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ok my baby red eared slider is gettin in the habit of killing feeder fish. i caught him one day fighting with the female for feeder fish. the male caught it and they both wore tugging it and it wasnt very pretty. in the end i plan to cut back on the pellets, but its a concern to pull back on what i feed them. i notice his shell is growing and stretching as well. so right now when he passes by a fish he bites pieces of the tail and today i just noticed that 2 of the feeder fish are already missing their lower back fin.

he doesn't eat them he just attacks thier fins?

no actually he attacks their fins so they cant move and finishes them once their immobile

Here's a thought, cut back on the feeder fish. Each turtle should probably get no more than 3 fish a month, and if the one is eating them all, don't put so many in. It's not just growing quickly length-wise, it's potential pyramiding which can easily kill the turtle. Feeder fish are not necessary for a healthy turtle.

yeah i know but i only fed him one and now he wants to eat them all when hes close to them. he just started eating them and plus hes about a year old

As long as he eats the fish, I don't see a problem. That's smart that he attacks the fins and then eat them. My RES just catches them, typically by the tail, and swallows them whole. He's a good hunter.

blackforces get you wrote:no actually he attacks their fins so they cant move and finishes them once their immobile

Ahhh brillant!!!