Okay...this turtle refuses to eat anything but worms?

Question

I went a couple of days without feeding him, then put in some commercial turtle food. Nothing. He ignores it. I'd even soaked it in tuna fish juice. I tried the frozen turtle food, nothing. He was doing nothing but searching on the aquarium floor for something else...so I gave him 3 worms which he ate instantly. He needs nutrients I know. But I feel like he would rather starve than eat food he would rather not. Should I try guppies next? HELP!
(African Sideneck by the way...)

Answer 1

Try feeder fish and Bil- Jac frozen dog food.My turtles love it! Also,see if you can find some snails ( not too big.) Most turtles love them and the snail's shell is a good source of calcium.Shrimp might work,too. Worms are very good for turtles,though.Also,they need some greens.Try water plants (anacharis,elodea) and mustard greens,kale ,collards,anything but iceberg or spinach.And keep a cuttlebone ( the type used for birds) in the tank for him to nibble on.It's a source of calcium and helps keep their mandible short and sharp.

Answer 2

Wow an African Sideneck. What a great turtle to have. Your turtle for whatever reason likes meat. It's not unusual. I had a large box turtle and he loved "pinkies" and "worms". Occasionally if I would put goldfish in his water bowl he would be all over them. LOL I think he enjoyed the chase as much as the eating. Anyway. When I fed him worms I would roll them in Calcium at least once a week. I just bought fishing worms or in the Summer I would go out at night and find night crawlers in the back yard. I never could get him to eat "veggies" and believe me I tried again and again. As long as he gets some Calcium just give him what he likes...

Answer 3

you mustn't additionally be conscious of that it's going to consume rice considering the fact which you mustn't in any respect feed any turtle any grain based ingredients. they are thoroughly unnatural. Turtles can not proper digest complicated carbohydrates and that they shouldn't in any respect be offered. because it is there is many times some style of grain in many commercial turtle pellet ingredients making them much less nutritious than they may be. beginning immediately, in no way grant rice back. enable him circulate hungry. they might circulate weeks without meals (despite if it is not cautioned). grant him a working laptop or laptop virus daily until he eats one. No turtle will starve to dying preserving out for a single meals. it is going to consume the the main suitable option meals while it gets hungry sufficient. And in the adventure that your turtle is extra beneficial than 3 inches you are able to purely feed it another day (for a great feeding reaction).

Answer 4

Organic grapes (purple ones) and worms. And lettuce. (organic).

i don't know about green grapes.

Answer 5

ask vet but i would try minnow .check by calling vet or online for there diet ..