Feeding and Nutrition :: Little turtles Big appitites

[Take-One]

I got my turtles some fruity cuttlebone yesterday. It isn't that fruity by the way. I tasted it.
Well the have eaten 3/4 of it in about 12 hours. Should I be worried? They are still active. They cant stop chomping on it though. For 3' and 4' turtles they are hungry.

[TheComputerGremlin]

From my experience, if I gave my turtle a whole cuttlebone, he'd go through the whole thing within a day. But he just likes putting things in his mouth and biting things. So I have never put in a whole cuttlebone, just pieces. My little guy is the definition of always hungry ...

[steve]

I'm in the same boat as Jax. There is no limit to what they will eat and when so everything needs to be portioned out.

[BullDog]

It isn't that fruity by the way. I tasted it.

LOL! I have to admit, I've thought about tasting it too
I break mine into head sized chunks, then I give them one chunk at a time, every couple of days or so, depending on how fast they go through it.

[res08]

I've tasted goldfish flakes before and it is salty.