or cabin will guarantee the healthy and happy life of our turtle.
On the contrary, if our turtle does not show appetite and / or refuses food it would be a cause for concern.
They are omnivorous animals, that is, they eat meat, fish and vegetables. In freedom they usually feed on fish, crustaceans, snails, molluscs and aquatic plants, although when Trachemys, Graptemys and Pseudemys They are young, because they are growing they show a preference for proteins, so they are mostly carnivorous.
As we mentioned in other posts, turtles should eat and therefore be fed in the water, since they use it to swallow food and drink, and they usually go to the bottom to chop food. Hence, the water should be in the best possible hygienic conditions, and of temperature, since this will affect the metabolism of our chelonium.
Ideally, the diet should be as balanced and varied as possible, so that they have all the possible vitamins and nutrients, for their best development (but being varied within the foods and indications below)
The food BASE must be a I think Special for water turtles. These sticks or feed are balanced food preparations, especially for turtles, different from other feeds such as dogs or pond fish, the former being unsuitable for turtles and the latter not sufficient for turtles. Therefore, keep in mind that it is, we repeat, especially for water turtles.
Nutritional analysis that should contain good feed for water turtles:
Crude protein 35 - 42%
Crude fat 5 - 10%
Raw fiber 2 - 5%
Ashes 2 - 5%
Humidity 5 - 10%
You can find the best feed in pet shop, online stores and specialized pets. (above some examples)
The feed can be supplied daily and we will repeat the Pillar of our turtle's diet as it offers all the basic nutrients for our turtle's diet.
However, the feed could or should be supplemented with other animals (which they usually eat in their natural habitat) with fruit, vegetables and meat or fish, the latter to a lesser extent as we will see below.
Another food that is also important, could be:
Irons which constitute a complete and nutritious food that can be provided on a regular basis, beetles, that they are a complete food too, although alive they can be very aggressive, so it is not recommended to give it to young turtles, and freshwater fish like Guppies, Gambussias, Mollies, Tents.
Vegetables, fruits and vegetables:
Themlike the apple, the pear, the lettuce, the carrot, the melonamong others . They should be fed in the water, since they use it to swallow and digest food, and in turn is where they chop their food when it is large to swallow.
Fruits, as the best choice are soft pulp, such as apple, pear that we have already commented, but leaving citrus fruits like orange aside. Nor should we abuse the fruits much as they can produce intestinal parasites.
Vegetables are essential for Vitamin Abut you have to avoid spinach by its oxalic content, and can damage the kidney, and the cabbages that cause diarrhea in addition to thyroid problems (goiter)
They also usually eat plants, so if we have some plants in the aquarium or aquarium, they will eat them. Some plants that can eat would be: elodea (Dense egeria ), Java fern ( Microsorium pteropus ), water lilies, water lentils, salvinia, azolla, water lettuces ( Pistia stratiotes ) or water hyacinths ( Eichhornia Crassipes ), among other.
Both fruits, vegetables like aquatic plants can be supplied a couple of times a week.
Meat, fish and seafood:
They can be given low-fat meat cooked always (and in non-ground strips) and better always chicken, such as breast or pork. Regarding fish and shellfish, they can be given any type (provided they have been frozen for at least 48 hours)
Other foods to complement (although not complete) can be earthworms, freshwater snails or land (not sea) grasshoppers or other insects (which can be purchased at pet stores or raised at home).
While meat or fish are great sources of both protein and phosphorus, and some vitamins, it would be ideal if we supplied it to our turtles once a week.
The dried shrimp or prawns (gammarus) that they sell 