Brazilian tortoises can eat biscuits, which is miscellaneous and can be eaten in most foods. However, most biscuits contain additives, such as salt, oil, sugar, etc. Eating too much will also have a certain impact on the health of Brazilian tortoises. Especially salt, eating too much will cause edema in the body, and it will also cause a certain burden on the kidneys. In addition, although biscuits can satisfy hunger, there are no more nutrients in them, so try not to let Brazilian tortoises eat biscuits. If Brazilian tortoises prefer biscuits, breeders can gradually reduce the feeding amount, replace biscuits with turtle food, or buy them some snacks specially for turtles.
2. What else can Brazilian tortoises eatAs mentioned above, Brazilian tortoises are omnivorous animals, and they can eat most foods. But what they like best is animal feed, which can be used as their staple food in artificial breeding. The animal feed suitable for them to eat is small fish, shrimp, loach, tadpoles, earthworms, snails, lean meat and so on.
In addition to animal feed, some plant feed should be matched to ensure their balanced nutrition. The plant feed suitable for Brazilian tortoises is cabbage, lettuce, rape, apples, bananas, grapes and so on.
If breeders don't have enough time, they can also be fed some synthetic feed. Synthetic feed has comprehensive nutrients and is not easy to pollute water quality, so it is very suitable for feeding Brazilian tortoise.