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why is my red eared turtle only eating turtle pellets it wont eat anything i try feed it2007-11-24 2:05:04Answers:

When I first got my slider as a baby, she would only eat pellets. As she got older i introduced her to fish and crickets. At first with the fish I had to hold they by the tail so she could get a hold of them.

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Pellets are good but should only be about 25% of it's diet.

Have you tried any of these?

Items to Feed Red Eared Sliders

* Feeder Items: live feeder fish (guppies, goldfish, minnows), earthworms, crickets, waxworms, earthworms, silkworms, aquatic snails, blood worms, daphnia, shrimp, krill, mealworms. For very small turtles, prey may have to be cut into smaller pieces. Larger turtles can be offered larger items like tadpoles.

* Leafy greens: collard, mustard and dandelion greens, kale, bok choy. Head (iceberg) lettuce should never be feed as it contains very little nutrition, but dark green leaf lettuces (e.g romaine) can be feed sparingly

* Aquatic plants: in an aquarium or pond you can add aquatic plants on which turtles usually love to snack. Submerged plants like anacharis are often eaten, as are water hyacinth, water lettuce, duckweed, azolla (fairy moss), and frog-bit.

* Other vegetables: carrots (tops are fine too), squash and green beans.

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Check out the turtle health and diet forum at kingsnake.com

There is also a "red-eared and other sliders" turtle forum.

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wait a few months. baby turtles probably cant eat anything, like babys. just mushy small stuff that looks colorful, lol!

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Cause it is only use to eating that.

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maybe it is sick or is just is sick of the food you give him/her take him/her to the vet right away

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If your turtle is only used to eating pellets, it will probably ignore anything else you try to give it.