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What food does the turtle eat and how to feed the turtle

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Turtles can eat commercial turtle food, fish, shrimp and other meat, occasionally feed vegetables and fruits, and pay attention to calcium supplementation. Turtles have miscellaneous feeding habits and can eat a lot of things, so their feeding choices are also broad. In order to ensure its comprehensive nutrition, it is best to pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables, so as not to get sick easily. Commercial turtle food can be used as staple food, and fish and shrimp can be used to improve the food at ordinary times.
What food does the turtle eat and how to feed the turtle 1. What turtle food do turtles eat

Turtles can eat commercial turtle food, fish, shrimp and other meat, occasionally feed vegetables and fruits, and pay attention to calcium supplementation. Turtles have miscellaneous feeding habits and can eat a lot of things, so their feeding choices are also broad. In order to ensure its comprehensive nutrition, it is best to pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables, so as not to get sick easily. Commercial turtle food can be used as staple food, and fish and shrimp can be used to improve the food at ordinary times.

2. How to feed turtles

1. Feed selection: Turtles belong to omnivores, and their feeding habits are relatively wide, but they often prefer animal feed. Common foods include small fish, shrimp, insects, snail meat, clam meat, etc. If you feed plants, you can feed duckweed, tender leaves, rice, wheat grains, etc. It should be noted that the food needs to be treated before feeding. If it is meat, it is often chopped before feeding, fish should be stripped of fishbone, and shrimp should be stripped of head to avoid sticking in its throat. Frozen food needs to be thawed, and then fed until the temperature is consistent with the water temperature.

2. Feeding time: Turtles have different appetites in different seasons. The higher the temperature, the more they eat. Usually, it needs to be fed once a day in summer, once every few days in autumn, and not in winter when hibernating. In addition, feeding in summer is usually in the morning or afternoon, and feeding in other seasons can be at noon.

3. Food intake: Turtles are different in age and food intake, but there is a standard, that is, twice the head. If they are fed too much for a long time, they will easily suffer from gastroenteritis and other diseases, which is harmful to their health.

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