Feeding and Nutrition :: Crickets or not ?

[paddleton]

I have been trying to decide on what to feed my turtle.He will only eat crickets and grass hoppers. I read that if you want them to eat new foods hold the foods they are use to, but it had been almost a week since he has eaten. So would he be ok if I got some calcium supplement spray to spray the food with or should I not feed him crickets and grass hoppers?

[steve]

Most of your question should be answered after you read this section: http://redearslider.com/index_nutrition.html

Withhold those foods/treats if he is otherwise healthy. What is a calcium spray?

[paddleton]

The calcium spray is a spray that you spray on live food wait 15 seconds then feed the turtle normally.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Yeah i saw that spray at petco and I was debating to buy it or not. Looks good to me spray the pellets or whatever and let it dry.
So he does not even eat pellets?
The one thing i could think of is just drop pellets in his tank once in a while for a day or 2 and not feed him anything else. If he is really hungry then he will eat the pellets.

[paddleton]

I have been feeding him pellets every day but only a few he will not eat them. but today I just droped a peice of lettice in his tank and left it there it looked like he had nibbled on it but not sure.I am not even sure if he is male or female but i think it is a female.