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Does the pig-nosed turtle eat fish excrement? How to feed it?

Saul Goodman
2021-05-27 01:56:53
Pig-nosed turtles eat fish feces, because fish feces contain a lot of nutrients, they can provide nutrition for themselves after eating. However, breeders are advised not to let them eat parrot fish or other fish feces containing hyperchromic feed, because hyperchromic feed may cause rectocele in pig-nosed turtles. They usually like to eat food at the bottom, and fish feces are easy to get, so they will eat fish feces when they are hungry.
Does the pig-nosed turtle eat fish excrement? How to feed it? Pig-no

sed turtles eat fish feces

? Pig-nosed turtles eat fish feces. First of all, there are a lot of nutrients in fish feces. Pig-nosed turtles can also provide nutrition for themselves after eating. Secondly, fish feces are usually at the bottom, and pig-nosed turtles like to feed at the bottom of the water, so fish feces naturally become their food. But breeders had better not mix them with some fish that need to eat hyperchromic feed, because hyperchromic feed can easily cause them to rectocele.

2. How to feed

pig-nosed turtles 1. Feeding amount: Adult pig-nosed turtles can be fed with 10-15 grains of turtle food at a time. If they are fed with other foods, they can be fed to 70% full each time.

2. Feeding frequency: Young pig-nosed turtles can be fed twice a day, because they eat more and have a stronger digestive capacity when they are young. As adults, they can be fed once a day or once every 2-3 days, because their need for food has decreased and their digestive capacity has weakened.

3. Food choice: Young pig-nosed turtles can be fed more animal feed, because they are carnivorous in their childhood, and feeding more animal feed can promote their growth and development. Adult pig-nosed turtles can be fed more vegetables and fruits, because they will be vegetarian when they grow up, and feeding more fruits and vegetables can promote their digestion.

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