Turtles eat turtle food mainly depends on the size of the turtle, for young turtles, a feeding 1-3 is enough, a smaller turtle can be fed 3-5, medium-sized turtles each time to feed 6-9, large turtles to feed 10-14 is enough. Usually, the feeding amount is about 5-10% of the total body weight of the tortoise, and the total feeding volume can be about the same as the head of the tortoise, which is enough.
1. Young turtles: Young turtles refer to turtles that have just emerged from their shells. In addition to their small size, these turtles have two other characteristics. One is that the teeth of the broken shells are still there, and the other is that the umbilical cord has not yet been absorbed. Those that do not need to be fed at this time can continue to absorb the nutrition of the yolk. After two days, it can be fed with water fleas, earthworms and so on.
2. Young tortoise: The young tortoise is a little bigger than the young tortoise, and can eat more things, but usually only feed it meat, and use fresh meat. It should be noted that this stage of the turtle must be fed enough, once a day, otherwise the growth rate will slow down.
3. Adult turtles: Generally, turtles that have been raised for a few years are already mature. This kind of turtle has a wider range of feeding habits. In addition to feeding meat, it also needs to supplement some vegetables, melons, and fruits. At the same time, it needs to supplement calcium regularly to prevent it from suffering from soft shell disease.
