I own an adult AST for 3 or more years now and it'll only eat 2-3 times a month. Lately I noticed that it won't eat anything but shrimp. It will eat everyday though as long as it's shrimp. I tried not feeding it for a month but nothing... What can I do about this?
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Urgent: turtle eating habbit
wing
Apr 27, 2007 07:56 PM
Replies (2)
kcaj
Apr 28, 2007 03:39 AM
I would say that you will have to get another job to support your turtle. Have you tried letting live fish swim around with him? Buy some jumbo shiner bait minnows from a bait shop. Jack
Accomplice
May 06, 2007 09:06 PM
What size is it? How long are you watching the turt after you introduce anything other than shrimp? Are you feeding it at night? I used to have an adult alligator snapper and I could only see it eat its meals (thawed whole baby chickens) every once in a while. You can put in a bunch of live fish and crawfish and just let it take what it can over time. I'd bet that you'll notice them vanish even if you're not able to catch him in the act.
