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Post Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:26 pm   no cuttlebone...

hey umm... is it ok not to feed cuttlebone to a turtle and just live with the basic tetra turtle pellets and their veggies?
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:07 pm   

Yeah,of course!THey're getting their getting they're vitamins from the pellets,and they're nutrition from the vegetables,and the calcium from the cuttlebone!Yeah,it sounds like a good diet.Oh,and if you're wondering you can use the same cuttlebone that are for birds.
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:31 pm   

you need to offer cuttlebone. they need calcium in their diet. just be sure and take the backing off it before you offer it
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:33 pm   

yeah i read a post on cuttlebone. its good to cut off the hard edges. but i never fed cuttlebone to my turtles so i dont know if they will like it
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:39 pm   

chances are it'll get eaten. everytime i put a chunk in my tank its gone fast
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:45 pm   

Mine never eats it he just pushes it off his basking area and lets it swirl around the tank.
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Post Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:50 pm   

My hatchlings eat it
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:49 am   

Little Foot likes to think the cuttlebone is an extra basking dock. He tries SO HARD to get on top of it. It's too cute.
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:13 am   

i dont know because he seems kind of hard for them to get customed to new foods. took them a while to get use to veggies and carrot tops
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:16 am   

yea, but in time - he'll start to get curious.
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:17 am   

Most turtles will go after it when they feel they need it. Just start with a small piece, see what they do, and give them more as needed :)
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:32 am   

yeah i guess so. ill start off with 1 piece and continue. hope they like it because i had a serious problem with their veggies
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:49 am   

I've found that pieces no bigger than the head work best. When I put a larger chunk in, it was ignored. But the smaller pieces are easier to grab.
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:09 am   

Oh,I"m sorry "blackforces get you" I misread your question.I thought you asked if it WAS ok.U do need 2 offer cuttlebone to get their calcium.Sorry once again! :(
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Post Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:25 am   

the comp. gremlin: yeah working with the same rule on pellets the size of the head no more. so ill keep that to thought when i start feeding it to them

turtlelover: its alright everyone makes mistakes:D. ill try to feed them cuttlebone if theyll want it.

my other question is, is it a really big piece or is it some little oval thing?
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