Feeding and Nutrition :: He is growing at the rate of...................

[Pokey]

.602" a month! thats just over 1/2"!
I got 2 words, - HOLY - MOLY!

We got em last month and I measured em on 01-12-07 & again on 02-11-07.

Is it correct to assume the rate of growth will slow after the first few months?
My Pokey is on the following diet quanities;
carrots & various green leaf daily (as much as he could eat).
1 turtle stick smaller then his head, or blood worms every OTHER DAY.
And aprox 2 minnows a month.

Pokey is eating aprox. 1/2 a baby carrot per day,
and for the green leafs, aprox. 3 leafs, lets say about the length of my thumb.

Should I still offer all he could eat of carrots & mixed greens daily? This is what I thought should be done.


Thanks,
Geno

[steve]

Should I still offer all he could eat of carrots & mixed greens daily? This is what I thought should be done.

It's possible to overdo the veggies. Since my turtles can be absolute pigs, I limit how much I give them.