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What does the grass turtle usually eat and how often is it fed?

Skyler White
2021-05-21 19:53:31
Grass tortoises have more miscellaneous feeding habits and like more kinds of food. First of all, small fish, shrimp, insects and other animal feed, these foods contain a lot of protein and fat. The second is pumpkin, apple, celery and other vegetables or fruits, which contain a lot of trace elements and vitamins. Finally, synthetic turtle food, which is also rich in nutrients, can meet most of the daily needs of grass turtles.
What does the grass turtle usually eat and how often is it fed?

One, what does

grass tortoise eat commonly? Grass tortoise feeding habits are more miscellaneous, they are not picky about food below general circumstance, so animal feed and plant feed and synthetic feed can eat. Grass tortoises like small fish, shrimps, wigglers, water fleas and other small insects. These animal feeds contain a lot of protein and fat, which are very suitable for feeding grass turtles. However, breeders need to pay attention to sterilization and disinfection before feeding to avoid parasitic or bacterial infections.

Grass turtles like plant feed such as pumpkin, apple, celery, cabbage, spinach and other vegetables or fruits, which contain a large number of trace elements and vitamins to ensure the nutritional balance of grass turtles. They can also eat artificial feed, but it is better not to feed synthetic feed to young grass turtles, because young turtles need more nutrients. Moreover, although the nutrients in synthetic feed are comprehensive, the content is not high, so it is better to wait until they are adults before feeding.

2. how often do the grass tortoises feed their

young tortoises? They have a large demand for food. The breeder can choose to feed them once a day and feed them every time, because their digestive ability and demand for food are relatively high at this time. Adult grass turtles can choose to feed once every other day or once every two days, because their demand for food is not very high when they are adults.

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