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Posted by: PHBoxTurtle at Tue Feb 23 23:03:22 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHBoxTurtle ]  
   

This picture is what my turtles' meals look like, as well. I use Nasco's turtle brittle (soaked), or another meat item, romaine or red leaf lettuce, a fruit-often grapes, apples, or cantaloupe, and add a vegetable-maybe grated carrots, or sweet potato. I usually add a few insects on top, but not so many that the turtles won't eat the rest of the food. I feed every 3rd day.

I have used this meal plan for years. This type of complete mixture is also discussed in my box turtle book and by MATTS's Sandy Barnett, and other turtle keepers

The diet that contains one type of item, which is changed at every feeding, is OK, but a person needs to be careful to get a complete and varied diet into their turtles regularly. A few weeks without say, plant matter is not good. I think it is easier to feed a complete diet. Plus there is less chance the turtle will become a picky eater if it is fed a variety of foods at each meal. Tess


   

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