"What do turtles eat, and how should I feed them?" This question troubles many friends who raise turtles. Today I will systematically introduce to you the feeding methods of common aquatic turtles. In just 3 minutes, you can learn how to feed turtles.

1. How turtles find food

Turtles mainly rely on vision and smell to find and identify food, so the food that turtles like generally has two obvious characteristics: bright colors and strong smells. According to my personal experience, turtles mainly rely on vision when looking for food. Sometimes when we tease it with fingers or other props, turtles will quickly pounce on it. When judging whether food is edible, they mainly rely on smell, usually using their nose. After touching it a few times, it will open its mouth and bite.

2. How to start feeding new turtles

This is a difficult point in raising turtles, and I have mentioned it repeatedly in previous articles. Turtles are cautious and timid animals by nature. It is normal for them to be afraid and refuse to eat when entering a new environment. Do not feed the new turtle for the first three days after it arrives home. Allow it to adapt to the environment and clean its stomach. Try feeding again after three days. When eating, you can choose some foods with bright colors and strong smells, such as fresh fish, shrimp, lean meat, etc. Turtles are very resistant to hunger, so there is no need to rush to start eating. As long as there are no problems with the breeding environment and the turtle's constitution, starting to eat is a matter of time.

3. The amount of feeding for the turtle

We often say that the amount of food for the turtle is the same as the size of the turtle's head. Some friends still find this amount difficult. grasp. Here I will teach you a simple method, you can feed the turtle until it stops eating at one time, and then reduce the amount of feeding on this basis. Each time you feed it, it will be 70% full. It is best to feed regularly and quantitatively. This has many benefits, such as maintaining the vitality of the turtle, keeping the water clean, and enhancing interaction. In addition, the feeding amount of turtles is also related to the seasonal temperature. The food intake of turtles is different in different environments. This requires us to sum up experience and adapt to changes in the feeding process.

4. What do turtles eat

< p>The diet of turtles is very wide, and most water turtles are omnivorous. You should also pay attention to balanced nutrition when feeding turtles. Do not let turtles eat only one kind of food for a long time, which will cause malnutrition and reduced resistance. Let’s talk about common foods.

1. Turtle food. There are many types of turtle food on the market, and the price difference is also very large. You can just do what you can, but no matter how good the turtle food is, there is no rich and healthy natural food that is good for turtles. .

2. Fish and shrimp, this is the staple food of aquatic turtles in the wild. It is a very good food. However, when feeding, we must pay attention to the size of the fish and shrimp to avoid scratching the turtle with fish bones and shrimp guns. of the esophagus.

3. Meat, mainly pork and beef, is often fed as staple food. In comparison, beef is better than pork because it has lower fat content and higher nutritional value, but now lean There are still great risks in raising animals under conditions such as meat essence and hormones.

4. Insects are good snacks for turtles, but excessive feeding of high-protein insects such as mealworms and barley bugs will make it difficult for turtles to digest and cause inflammation.

5. Snails. Most turtles like to eat snails, but larger snails need to be crushed and fed. At the same time, we must pay attention to cleaning up the residue of the shell to avoid damaging the turtle's stomach.

6. Cooked food. Some friends particularly like to feed cooked food to turtles, thinking that turtles are easy to digest. In fact, it is just the opposite. Cooked food, especially foods containing a large amount of food additives such as ham sausage, will bring damage to the kidneys of turtles. This can lead to a huge burden, ranging from a shortened life span to immediate death.

In general, the feeding of turtles should follow the laws of nature and the food should be as abundant as possible. Healthy and reasonable feeding methods are an important part of successfully raising turtles.