Hello im new here, i didnt really want it but am a new eastern box turtle, sister through her bf out he left him, after looking around the internet reading on here amd such the lil giy, pretty sure hes male red eyes and shell doesnt have that egg dip, uhh he was living in a rubbermaid plastic shoe box for atleast a year, i have him in a 20g tank right now with several inches of soile sum plants and a hide, just wht i had laying around. Set him up with a zoo med 75w basking spot light nice chunk of slate to sit on.
Well now the question hes only about 3" long. I finally got him to eat almost all of a big teaspoon of cat food yesterday
My question is i know im supposed to give him a varied diet i put redleaf lettuce plants in the substrate and sum worms, i just wondered if anyone had a recipe? Like how much food should he be getting? He went several days in my care without eating, and i bet sister didnt feed him the few days he libed alone with her, so i was excstatic he ate at all, should i just put sum. I guess does he need like a cup of food or a teaspoon? And hes small does he need fed once a day or ... Ive never had a box had an alligator snapping turtle for several years till it got to big to too keep, and that one well hed just eat anything wasnt much of an issue mostly ate the kois out of my pond
Also a less important question the little guy has yet to burror or enter his hide the tanks running a little over 80f at the basking spot but hes fairly active wanders around the cage allot, ohh well im gonna offer him sor more food again after he basks for awhile unless i hear different, oh and so i dont get yelled at the 20g is just the biggest container i have and very temporary hope to start a on a turtle tabe soon just watching for signs hes sick or something incase i need that money for that