grass turtles eat grass

? Grass turtles are not picky eaters. They can eat grass. When they are raised at home, they can cut aquatic plants and other foods into small pieces and feed them. Cellulose in aquatic plants can help grass turtles digest food better and contribute to their health. In addition, they can also be fed some vegetable, melon and fruit, wheat and other plant feed.

Although these turtles are not picky eaters, they prefer to eat meat, especially live baits with higher nutritional value, such as small fish, shrimp, snails, worms, tubificidae and so on, which can be used to feed them. Grass turtles are poikilotherms, and they are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature. When the temperature is slightly higher, they will show more vitality, stronger appetite and more vigorous vitality.

2. what kind of food is more nutritious

for grass turtles? Grass turtles are easy to raise. They have a wide range of feeding habits. They can eat red worms, worms, earthworms, mussels, snails, loaches and other feeds. They can also eat lean meat, viscera and some small insects. This kind of animal feed is rich in protein and fat, which is conducive to the growth and development of grass turtles. Therefore, animal feed can be used as the main feed at ordinary times. But before feeding this kind of feed, we should pay attention to sterilization and disinfection, because animal feed is easy to carry germs.

Adult grass turtles can also eat some fruits and vegetables, rice, wheat and sorghum. In the growing stage, the tortoise needs to supplement a lot of calcium, which can be fed with boneless fish, snake meat, or some calcium powder on the food. When choosing food to feed, we should pay attention to nutrition, do not feed a kind of food for a long time, and pay attention to a balanced diet.