To properly maintain and breed a red-eared turtle, you need to know what to feed it. Only high quality food is needed and, of course, fresh.
In nature, red-eared turtles capture food in the water, then crawl out to the shore to feast on it there. It is advisable to accustom the pet to this ritual, since due to the ingress of various animal feed into the water of the aquaterrarium, it quickly becomes polluted.
How often to feed your turtle
Young individuals (up to 2 years old) should be fed once a day. Adult turtles should be plentifully regaled once every couple of days. It is worth noting that excessive gluttony is inherent in red-eared turtles - you should not be intimidated.
What to feed
Red-eared turtles eat:
- factory feed;
- bloodworms, worms, chopped veal heart, pieces of liver, minced meat;
- small fish;
- snails, duckweed;
- vegetable food in the form of dandelions, beet leaves, carrots;
- beans, vegetables, fruits, sunflower seeds;
- marine varieties of fish;
- mussels, shrimps, squid.
If you feed your turtle with seafood and sea fish, then you first need to boil it, get rid of the bones.
Many aspiring red-eared turtles breeders do not know what meat to feed their pet. You can give poultry, beef, horse meat, lamb, pork. It is only better to pamper turtles with meat less often, because the abuse of animal feed leads to rickets.
