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Post Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:09 pm   food for turtle

I feed my turtles about 1 reptomin stick, 1 turtle bites pellet, and some romaine each. My turtles are hatchlings. Is this okay? P.S. i feed them some cuttlebone every week. :roll:
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:24 pm   

Is it a Hatchling reptomin stick, if so, then i think you are feeding it too less
The rule is fit as many pellets as would fit in the turtles head, excluding the neck
How big is it.
Keep a variety in veggies, heres a link to different veggies you can offer http://www.redearslider.com/plants.html
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:02 pm   

Do you know about the hollow-head rule? Imagine your turtle's head (not including the neck) is hollow like a thimble. Feed a baby turtle (less than a year) a head full of pellets every day. Once they get to be a year old, you cut back to a head full every other day.
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