Feeding and Nutrition :: Turtles Favorite food?

Turtle diets and eating habits discussed here.

What seems to be your turtles FAVORITE food?

Greens (Dandelion, Turnip, etc)
1
3%
Leaf lettuce (red, green, etc)
7
22%
Meat (shrimp, blood worms, etc)
15
47%
Live food (guppies, etc)
4
13%
Fruits (strawberry, banana, etc)
2
6%
Other veggies (carrot, sweet potatoe, etc)
3
9%
 
Total votes : 32

Post Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:02 am   Turtles Favorite food?

Lets have a poll on what you think your turtle enjoys eating most!

Mine seem to gobble up strawberries the quickest, they love em!
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:59 am   

Where's the pellet category? My turtle is a pellet fiend! Other than pellets his two favorite things are carrots and sweet potato. He usually gets some of each every week.
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:39 pm   

My turtles LOVE their veggies. Red and Green lettuce seem to be their favorite!
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:53 pm   

My turtles go nuts for practically anything I throw into the tank but they absolutely refuse carrots....strange..
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Post Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:46 pm   

Mine go nuts for dried shrimp (krill).
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:00 am   

Mine seem to take after anything .... except their veggies. Pellets are great, protein 'snacks' like krill is even better. They'll eat their floating plants too, but usually turn away at the veggies I try (& keep trying...) to feed them.
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:35 am   

I put leaf lettuce because she won't really eat fruit or vegetables besides leaf lettuce (but she loves pomegranate). Amazon sword never lasts long in the tank though - once I put in some anacharis, hornwart, and amazon sword in the tank at once and the amazon sword was completely gone by the end of the day while the other two plants survived several days.
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:09 am   

stray_647 wrote:My turtles go nuts for practically anything I throw into the tank but they absolutely refuse carrots....strange..


I know that feeling, my turtles turn away carrots every time!
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:12 am   

My turtle - now 5 years old - always snubbed carrots until just a few months ago. All of a sudden, carrots are on his good list. Maybe he's just growing up.
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Post Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:15 am   

well even though my turts stay away from carrots, i offer them once a week, maybe they'll take to it like they did veges
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Post Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:17 am   

This was a tough one. Murph will eat anything that's not nailed down!
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:26 pm   

Mikey's fav is anacharis.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:24 pm   

This foods :

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& Anacharis
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Post Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:23 pm   

My turtle is like Octpusgirl8's turtle: loves pellets.
Now she likes grasshoppers!
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