Feeding and Nutrition :: i have a question about fruit

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:58 pm   i have a question about fruit

is it okay if they eat blueberries?
i dropped one in the tank and they tore it apart
and it was gone within minutes.

and is it bad if they get too much fruit?
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:59 pm   

http://www.redearslider.com/plants.html

Read through the fruit section on there. :)
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:00 pm   

emma wrote:http://www.redearslider.com/plants.html

Read through the fruit section on there. :)



oh duh D:
i always seem to forget like...that part of the site.
lol i rely in these boards too much.


thank you
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:01 pm   

Haha. Yeah i did that all the time too. :)
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:32 pm   

blueberries are good. they are high in vitamin e ehich helps them shed
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:27 pm   

oh good :D

any other types of fruit you'd suggest?
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:41 pm   

apple skin and a little bananna. im sure there are more but i cant think of any
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:09 am   

Strawberry. Fig. Cherry. In moderation, of course. Stay away from citrus fruit and pineapple.
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Post Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:59 pm   

My turtle won't eat any fruit the only thing that he's eaten before othe than pellets and cuttlebone is the very first thing he ate which was romaine lettuce and then I gave him a pellet and now he refuses lettuce.
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Post Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:01 pm   

Mikey ate his first fruit the other day. He ate half of one small strawberry. Once he figured out it was edible, he chomped it down.
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Post Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:39 pm   

Peeled grapes and mango slivers too!
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