Feeding and Nutrition :: Feeding Questions

[lunabebe4]

I have had momo for almost 2 weeks now, she eats very good and always begs for food, the second i wake up she is at the tank swimming like crazy for her food.

Her schedule so far has been

about 8 pellets everyday around 12:30pm and green leaf lettuce everyday around 8 pm

Then carrots once a week normally mondays
and thursdays sweet potato for shedding(doesnt like blueberries)

My question is if I am feeding her too much or too little?

When I give her carrots its shredded baby carrots so its little mouth size pieces or smaller and i giver her maybe 8-10

When i give her sweet potato its mouth size pieces and i give her maybe 5-6.

And lettuce i normally grab a small hand full and tear it up, the pic below is her separate tank where she eats her food. The amount of lettuce in there is about 1/2 of what i give her. Is that to much? She ate it all before but now that i feed her in a new tank she only eats half and if i put the other half in her big tank she eats the rest.

[Caphits]

How big is she?

[untsmurf]

Without knowing the size of your turtle, it's harder to answer. But if your turt is at least 4'', then it sounds okay to me. I would reduce the pellet intake to every other day. But that's about it. But let us know the size of your turt to be sure.

[lunabebe4]

About 4 1/2 inches

[scripta_elegans]

The amount sounds fine to me, I agree with untsmurf about pellets every other day, but you might vary the veggies and greens a bit. I know that the turts usually love to get an aquatic plant or two in the mix. Spike will ignore pellets in favor of Anacharis now.

[lunabebe4]

Ok, I'm going shopping today so I will get her one.