? Musk tortoises eat vegetables because they are omnivorous tortoises. They eat all kinds of food, but they prefer meat. They eat vegetables only when they are very hungry. In the wild, when food is scarce, they will eat the roots of some plants. When they are raised at home, they occasionally eat the roots of duckweed or aquatic plants, but not often.
Although they don't like vegetables very much, breeders also need to feed them a small amount of vegetables, because the vitamin content in vegetables is high, which can enhance their resistance and immunity. Usually, you can feed them more tender leaves of vegetables, or mix vegetables into meat paste and feed them together.
? Musk turtles eat meat, and their favorite is animal feed. In the wild, they will eat some insects, snails, small fish, shrimp and so on. When they are raised at home, they can be fed some lean meat, loach, shrimp, red nematode, mealworm and so on. Although the protein and fat content in animal feed is high, it can not be fed only for a long time. Because long-term feeding only animal feed will make them have a single diet, and there will be fat accumulation, so breeders still need to feed with vegetables and fruits and synthetic feed.
