Feeding and Nutrition

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:05 pm **My res eat his feces, it's ok?**

My res eat his feces , it's okey or not ?

He eat all feces ( pellets and greens ).

Thanx

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:16 pm

Being opportunistic eaters and being captive in a tank, some turtles will eat their own poop (a gross fact of turtle life). If your turtle is healthy, there shouldn't be a problem. You might want to use a turkey baster or net to suction it or take it out when you see it. It would help keep the water cleaner.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:18 pm

Yes, they do eat their poop sometimes, LOL. It's normal.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:38 pm

My RES do this sometimes too. It's perfectly normal.

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:32 am

I finally caught Donatello eating poop this morning. She looked quite pleased with herself too.
It's disgusting, but normal.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:42 pm

I saw on of my smaller turtles eat some off of one of the filters yesterday. lol.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:04 pm

I sometimes do that... I mean my turtles

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:48 pm

Yes they do! They will just about anything that they can get down. One of mine ate some carpet I put down on their basking area and I had to extract it from it's rear end with tweezers. Yep anything!!

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:47 am

mikee wrote:Yes they do! They will just about anything that they can get down. One of mine ate some carpet I put down on their basking area and I had to extract it from it's rear end with tweezers. Yep anything!!

ahh then I won't be using carpet. what should you use rocks??

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:00 am

u dont have to put anything on a basking area, ive seen just plexiglass before but rocks r fine

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:25 am

Yep -- They will eat their own poo. They will also eat their own scutes. They will eat almost anything; even rocks. b.

Feeding and Nutrition :: My res eat his feces, it's ok?

Who is online