What does the pearl turtle eat and how often is it fed

Pearl turtles are omnivorous animals, but they prefer to eat some more nutritious live bait. Generally speaking, dried shrimp is a better choice, you can also feed some lean meat and so on, so that it can promote its growth. In order to balance nutrition, you can also feed some fruits and vegetables. If you can, you can also choose to feed some artificial turtle food with more nutrients. But be careful not to feed the turtle food with excessive hormones.

1. what food does the pearl turtle eat

Generally speaking, as an omnivorous animal, the pearl turtle is not picky about its diet. But in order to ensure adequate nutrition, shrimp is the best choice, but if long-term consumption, will lead to poor water quality, can also feed some lean meat, fish fry and other bait, this will ensure the full absorption of nutrients, promote its healthy growth.

In order to balance nutrition, it can also eat some fruits and vegetables. Of course, you can also feed more bait rich in protein and other nutrients, but when choosing, you need to carefully distinguish, do not let it eat too much bait containing hormones. Of course, after feeding food, the turtle pond should be fully cleaned to keep the overall water quality clean.

2. how often do pearl turtles feed food

The feeding frequency should not be too high, the normal feeding frequency should be two to three days feeding. Feeding frequency is too fast, will lead to the phenomenon that it can not eat up, and accumulated over time, will cause water pollution, will seriously affect its living environment, and then serious point will directly affect its health, so, specifically, generally two to three days to feed once, the amount of feeding is estimated to be very can eat up.