What to feed a turtle/living conditions?

Question

Ok, today we found a baby turtle in our neighborhood pool that was swimming around and could of been in there for quite some time. But we dont know what to feed it or where it should live.

We have it currently in a small aquariam with beta food to feed it?

Answer 1

please, do put it back where it came from. the entire setup as previously noted is very expensive, time consuming, and so is the upkeep! betta food would not be appropriate to feed it eaither. but you found it in a pool, so maybe its natural habitat was a store, or a river side, who knows.
http://wnyherp.org/care-sheets/turtles/red-ear-slider.php
http://wnyherp.org/care-sheets/turtles/painted-turtle.php
http://wnyherp.org/care-sheets/turtles/malaysian-box-turtle.php\

you most likely have either of the first two care sheets i provided for you, see which one it is, and all you need to know will be on there.

Answer 2

I think that it will be okay just to take care of it. Make sure that it's water stays clean and feed it turtle food, not beta food. Put it in an aquarium and make sure that it has a place to climb up on.

Answer 3

First of all what kind of turtle is this? Go to Borders and walk straight to the pet section. Find a book on reptiles, look up this turtle and read what it eats. Put the book back on the shelf and go immediately to a bait shop and buy those things mentioned in the book. Wha-la.....

Answer 4

Find a pond and put it back it needs to feed off the bottom of the pond it may live for a short time in an aquarium it wont eat much and die and it also depends on it's size.

Answer 5

depends on what kind of turtle it is! I have 2 red ear sliders that live in a 90 qt tote in winter (with heat lamp and under water filters and heater) and in a 100 gal pond in summer. I buy feeder fish, mealworms, turtle pellets. In warm weather I dig up earthworms!

Answer 6

Are you sure it is an aquatic turtle? Where do you live? It very well could be a box turtle that fell in. Do a search for turtles in your area. Compare it to the pictures. If it's a land turtle it could drown in the water.

Answer 7

Please let it go in the nearest pond, creek, etc. to your pool. Wild caught turtles, especially babies, do not do well in captivity.

If you decide to keep it, however, you will need a big aquarium, heater, lighting system, filters, etc. It can easily cost over $150 to set up a basic turtle tank that meets the turtle's needs.

See http://www.austinsturtlepage.com for more details.

Answer 8

ring up national parks and wildlife sometimes you need a permit.feed some fresh mince also.also some water plants go well.