does anyone know about an automatic feeder? I am going away for 7 days and have no one to feed my turtle.
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ladybug2821
May 21, 2008 07:17 PM
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cinderellawkids
May 22, 2008 08:19 AM
What size is the turtle?
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batrachos
May 22, 2008 10:27 AM
Automatic feeders are worthless in my opinion; they frequently fail and are difficult to regulate.
An adult or larger juvenile will be fine without food for seven days; even a small juvenile would probably be fine if you made sure to feed him extra in the days before you leave. You could add a bunch of live aquatic prey (guppies, rosy reds, ghost shrimp) or live plants (anacharis, cabomba) and let your turtle snack on those while you are gone.
golfdiva
Jun 17, 2008 10:18 AM
I don't know if you still need info,but here is my two cents worth anyway!
I used a automatic feeder once and it worked fine. (I didn't trust it and had a backup plan, but the backup wasn't needed.)
You can as suggested, put some feeder fish in the tank. Also, those weekend feeder blocks for fish work well with turtles too!
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