Feeding and Nutrition :: cuttle bone = candy?

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Post Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:30 pm   cuttle bone = candy?

no matter how much cuttle bone i put in the tank my turtle will eat all of it, my turtle is only 2" should i only give Myrtle certain amount or let her have as much as she wants?
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Post Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:18 pm   

i think u can give them as much as he can eat, i put in 6 peices (big as a dime)every morning in each tank, its alway gone when i come home
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:50 pm   

Yes, at some point, it's just a matter of boredom and you are wasting your money. I would not exceed a whole piece of cuttlebone weekly for a turtle. I don't know if you can give them too much, but too much of anything is generally a bad thing.
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