I was wondering what people in here have had luck getting their baby spotted turtles to eat? Will they take pellets, or do they need other types of food?
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Baby Spotted Turtle Question
jason
Aug 25, 2005 04:27 PM
Replies (3)
wayne13114
Aug 25, 2005 10:36 PM
I've got mine eating baby turtle food it's pellets. have they eaten yet, are the WC or CB? good luck and let us know
wayne
mikefuture
Aug 26, 2005 11:05 AM
We used to offer small earthworms. Baby turtles usually can't resist a wriggling prey item. So try some tiny earthworms, tadpoles if you can, waxworms, brine shrimp, and red worms. After a while you can throw some pellets in while they have already started feeding. They should take the pellets eventually.
gemsofnewjersey
Sep 12, 2005 06:27 PM
Try blood worms, when I have a fresh batch of babies I use blood worms to coax them into eating and it always works. Be careful w/ most of the "good" breeders people rave about on here and other sites....alot of their wonderful captive bred spotteds aren't really what they say they are.That is a fact and because of them many of these spotteds never make it past their first year.
