? The newly bought snapping turtles will not eat. They need to be given time to adapt to the environment. About three to five days later, the snapping turtles will begin to eat. In addition, snapping turtles do not eat during hibernation, only when they finish hibernation and the water temperature is above 20 degrees Celsius, they will start eating, roughly in early April.
for crocodile turtles to feed? Crocodile turtles are omnivorous turtles with a wide range of food habits. You can feed some animal feed, plant feed, turtle feed and so on. Animal feed includes small fish, shrimp, red worms, water fleas and so on, and can also feed some animal meat and viscera. When feeding this kind of food, we should pay attention to cutting them up and sterilizing them. Because they can easily carry some germs, causing snapping turtles to become infected and sick. This kind of food not only contains a lot of protein, but also contains a variety of nutrients, which is conducive to the normal growth and development of this turtle. At the same time, this kind of turtle likes fresh and lively food, so live bait belonging to animal feed is also one of their favorite baits.
Plant feed mainly refers to some aquatic plants such as algae, but also terrestrial plants such as spinach. Because this kind of food contains a lot of vitamins, cellulose and other substances, not only can promote their digestion, but also conducive to their growth and development. Generally, turtle food is synthetic feed. This kind of feed has balanced nutrition, can be stored for a long time, and is easy to use, but it is easy to pollute the water quality. After feeding, we should pay attention to the timely disposal of food residues and excreta to prevent water pollution.