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So I have seen a few posts on shrimp and ghost shrimp,and I was just wondering if you guys feed as live prey? How do the outer shells affect your turtle?

Thanks

Well I'm not an expert on this, But I had the same question a few days ago, so I looked up ghost shrimp in the "nutrition" section of the main site. Under live prey it listed ghost shrimp as "rarely" but not "not recomended" so I went ahead and threw a few in. I didn't SEE Sy eat them, but I can only find one of them (althought they are "ghost" shrimp, and hard to see!)so I think he did eat one or two, and so far there have been no problems. They would be a once in a while kinda treat though.

living in SC, i have access to live shrimp almost year round. They are salt water, but they tend to last a few minutes in the tank darting around for my turtle to chase. the only think that bothers me is that their heads are so hard and sharp. i de-head them before i give them to my turtle, and i leave the shell on.
once in a while (very rarely, for lack of wanting to cook one shrimp) i will boil a shrimp with no seasonings and feed half of it to my turtle ( i get the other half!) but only as a treat.

I think it would be okay if the shell on the shrimp is not as thick/hard as cuttlebone backing.

When I give the occasional piece of cocktail shrimp, my RES sometimes gets pieces of the shell, and it's never bothered him.

It's not recommended to give turtles too much SHELLED prey, since sometimes they carry diseases that cause damage or rot to the turtle's own shell.

Thanks for all the replies guys I think I will stick with my feeder fish. Hes not actually interested in them, which is why I thought variety with shrimp might be fun. But I don't think id want to risk it if he decided to turn into a live feed eater

I buy the freeze-dried Krill and give them some once every three weeks to a month. It lasts forever and they love it!