General Care Discussion :: pyramiding

[rfjedi]

My turtle is pyramiding pretty good.... What steps are there to get him to stop?

[Kemul]

Feed more vegetables in appropriate portions. Feed much less protein and fat
(like goldfish). After several sheddings, the shell will be better.

[rfjedi]

So I should only feed him vegetables for about a month like those premade vegetable packages from store? Also he is 3 inches in length. I have a hypo pastel leucistic and regular res all about 1 1/2 inches problem is I feed them group style. Should I remove him from tank or should I just feed everyone individually since they all so small anyways.

[sull324]

My opinion would be to not starve it,just give the correct ammount of stick and give the rest as romaine lettuce.

What i do here is i give 5 sticks,then i give as much romainea s they can eat,eventually they slow down eating and thats when i remove the leftover.

What i suggest for your turtle size would be ,2 reptomin sticks or similar stick.then put some romaine and let them eat it for a good 1-2 minutes then remove the left over.

[worldpeace]

Just a little tip, you might try a different kind of lettuce because romaine is basically 100% water. It doesn't offer your turtle any of the vitamins the other lettuces have.

[marisa]

Iceberg letttuce, not romaine, is basically water. In fact, I recently read an article on healthy foods that gave romaine top billing for the nutrients it contains to maintain healthy skin.

I would not, however, feed only romaine lettuce, but rather I'd vary it with other varieties (red leaf, etc.), dandelion greens, collard greens, etc. Variety is good.