:08 · answer #1 · answered by Reptile Bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends on your turtle. It is normal for baby turtles too eat a lot of meat.
I'm not sure if this is relavent, but when I want to make my tortoise eat, I encourage it by placing it near the food whenever I find it is not eating. Eventually he eats it.
2007-04-12 14:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by stardancegal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make something like a "sandwich" with meat on the outsides and lettuce or vegetables on the inside. as soon as the turtle sees the meat, he'll take a bite. your turtle probably has never eaten lettuce and doesn't know what it is by the color or how it looks. if your turtle eats the "sandwich" and likes the lettuce, it will know it is food and it might be good. i hope this helps!!!
2007-04-12 11:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by Alison 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Southkorean, PLEASE read some of the other info we have sent you. The website http://www.austinsturtlepage.com or http://www.redearslider.com would have shown you this already.
Baby Red-ear Sliders DO NOT eat vegetables! They NEED all the protein they can get!
Besides chicken, you can try beef heart, worms, insects, live small shrmp, frozen/thawed krill, and so forth.
Always happy to help, but your turtle would be happier if you did a little research on its needs.
2007-04-12 13:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off turtles don't eat plants they eat meat and if you don't believe me look it up
2007-04-12 12:40:34 · answer #5 · answered by jet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's time to reinforce up and commence gaining understanding of strategies to practice them in away you may savour them. Many adult males gained't tolerate choosy eaters, because that is an indication of immaturity to them. H-guy
2016-11-23 15:35:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
starve it then out lettuce and then that hes so hungry he'll eat the lettuce if it likes meat than let it eat meat
2007-04-12 11:04:18 · answer #7 · answered by alondra_panic123 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋