Can someone tell me which water turtles (common to pet trade) are 100% vegetarian/herbavorous? thanks
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Vegetarian Turtles
Malakai
Dec 17, 2005 09:26 AM
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PHRatz
Dec 18, 2005 04:10 PM
>>Can someone tell me which water turtles (common to pet trade) are 100% vegetarian/herbavorous? thanks
I don't think there are any aquatic turtles that are 100% herbivorous. Off the top of my head I know that river cooters are mostly herbivorous but not 100%.
There are land tortoises that are 100% herbivore but off hand I can't think of any turtle species that are.
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PHRatz
honuman
Dec 19, 2005 01:51 PM
Agreed. Several cooter species (river in particular) are heavy consumers of vegetation but still need some animal protein in their diets.
There are only tortoise species that are 100% vegetarian. (And to be honest I even witness these species grab a slug or a piece of carrion here or there when it presented itself.)
Steve
txherp
Dec 21, 2005 04:54 PM
Fly River Turtles are vegetarian
honuman
Dec 27, 2005 01:14 PM
Not true at all the are not exclusively vegetarian. They will eat carrion, mollusks and have even been seen in the wild eating flying foxes that have fallen into the water and drown.
