General Care Discussion :: OK, my turtles tank has been upgraded to 40 gallons

[Boston_Zhao]

Hope they don't get lost.....

BTW, they don't like pellets, but they love mini krills and freeze dried plankton...they eat a lot of these stuff high in protein.. and some veggies, not much though...
is ther eany problem with their diet?

[Spookster]

Yes. Too much protein will cause them to grow too fast and that will cause pyramiding and is not healthy. Use some tough love to get them to eat the pellets and more veggies.

[missibsu]

I second that. They aren't going to eat the pellets if you are still offering the other tasty treats. You can't use the mindset of offering pellets, watching them not eat, then offering krill to offset it. You are reinforcing a behavior that you don't want. As far as they know, you will give them the treats because they turned down the pellets. Don't forget the recommended veggie list in the feeding stickys.

[Boston_Zhao]

yeah your right, I just feel heart broken when I see them go fasting....

[cam722]

Just like kids, if you only feed them what they want they won't eat what's good for them. They won't starve. In the wild turtles don't eat as often and as much as a captive turtle does. .just trust us that they won't starve
Are you feeding them baby pellets or adult pellets because sometimes smaller turtles can't manage the larger ones.