Another question I have: is it better to feed a turtle small amounts of food everyday or is it better to feed a larger portion every other day? (I saw in another forum post that some people feed their turtle small amounts of food everyday)This is the food that he eats:
The ingredients are pellets, cranberries, mealworms, and dried shrimp. On the back of the food, it says, "This food is formulated for aquatic turtles with a minimum shell length of 2 inches (5cm) or larger. Spoon out one level teaspoon of food per turtle. Let turtles feed for a minimum of one hour. If your turtles eat all of their food in a short time, you may want to increase the food amount to one tablespoon or more per feeding. Feed turtles every other day (four times per week)."
I fed my turtle 2 dried shrimp, 5 mealworms, and 5 pellets about an hour ago. He ate it within 5 minutes and seems to love his food. Usually I give him more because he eats a teaspoon of food under 15 minutes but I decided to feed him less based on Steve's recommendations. I transfer him to a container so his tank doesn't get as dirty. Before today, the last time he ate was two days ago. I didn't count how much he ate but it was a good amount of food. (Maybe about 10 pellets, 6 mealworms, 6 shrimp.) Now he's back in his tank basking and he's not doing those fast movements not nearly as much like he did yesterday.
