Feeding and Nutrition :: Napoleon's fat

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:39 am   Napoleon's fat

I was looking at Napoleon this morning and I'm noticing that his little armpits don't seem to cave in as much as they used to. They're not pooched out like Hercules was, but he's definitely looking kind of chunky. I know I haven't been overfeeding pellets, he only gets 5 a day. He gets bloodworms or tuna as a rare treat, maybe once a month. All he ever eats otherwise is greens and veggies, is it possible he's getting fat on that? I give him quite a lot of lettuce, usually 2 or 3 good sized leaves a day, and he always eats it all. He's also been pretty lazy lately, just sitting at the bottom a lot. I didn't think you could really overfeed veggies but if that's the case I'll have to cut back.
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Post Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:54 am   

Well, they do get flabby when they are older. Kristin's Sheba has some... here's a pic of a 50 yr old male cooter with some flab...

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Post Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:41 am   

haha what a cute fat old turtle...
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