Feeding and Nutrition :: orange lips

[xxlilangelxx]

i gave my turtles a small slice of carrot and now they have a orange mouth and its soo cute n funny to me, just wonderin if its bad or if i gave them too much carrots.

Is it bad to give them a piece every day? I still feed them theyre reptomin and a lil pice of lettuce sometimes

[untsmurf]

You want to feed carrots in moderation. So definitely not everyday. Maybe once a week or so. Mikey gets an orange 'stache every time he gets carrots too. It's definitely cute!

[TheComputerGremlin]

Carrots are higher in sugar, so you want to be careful not to feed them too often. However, everything in moderation, so you could probably give a single strip more often than, say, a whole carrot's worth of strips.

And yeah, the first time my turtle got the orange lipstick, I was very freaked out. But since then, I've come to think he looks like he scarfed down a bunch of cheese puffs!

[hiddenpassions]

I haven't been cutting the carrots into strips for my turtle. I've been cutting thin slices and then cutting those in half. She is 5 inches and doesn't seem to have trouble eating them. She breaks pieces off and doesn't get the whole piece in her mouth. Is it safer to use strips?

Peace,
Cherry

[megcornell]

I don't use strips either, I just give little chunks. As long as your turtle can handle it without choking, it's fine. Larger turtles have pretty strong jaws so I don't worry about my guys needing tissue thin slices.