I have 2 RES that I've had for about 3 weeks so far and i finally have set a good feeding schedule for them, i think they are quite happy!
Turtle Age: i think maybe about a year or so...
Turtle Size: they are almost 4.5 in. long. (about how old does that make them?)
Turtle habitat: Indoor 40 gallon water tank
Sunday:
a.m: about head size of Reptomin Pellets each
p.m: red/green leaf lettuce with thin carrots strips
Monday:
a.m: about head size of Reptomin Pellets each
p.m: assortment of baby mixed greens (minus the spinach)
Tuesday:
a.m: about head size of Reptomin pellets each
p.m: green/red leaf lettuce and slices of steamed sweet potato
Wednesday:
a.m: about head size of Reptomin pellets each
p.m: green/red leaf lettuce and yellow squash, i pulled out the little seeds, i wasn't too sure about them...
Thursday:
a.m: about a head size of Reptomin pellets each
p.m: dandelion greens and left over sweet potato
Friday:
a.m: head size pellets in the morning
p.m: assortment of baby mixed greens and thin mango slices
this is what i gave them throughout this past week, I'm sure I'll vary things to change it up a bit.
Treats:
sometimes I've thrown in a few little pellets of ZooMed natural Aquatic turtle food, which came with the turtles. but it says its for hatchlings so i have been using it as a treat...
I'm still trying to wean them off the Reptomin to 3 days a week, but they've become such little beggars! and i can't help myself (':oops:') they've been swimming up the surface to "greet" me
and they are crazy for sweet potato, mango and apple slices!(what a sweet tooth!) they don't really chew, they sort of just devour it! Last week I gave them too much mango and apple, but I'm learning! I've also noticed that they prefer the baby greens and dandelion greens over the red/green leaf lettuce...I have to try radish greens... and blueberries!
oh! can you give them edamame beans? i'm wondering...
There's also some cuttlebone floating around, i hadn't seen them touch it till last nite!
This site has been such a tremendous help
THANK YOU!