turtle food?

Question

im going to buy a baby res turtle and wondering wether the zoo med natural food will work for them, or if any body has a suggestion for other food

Answer 1

I just got 3 baby RES and I think I really know a lot about them. I have done lots of research too. I got mine ReptoMin baby food and they REALLY love it!! Also they eat bloodworms. I gave mine some minnows and they love to chase after those and eat them. They love to eat dead minnows too!! But before you buy a turtle I want you to know that they really cost a lot of money! You will need a filter, heater, aqaurium, rocks, health conditioner. Maybe more. In all i paid about $100 or more for everything that i got and i am still going to get more for them.
If you have any question feel free to e-mail me anytime!! I hoped that this helped!!

Answer 2

1. It is against federal regulations to buy a turtle under 4" long. Many stores ignore this, but do you want to buy anything from a place that ignores federal regulations?

2. Use the pellets for about 1/2 of the diet, and use various live or frozen./thawed 'fish foods' for the rest- small fish, snails, worms, krill, insects, shrim[p, etc.

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Answer 3

yea that will work, it might just be my turtle but she ate that for about a month and it seemed to stop her growing and her shell got soft, TetraFauna maekes a food called ReptoMin it comes in a baby turtle version you can get it at really any pet store its what i use now,& when there young they like small fish too, mine did at least

Answer 4

llol! its illegal to own turtles under 4inches due to the fact they have very high risk of having salmonella, but buy him GUPPIES, not gold fish, not rosie reds or anyother feeders, feed him guppies because they are small enough for the small turtle, when[or if] he grows, feed him larger feeder fish. turtle food pellets, earthworms from a fish bait store or anywhere else, as i treat i feed my turtle raw shrimp from the grocery store [grey/brown color] and cut them into small cubes, one cube at a time, also crayfish when he is larger than your palm as a treat.

Answer 5

First of all baby REs are illegal so good luck with that x]
they wont eat for a while cuz they still have a yolk sac that they feed off of

you should get pellets and shrimp cuz when they are young all they eat is meat

Answer 6

I suggest asking somebody experienced on turtles.

Answer 7

yes it will fish too i have a turtle that is about an inch long and loves to chomp on little gold fish