General Care Discussion :: caring issues

[Rock Girl]

i watched a video on youtube about feeding turtles vegetables https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... Rd3W_UKTXw and i wanted to know whether to try this way or not my first turtle is 5 years old and 5 inches and the second one is 4 years old and 3 inches (is there a growth issue? ), and i was feeding them cheese and found out it's wrong does that affect so much on their health? and when i hold my first turtle it tries to bite me is there something wrong with it?

[devilduck]

Your turtles sound like they are on the small side, so I don't think they are getting the proper amounts of protein. Why you are feeding them cheese? Can you get them some proper turtle food from the petstore?

[Kurtni]

i watched a video on youtube about feeding turtles vegetables https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... Rd3W_UKTXw and i wanted to know whether to try this way or not my first turtle is 5 years old and 5 inches and the second one is 4 years old and 3 inches (is there a growth issue? ), and i was feeding them cheese and found out it's wrong does that affect so much on their health? and when i hold my first turtle it tries to bite me is there something wrong with it?

Cheese is not a good food for turtles, discontinue that immediately. You should read the nutrition section on this site and start offering vegetables and a good source of protein.

Some turtles don't like to be held, there is nothing wrong with that.

[Rock Girl]

I'm feeding them dried worms,chicken and fish too but they don't wanna eat vegetables and I was asking whether to try this way or they are young for it?

[steve]

What kind of vegetables did you try? You do need to re-evaluate what your turtle are eating.

[Rock Girl]

Lettuce and peaches or pear I can't remember. Any suggestions?

[steve]

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

But also look at the feeding list here... you can read what other people are doing and it's generally good info: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=11684

[Rock Girl]

okay thanks