Red-eared turtles mainly eat food of animal origin, but they also gladly absorb the combined ones. You need to buy food intended for cold-blooded animals, although they are happy to eat food for dogs and cats, but it has much more calories than is necessary. Sometimes you can release small live fish into the aquarium, which they will later eat. Algae must be present in the terrarium, otherwise the turtle will be uncomfortable.
Instructions
Step 1
Before feeding, if the food has been in the refrigerator, it must be warmed to room temperature.
Step 2
Feed your turtle in the usual way. Some can handle it well, while others are served with tweezers or thrown into the water.
Step 3
Once the turtle is full, it usually takes about 30 minutes to remove any leftover food from the enclosure. If this is not done, then the water very quickly begins to disappear and it has to be changed to fresh.
Step 4
In some cases, the turtle goes out to eat on the islets of land. If you teach her to eat on land, then there will be no problems with changing water. When food pieces do not get into the water, it rarely needs to be changed.
Step 5
Some lovers of cold-blooded animals take their pets to the "restaurant". To do this, they collect water, the usual temperature for a turtle, into a basin. Then the animal is carefully moved and fed, and then sent back to the terrarium. This is done in order to keep the turtle's habitat clean.
Step 6
Young turtles are fed once a day, and those that are older every 2-3 days. Food should be given a variety of animal and vegetable origin. Meat and fish should be low-fat varieties. Complex vitamin supplements can be added to food
