RE: help on newly hatched western painted turtles

Posted by: zach_whitman at Sat Apr 16 21:27:03 2005 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by zach_whitman ]

The babies can take several days to eat as they absorb their yolk sac. Try live blood worms, chopped up earth worms, or live feeder guppies just to get them started. Large koi will eat just about anything that they can cram into their mouths so I would wait untill they are a few inched long before going into the pond. Another thing to consider is predators. I don't know where you live but here in NJ we have raccoons, cats, and crows who would all love to snack on some baby turtles sitting out in a baby pool. I would deffinetely recomend setting up a tank for them with some good full spectrum lighting untill they are not quite so delicate. Good luck.

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