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I have a baby painted turtlehe hatched a few days ago he wont eat any kind of worms or cricketshelp2007-11-24 2:00:12

we have him in a 10 gallon tank with rocks sand and we have an upside down frisbee filled with water for the water source. We thought he ate the first earthworm we put in there.but we found the worm hiding a couple days later. Yesterday I noticed that he was trying to eat the rocks in the sand.so we put a mealworm next to him and he still wont eat it.he wont even eat the pellets. I dont know how he is still alive!!

Answers:

Some turtles will eat plants. You could try giving him a piece of fruit and seeing if he eats that. Also, don't stick around to watch him eat; that might just scare him into not eating. Keep in mind turtles aren't easy to take care of, so be prepared for problems.

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I had a baby painted turtle too, and I fed him small pieces of earth worms, but the water source should be deep enough for him to swim in and when in the water feed him the worm by holding it and dipping it into the water. mine is 6 years old now. As babies that are mostly insectivores and don't eat veggies but as they get older they do. thay won't start eating the food sticks until they are a couple of months old. Since thay can live until they are 36 years old make sure your commited beacuse once thayre used to you it's hard to change their behavior.

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First be shure there are some tiny peables or sand or something of that nature he can eat (the reason it he needs that to help dijest food. Also keep trying the foods you are when he is hungry enough he will eat. Be shure what your feeding him is not to large, it should not be much bigger than his head. Finally try some fruits and vegtables. painted turtles eat mostly meat but they do need some plants, espesialy when they are young.

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You shudnt feed im for a few days, Then give it a few plants to eat,

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Give him green-leaf lettuce like romaine

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Call your local vet and if you don't want to do that call your nearest zoo, who will be able to give some advise about your problem.

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You might ask these guys. They know a lot about reptiles and amphibians, and I know they've raised a lot of different animals.