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Post Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:03 pm   Watermelons for RES?

My mom bought a watermelon today and i was wondering if it is healthy for my turtle to eat it.
I have him a little piece to see if he liked to before i posted and he loved it!
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:53 pm   Re: Watermelons for RES?

Watermelon should be fine, it's mostly water really. In the future, if you're unsure if something is healthy for your turtle, it may be wise to wait and research before feeding and studying the effect.

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Post Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:23 am   Re: Watermelons for RES?

Yeah i will but i had a feeling it was not harmful.
How many times can i feed it to him? we got allot of it in the fridge haha.
Also what does it give him? what kind of vitamins and such?
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Post Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:44 am   Re: Watermelons for RES?

My two RES love watermelon.
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Post Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:19 pm   Re: Watermelons for RES?

Watermelon is fine. None of my turtles will have anything to do with it, however. They sniff it and swim away. Much like they did when I tried cucumber pieces. I don't think they like the smell of either.
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:15 pm   Re: Watermelons for RES?

My res liked his watermelon even though he destroyed most of it and only ate a tiny piece. And my res does not like cucumbers either haha.
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