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is it ok to feed shrimp to turts?

As an occasional treat, it's fine. It's high in protein, so you wouldn't want to feed it regularly or feed a lot at one time.

What kind of shrimp do you mean? There is also the live kinds and raw kinds, both of which should be avoided.

Does that include ghost shrimp? They're live and people occasionally put them in the tank for their turts. They're supposed to give the turtle a bit of a workout (hard to see and therefore catch). I've never found them sold near me, but I'd consider trying them if I found them. (They, as well as some other crustaceans, may carry a bacteria that's been linked to shell rot in some species of turtle, though.)

Marisa, I bought ghost shrimp once. They're pretty expensive as feeders go. My girls couldn't catch them and they stole the pellets from the turts!

Yeah, I've never even seen them in petstores here. I'm not big on live food like that, but I'd like to try a few just to give Tilly something different. They'd have to be pretty fast to get the pellets from him (if they were, I'd feed the pellets to Tilly in a separate container).

also, try cleaning out the tank without sucking up a few of those invisible lil buggers

All I want is a few...(a Christmas treat). I'd be game to try to net them out before cleaning. If I lost them, well, c'est la vie (or something like that).

I wasn't crazy about shrimp because of the nutritional value and their addictiveness. Though you can never predict how a RES will react to such things...

net them out, eh...mmmk. Damn near impossible I say. But if you have a few hours to spare..hehe

Reminds of the 2 baby guppies I have, I have a hard time catching them when I need to change the water in their container.

im talking about the dried shrimp that come in a container like pellets come in

I bought one of those containers from pet smart... It had a turtle on the cover so I thought it would be okay..The company is Vitakraft the product is called Vita terra Reptile GAMMARE...Small shrimp for Reptile... Product Info:

Due to the carful drying procedure utilized on the Gammarus Crusteceans it has a higher energy and nutrient content than regular live food. The minerals contained in the Gammarus support the shell and bone structure in a natual manner.

ARE THEY BLOWING SMOKE UP MY SKIRT?

albert wrote:
ARE THEY BLOWING SMOKE UP MY SKIRT?

Short answer is yes.

They're high in protein (the container should say what the minimum percentage is), so if you offer them, do so as a treat, not as part of their regular food.