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How to feed a land tortoise?
Turtles consume any edible fruits and berries, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots (grated or thinly sliced), lettuce, dandelions, clover, some plants of this family. cruciferous (leaves, flowers), young leaves of trees, meat, low-fat cottage cheese, hard-boiled eggs, are very fond of hercules (but not boiled, but simply drenched in water) and gammarus crustacean.
Also, land turtles eat earthworms, snails (you can only give garden, but not water, after removing the hard shell). The diet depends on the age of the turtle. Young turtles (up to a year and a little older) are fed every day, mainly animal food. Vegetable food should prevail in the diet of adult turtles, feed them every other day, abundantly.
Also, land turtles eat earthworms, snails (you can only give garden, but not water, after removing the hard shell). The diet depends on the age of the turtle. Young turtles (up to a year and a little older) are fed every day, mainly animal food. Vegetable food should prevail in the diet of adult turtles, feed them every other day, abundantly.
What and how to feed a water turtle?
If you pour in water - it seems to me that the water will rot. Feed water turtles with animal food (meat, lean fish, flour worms, gammarus (turtles love it), hard-boiled egg, cottage cheese), you can also give a small amount of plant food (salad, fresh herbs, some fresh vegetables or fruits). Mineral dressing is suitable for bone meal or crushed egg shells (a pinch or two),
as well as special vitamins for turtles (sold at pet stores), if there are none, then use Tetravit, Trivit or its analogue, 2 drops once a week (you can give less often). You can give factory feed (they usually include gammarus, oatmeal and vitamin-mineral supplements).
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When the turtle looks ready for hibernation
Any vitamins feed the turtle with food. For convenience of feeding, you can make a special product for feeding: chop meat (fish, chicken) finely, add gammarus, you can have a little oatmeal, pour bone meal, and vitamins (calculated on fed portions), and then it is filled with gelatin and when it freezes, cut off the desired portion and give it to the turtle. It turns out no worse than factory feed, and even fresh. After this, the jelly should be put in the refrigerator until next time. Naturally, before feeding, you need to make sure that the product is not spoiled. The food can be given with tweezers, the turtle usually at the sight of the food floats to the surface and protrudes its head. Then the water will remain clean.
It turns out no worse than factory feed, and even fresh. After this, the jelly should be put in the refrigerator until next time. Naturally, before feeding, you need to make sure that the product is not spoiled. The food can be given with tweezers, the turtle usually at the sight of the food floats to the surface and protrudes its head. Then the water will remain clean. It turns out no worse than factory feed, and even fresh.
After this, the jelly should be put in the refrigerator until next time. Naturally, before feeding, you need to make sure that the product is not spoiled. The food can be given with tweezers, the turtle usually at the sight of the food floats to the surface and protrudes its head. Then the water will remain clean.
as well as special vitamins for turtles (sold at pet stores), if there are none, then use Tetravit, Trivit or its analogue, 2 drops once a week (you can give less often). You can give factory feed (they usually include gammarus, oatmeal and vitamin-mineral supplements).
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When the turtle looks ready for hibernation
Any vitamins feed the turtle with food. For convenience of feeding, you can make a special product for feeding: chop meat (fish, chicken) finely, add gammarus, you can have a little oatmeal, pour bone meal, and vitamins (calculated on fed portions), and then it is filled with gelatin and when it freezes, cut off the desired portion and give it to the turtle. It turns out no worse than factory feed, and even fresh. After this, the jelly should be put in the refrigerator until next time. Naturally, before feeding, you need to make sure that the product is not spoiled. The food can be given with tweezers, the turtle usually at the sight of the food floats to the surface and protrudes its head. Then the water will remain clean.
It turns out no worse than factory feed, and even fresh. After this, the jelly should be put in the refrigerator until next time. Naturally, before feeding, you need to make sure that the product is not spoiled. The food can be given with tweezers, the turtle usually at the sight of the food floats to the surface and protrudes its head. Then the water will remain clean. It turns out no worse than factory feed, and even fresh.
After this, the jelly should be put in the refrigerator until next time. Naturally, before feeding, you need to make sure that the product is not spoiled. The food can be given with tweezers, the turtle usually at the sight of the food floats to the surface and protrudes its head. Then the water will remain clean.
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