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How much pellets should I feed my red eared slider turtle and is the Wardleys premium sticks a good2007-11-24 1:59:50

of nutrition for my turtle? (Turtle) He's about six months old . and he's pretty chubby =)

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I think you need to watch him eat, whatever he consumes in 5 min. is adequate The rest will just foul the water. Depends on his size also. I have 2 hatchlings and I feed 2 sticks of ReptoMin daily, plus I cut up either a tiny bit, [the size of a match head, cut in 4 pieces] of strawberry, apple, or tomato. They also eat canned tuna, same small amount between the 2 of them. If I see food left after several hours I remove it with a net. Read the ingredients, I think all of the commercial turtle food sticks are pretty close in nutrition.

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sue pretty much answered it, but mine love cantaloupe and watermelon cut in small chunks, i feed all mine (6) both the reptomin and the wardley's, plus the guy at the pet shop told me he feeds his and i've tried it, is any kind of floating pond pellets, mine like these too. i try to give a big variety to make sure the get everything they need. fish and worms, mealworms they all love. mine eat about 10 sticks each at a sitting, but mine are 2 and 3 years old. my wood turtle is somewhere around 16

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I've got 2 2year old RES. I've always heard that you feed the only what they can it in 45 seconds then clean out whatever's left. I've been following this for the 1 1/2 years iv'e owned them and they honestly couldnt be healthier.

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Generally feed them about the volume of their head a day (if I remember correctly.). Young turtles consume more protein than adults, but you still need to be careful about overfeeding. Most commercial diets are too high in protein and the main ingredients are just filler. However as far as commercial pellets go, Wardleys is one of the better ones. At such a young age he may not take veggies yet, but try to get him on those too as soon as possible (collard greens, endive, squash, some fruits, etc.). You can also round out his diet with some mealworms/waxworms, and low fat meat (mine LOVES boiled ground turkey).