Feeding and Nutrition :: picasso wont eat minnows

[Buckethead47]

is there a way i can get picasso to eat minnows? i gave him/her about a dozen but he wouldnt chse them. i also feed him pellets i fed picasso repto min but then i found this stuff called flukers that has freeze dried meal warms and river shrimp. i thought it might make picasso want to eat minnows and other things so after 4 months of feeding him that i gave a dozen more and he still wont chase them. ny help would be great thanks.

[imderanged]

I'm not sure, my turtle is a decent hunter, but maybe if you fed one to himeoff feeding tongs or your fingers (just watch out for you fingers, but I hand feed my turtle all the time) he will get the idea that fish taste good.

[marisa]

Some turtles aren't interested in eating fish. Maybe this is true of yours.

[theartbook35]

I've heard of turtle too, who live with fish for years without taking a bite at them, and then all of the sudden, the fish disappear.

Or, like marisa said, he just doesn't like fish.

I haven't given my turtles any fish yet. Not that I don't think they'll go for them, it's just that I know seeing them get disemboweled would drive my mother crazy.

[tammi]

I just gave slider (5") a dozen fish 2 hrs ago and they are all gone already! And he gets pellets daily and has plants he eats too.
I some times wish he didn't like fish so much.

[Buckethead47]

i hand fed him one last night now he is interested in the fish but its like hes not sure how to catch them. is there a way to help him a bit so hr gets the hang of it? i dont think the place i got him from feed him fish at all.

[tammi]

He'll figure it out.

[theartbook35]

i hand fed him one last night now he is interested in the fish but its like hes not sure how to catch them. is there a way to help him a bit so hr gets the hang of it? i dont think the place i got him from feed him fish at all.

Maybe if you hold the fish and swirl it back and forth slowly through the water. After all, if your turtle will take the fish from your hand, maybe seeing your hand moving it around will entice your turtle more to chase the fish.

[Buckethead47]

ok i left him alone with the dozen fish the pet store actuly gave me 16 but i fed the one and he hunded the other 5 so i think he has the hang of hunting them. also about how much minnos should i give him? hes about 4 in wide and about 6 long.