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Posada · Level 2 Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31

Im just wandering if im feeding my turtle enough or too much. I feed her once a day aprox. 30-40 pellets of turtle food. She usually eats that up right away.

Also I want to know when I should start giving her veggies. Ive given her carrots/celery and she doesnt eat any of it yet. She's, I'm guessing, 6-8months old. Shes aprox. 3 inches long.

thanks for your help

yaya · Level 4 Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 558

i don't know the size of ur pellets but maybe it's too much...the amount should be the size of her head WITHOUT the neck....every day for a hatchling and every other day for a juvenile and adult... keep veggies always available...one day ur turtle will eat them...
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dixieee · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:15 am Post subject:

30-40 pellets/day?? Surprised

my turtles are close to 1 year old and i feed them 2 pellets/day..i still find that they're getting overweight sometimes so i cut that down..i don't know how much u should feed urs but i'm sure this is too much..they'll keep eating as long as there is food so don't measure it that way

can u post a pic for ur turtle so we could tell if she's overweight?
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

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Posada · Level 2 Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 31

I'll try to get a pic up as soon as possible. I figured I was feeding her enough because I've read that you feed as much as they'll eat in 2mins or so. And she downs 3 in one gulp sometimes. I've noticed she eats her droppings sometimes as well.

dixieee · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:23 am Post subject:

the 2-min thing is not very reliable bcz i read that other ppl have "what the turtle can consume in 2 hours" instead and this differs a lot!! my turtle can eat as fast as urs but i don't feed her that much..i really suggest u cut that quantity down and keep some floating leaves in the tank instead..if she thinks what u're giving is not enough she'll eat the leaves
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:36 am Post subject:

Just about all turtles will eat until they throw up, that is mainly because of instinct, I think, they are opportunistic eaters, meaning that if they see food, they will eat it, because their instinct tells them that the next feeding will most likely be a long time away.

If you see that your turtle eats their poop, it may be that it needs more calcium in his/her diet. I haven't seen mine do that, but I cannot swear that they haven't. Very Happy

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dixieee · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject:

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject:

Sounds kinda what chipmunks do, they will put nuts in their cheeks to carry them to their den. Very Happy

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dixieee · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:16 am Post subject:

lol yeah my hamsters did that too..maybe he has some mixed ancestors Surprised

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject:

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