Urgent Care

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:40 pm

Some people choose not to feed live foods. If it isn't something that you are comfortable doing, you don't have to do it. It isn't a necessity.

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:28 am

no one said you had to watch

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:44 am

I've never actually seen Spot catch a minnow, which is fine with me. I only started offering them about a month ago because I was squeemish about the process. I decided I want Spot to experience as much as possible what he would have as a wild turtle, so went ahead with the minnows. My husband's not entirely on board with it. I think if a person isn't comfortable with the process, that's perfectly ok. All a turtle's dietary needs can be met without live feeding.

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:59 pm

Actually very warm water will kill them in about 30-45 seconds, at least the small ones. I only feed them when they're dead, since I once mistakenly put a very pretty fancy-tailed BIG goldfish in my turtle tank... and my biggest res mauled the poor thing to death. That was before I knew that turts will eat live fish, and it was gruesome enough for me to not want to see that ever again. :wink:

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:27 am

think of it like cop's and robbers when you were a kid.

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:00 pm

Oooookay... except I can't remember any of the cops ever wanting to eat me! :wink:

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:45 pm

Ahaha. Neither can I. Thanks everyone for all your replies. I think I'll try giving him a minnow. And if it feels wrong..I'll take minnows out of his meal. How big are the minnows, usually?

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:03 pm

not that big.... if your turt is big enough they usally chomps them down in one bite...but if its a big fish prepeare to see it eaten in more than one bite

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:09 pm

My turtle is 1 1/2 inches. That's fairly small for a turtle, no?

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:07 pm

When my turts were younger it seemed to take them two bites...I can't watch that, lol. Once was enough.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:31 am

My turtle eats rosies occasionally. I've never actually witnessed this, but then again, I'm not watching him all day, lol. He seems to only eat them at night because there will be one or two less the next day.

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