Feeding and Nutrition :: can my turtles be fat??????

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i have 3 turtle and i love them i feed them the right amount but they alway want more every time some1 walks by their tank they get happy like when i feed them and they r growingt way to fast

[Kallistos]

Oh how beautiful the search feature is!

Could you explain to us what "the right amount" is? Every healthy/normal turtle will frantically beg for more food. If you give in when they do this, they will eat themselves to death. If your turtles are growing way too fast, an explation of what exactly this means would be helpful, it's usually a sign of over-feeding. Check out the stickies in this topic and change your feeding schedule/amount accordingly.

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well it says 2 pinches of food per turtle but i give them 3 pinches each

[rexandflower]

Euh. I know the what it feels like to want to feed turtles all the time, because they are so cool to watch! But over feeding is bad for their health and causes pyramiding and nasty crap like that.

So, I keep a calendar above the tank and pencil in what I've fed them (y'know, like, pellets everyother day, lotta greens and stuff, the occasional grape). It helps me to say NO! when they beg... although I still worry a lot.

Try looking for info around here about nutrition and health concerns, it helps me a lot.

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i found a list out what u can feed turtles when i 1st got them i try to mix thing up so they dont always eat the same thing but its not working (i got turtle and star in may of 2006 and lil monkey like oct of 2006) they would only eat gubbies and their normal food