what do water turtles eat?

Question

She/He just hatched and i dont know wat 2 feed him!!!!

Answer 1

turtle food duh...

Answer 2

I'm not sure what kind of a turtle you have, but I have a red ear slider(it has red on the side of it's head), and when it was little, I fed it tetramin pellets(make sure they're the ones for baby turtles), also, it will need a UVA and UVB lamp, a heater, and calcium...so feed it lettuce and carrots, and occasional fruit, and tuna. Good luck. Oh and also it might not eat for a couple of days, don't get scared, unless it doesn't eat for like a week.

http://redearslider.com/

Here is a very good site if you have red ear sliders

Oh and also, cuttlebone is really good for calcium, just make sure not to put too much in, and most turtles won't like it, so try

Answer 3

how on earth did you hatch a turtle (which requires more than a bit of skill) but don't know simple hatchling food items? Start with pill bugs (roly polys) or things similar to that size but live prey as a rule while you research much more. Good news is that if it just hatched there should be enough yolk left for at least a week

Answer 4

never feed your turtle goldfish, they are very fatty and have alot of bones, very bad.

I have a RES, and I feed him many different things. fruits, veggies, crickets (live), fedder guppies/ rosey reds, pellets, and brine shrimp. you can find all you need at any good pet store. if you get the shrimp, i recommend the frozen ones that are individually wrapped, just take one out and drop in the water. you can also buy ghost shrimp for a treat, I bought a few of them as they also help clean up the mess that the turtle makes.

Go to the site that is down below and they can answer any future questions that you may have towards your turtle, I have used the forum many times, and have found alot of very useful information there

Answer 5

JUST hatched- nothing until the yolk scar closes up.

Then, small turtle pellets, blood worms, thawed krill, etc. are good for young water turtles.

Also, you really should figure out what species it is. Try http://www.austinsturtlepage.com for helpful information, including a good article on dealing with baby turtles.

Answer 6

* DO NOT FEED HAMBURGER. It is much to fatty!

* Water turtles need to be in the water to feed. If they find food on a land
area, they will run to the closest water source, so they can swallow.
* Good food: earthworms, nightcrawlers (make sure they are not raised on
manure), redworms, mealworms (treat only, fatty),
whole feeder goldfish (occasionally), snails, butter lettuce (wash well) or
melon and other fruit (find out what your turtle likes),
tofu, banana, strawberries, peas, kibbles,
Reptomin, Tender Vittels. Blueberries, dandelion
flowers and leaves, vegetable scraps from your kitchen, tomato, cooked
sweet potatoes, mulberry leaves ...

* Do not feed Tubifex worms. Do not feed raw chicken, because of salmonella
in the chicken. Cooked (boiled, well-done) chicken is OK. (Freezing will not destroy
salmonella.) Feed organ meat sparingly, if at all.
Shrimp, ocean fish, squid, can be fed occasionally.
Feed any commercial food as a side, not a staple. Commercial foods are too rich
to be fed all the time.
* Lettuce (to most people, 'lettuce' still
means 'iceberg' which is a NO_NO. Use dandelion greens--very high in calcium
and vitamin A--and escarole & endive & ok, romaine--all good sources of
calcium, and none carrying iodine-binding substances like the cruciferous
veggies or calcium-binding substances like spinach.

* Feed your turtle every 2-3 days, but make greens available daily.
If it gets too skinny, feed more, if it gets
fat, feed less. Most likely your turtle will end up on the fat side, because
it will learn to beg on no-feed days, and you will give in. I tend to feed
my turtles daily in summer, feeding them veggies one day and dry food or
worms the other day. In winter I only feed twice a week and mostly dry food,
because it is cooler, and the population density in my tank is up.

Answer 7

Hi Miah, I give Tetra ReptoMin (comes in sticks, you have to put them on water surface) to my water turtles. This is a balanced food. You should also supplement the dfood with calcium (little white turtle-shaped calcium carbonate is what I use).
I also give them Gammarus, small baby shrimps.
Hope this helps!

Answer 8

As with most of the reptiles commonly kept as pets, malnutrition associated with poor hygiene and sanitation is the leading cause of illness among captive water turtles. Water turtles are, for the most part, carnivorous (meat eaters). Malnutrition results when these pets are fed primarily a vegetarian diet or inadequate sources of animal protein.

Water turtles must feed within the water, and in so doing, the most important part of their artificial environment becomes easily fouled. This contamination is greatly exaggerated by the relatively small amount of water usually provided for captive water turtles as compared with the almost unlimited aquatic habitat enjoyed by wild water turtles.

As previously mentioned, captive water turtles should be fed in an environment separate from their living environment in an effort to control contamination. This is especially necessary in feeding water turtles that prey on live food and tear at it, creating particulate waste. However, species that gulp and swallow prey items whole ("Snapping Turtle, Mata Mata) are usually allowed to feed in their artificial aquatic habitats because they are generally considered "clean feeders"

Water turtles need to be fed in the water. They can not swallow their food unless they are in the water.

Most people that I have read about feed their turtles a prepared balanced food, such as Tetra Reptomin or Purina Trout Chow. I call this the everyday "dry" food. Some people say that you can feed your turtles cat food. (I guess they are like cats too then!) They use a cat treat called Tender Kittels. But you can't feed them that everyday, because they are very fatty and are high in protein. When your turtles are young, they are carnivorous. They love chicken, turkey and tuna. Always have their meats cooked. And never feed them hamburger...too fatty! You can occasionally feed them brine shrimp, ocean fish, and squid. You can also feed them the little creatures of the river. My turtles loved small salamanders, snails, and small crayfish. Of course it was a handicap match. My husband pulled off the large front claws of the crayfish so that our turtles wouldn't get hurt. It was so funny to watch the turtles swim after the crayfish as the crayfish would swim backwards trying to get away. Speaking of chasing their food, feeder fish, or gold fish are good foods to have, especially when you go away on short trips. They will leave your turtles entertained for hours. Crickets are good and worms are good too, but make sure you rinse them off first because of the pesticides and fertilizers.

As your turtles get older, they will start to eat more fruits and vegetables. Some good fruits and veggies to feed them include: bananas, strawberries, blueberries, peas, mulberry leaves, escarole, endive and romaine. Do not use iceberg lettuce. Lots of leafy greens are good for your turtle because of the natural vitamins and calcium. Dandelion leaves are very high in the calcium and vitamin A they need. Do not use spinach. They can also feed on plants like amazon swords, anachris, water lettuce, and water hyacinth.

When your turtles are young you need to feed them everyday. I used to feed my turtles once when I got up in the morning and then again in the afternoon right before I left for work. Now I just feed them once in the morning. Occasionally I give in to their begging and give them a little snack in the afternoon. As they get older, you will only have to feed them once every other day. Turtles aren't like us, they don't have to eat everyday to survive. Hey, in the wild they don't eat everyday!

Try to remember giving calcium, uva ( about 12 hs a day ), vitamin A for its eyes, and a heater water4 to prevent your turtle get ill....

I hope your turtle be ok ! bye!

Answer 9

My friend fed his turtle lettuce.

I think a baby turtle would eat that too, if it is small enough.


Good Luck.

Answer 10

turtle food

Answer 11

when they are that young i oressume that hey wil feed off the yolk from the egg and then same as the elders if you have any but in smaller sizes. like bite size