Feeding and Nutrition :: Feeding info request

[JimmyJam]

As the title says, if anyone that has an adult RES could post some pictures showing how much food they feed at a time to there RES. I don't want to over feed Mary Jane, nor do I want to under-feed her.

I plan on feeding her pellets and greens one day, and possibly those "jello shots" the next day with possibly some more greens, I just want to know how much she should properly take for her size. and for the record she is about 7 inches from top of her shell to bottom.

[megcornell]

At 7 inches, pellets should only be an every other day food. Can you post or estimate how large her head is? I'd imagine it's at least as large as a quarter or so. However large her head is determines roughly how many pellets she should get every other day.

[ScrewZoo]

I love her name, from what i heard about adults(Which consists of 4in.+), it should be something like pellets every other day, and veggies everyday, then something high in protein once a month(Ex. Fish, crickets, worms, shrimp) And cuttlebone! sorry i dont have any type of pic.

[JimmyJam]

Yea, I will change that tomorrow, as of late I've been feeding her about a half leaf of romaine lettuce and a head sized portion of pellets every day. I'll cut it back to pellets every other day, and greens in between. But as far as that goes I got it down, I just wanted to know portions because like some people mentioned with there RES, she will eat anything and everything I put in haha. That's why i want a visual of someone who has a RES about the size of mine, daily food amount.

As for her head size meg, your on the money with your guess. Her head is about the size of a quarter. I normally feed her approximately 10-15 pellets, and at the current moment I am using Wardley pellets(I will be getting Mazuri when this is gone). And if anyone has tried those "jello shots", which day would I give them to her if I am on the pellets one day and veggies the next?(i.e pellets today, jello shot and veggies the next, and pellets the day after, so on and so forth)

[ScrewZoo]

those are usually just for people that cant get their turtles to eat certain things like veggies, but if u want to try it i think you can just cut back on the lettuce, like half of what your giving her daily and replace it with a jello shot.

[PcBuilder14]

I've been meaning to try those jello shots for my turtle since all he eats is pellets and crickets.