Hey all,
About 6 months ago I inherited a female, adult read eared slider. She's been doing excellently in her new habitat in my classroom, but I have a fear about her eating habits. She doesn't seem to like to eat her veggies and I've tried a lot of different leafy greens, including both aquatic plants, such as anacharis, and leafy greens we would eat like collards and kale.
As an adult turtle, I have read that plant-based foods should take up a huge chunk of her diet, but she prefers to attack and destroy any plants I place in her tank rather than eat them. She eats her formulated food like it's no body's business, but I don't want that to be the majority of her diet as they are messy and it's simply healthier to have a more varied diet. She also lives with minnows and if she can catch them she can eat them. However, they're pretty fast and she rarely gets them. I also give her the occasional crayfish.
Any suggestions of plants that my turtle will most likely eat?
