What Do Turtles Eat

Choosing the correct types of food for your pet Turtle is very important in order to keep them in tip top shape and prevent any illness that can be attributed to bad nutrition. But not all turtles are the same and not all Turtles will eat the same - it varies from Turtle breed to Turtle breed.
All will be well if they get the right amounts of daily vitamins and minerals, whether this is directly through there food you give them or by ways                                                              of supplementing their diet, is up to you. It is quite often a very good idea to supplement their diet just to be on the safe side.

If you are looking after aquatic Turtles, they will require a diet based around fresh leaf type greens and most other fresh vegetables. Some other Turtle breeds will need to eat worms along with nice fresh vegetables to keep them healthy. But, with a Turtle, exactly what hey can eat will vary quite a bit between species and their natural environment  as to exactly what they will eat. Variety is the spice of your Turtles life when it comes to their food, as changing and rotating their feed will help keep them happy chappies..
Turtles will get most of the vitamins and minerals that they require from their fresh food, but one essential mineral they cannot get easily is Calcium and you will find a lot of Turtle keepers will leave a calcium block inside their tank as a supplement for them. Other calcium sources can be a small cuttlebone or any kind of shell that's crushed up for them. Oyster and egg shell are good and so is small blocks of plaster.
But the most important food for your pet Turtles in clean, fresh water. It's best to refresh it daily and put it in a shallow bowl for them, somewhere in a dry area where they can reach it easily, that way it is much easier for  them to drink out of.
Now, depending on what the breed is, I think it's very important to do your research on that breed and their particular, special requirements when it comes to the question of 'what do Turtles eat', so the the reference book below is a very good starting point for all us novice turtle keepers and well worth the investment.

This range of guide books covers just about every aspect of Turtle care imaginable and is full of very good information for seasoned Turtle keepers as well as essential Turtle facts for anyone just starting out keeping pet Turtles.

     The book covers:

• Buying turtles as pets
• What do Turtles eat
• Choosing the right Turtle food
• Constructing the perfect Turtle tank
• Complete Turtle care

The Complete Turtle Guide Book

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