Feeding and Nutrition :: My turts ate their veggies!!

[FanOfTurts]

I am so pleased with my turtles that they ate all their veggies today!! I introduced leafy green lettuce (not iceberg) two days ago. At first, they were reluctant. (I offered a piece of lettuce to my lil' Beltran and he turned his head away. "No thanks" he said!! Lol) and now I had a few pieces of lettuce in the tank this morning and when I came home about 10 PM, all the lettuce was GONE!! It was awesome!!

[SpotsMama]

Hooray for the turtle gang!

[WeirdMeta]

First time I gave Miley and Remy their leafy greens they ate it all up in seconds.

[missibsu]

Yea!!!

[cprcheetah]

Wahoo!!! I know I was SUPER excited when Zeke finally started to eat his lettuce. He is still sort of finicky about it, but he doesn't get pellets/protein every day any more so he has to settle for the stuff that's good for him.....man he's like a little kid!

[Bea]

Hi, What to do, my Tucker doesn't eat his green. I left a piece in the tank before work, when I got home it was floating untouched. I babysitted my friend's turt. Unlike Tucker, this guy loves lettuce and can't get enough of it. Are turts picky eater?

[marisa]

Some are, some aren't. I've got one painted who will eat anything. Some of the others look at me when they get food and I see in their eyes, "Is that it? What else ya got?"

[cprcheetah]

How old is Tucker? I have had Zeke since July and he is BARELY starting to eat his Romain like a good boy. Took lots of patience. Just keep at it, eventually he might like it.

[steve]

Heather, have you tried red leaf lettuce? He might be more attracted to the color and red leaf has a lot more calcium than romaine.

[Bea]

I got Tucker since August. I bought some carrots, yams and one of those salad mix. Let see what he likes.