General Care Discussion :: Feeding while on vacation?

[Raphulk]

So last time I went on vacation, I had the luxury of somebody coming over to feed my turtles because they were feeding my dad's fish as well. Unfortunately, my dad upgraded to an automatic feeder recently, but I have not. I'm going to be gone for a week, but the longest I've ever left my turtles unfed was about 3-4 days. I would leave some lettuce and red rosys to keep them occupied, but the problem is that I have two turtles. I am aware of the consequences, which is why I always feed them separately in precaution of aggression and domination. If I was to leave loads of food in their tank, supposedly a weeks supply, it would all be gone before I even left the room and most likely a ratio 5:1 of bigturtle:smallturtle.


I'm going to keep trying to see if someone can come over i the middle of the week to feed them, but has anybody else tried another plan?

[TheComputerGremlin]

How about one of those automatic feeders? Sure, there's no way to guarantee that both turtles will get their fair share, but if you are going to be gone for only a week, no biggie. Make sure you buy one that will accommodate the turtle pellet's size and test it out for a few days to make sure it's not way overfeeding them.

Either that, or throw in a few rosie reds. They'll probably eat them all at once, but it'll last them for the week.

[papoopeepoo]

If you're really worried, you could let you turtles gorge once and they should be fine for the week. 1 week isn't really a long time for turtles to go without food, as long as it isn't a regular thing.