Feeding and Nutrition :: Pellet Patrol

[turboturtle8]

Whenever I feed my turtles pellets My one turtle eats his pellets whole not even biting them in half.Even sometimes 2 or 3 at a time.Is that healthy for them?

[marisa]

Mine turts do the same. Given the small size of the pellets, it's fine.

[turboturtle8]

Do you mean the baby size pellets or the regular sized

[industrial_girl_2000]

Whenever I feed my turtles pellets My one turtle eats his pellets whole not even biting them in half.Even sometimes 2 or 3 at a time.Is that healthy for them?

Totally normal. They are just a bunch of hungry gobblers!!!!

[turboturtle8]

lol

Yep there little pigs

[pumpkinsherbet]

john just ate two in one bite this morning turts get to be little piggies heehee.

[turboturtle8]

mine turts sometimes eat 3 at a time

[marisa]

Regarding size of the pellets, if you're talking about regular size Reptomin (which are long and thin), for smaller turts, I break them in half (and then they do gulp them down). They have no problem gulping down pellets that are round and smaller than Reptomin (Mazuri, for example), whether they're meant for hatchlings or older turtles.

[turboturtle8]

Thanks marisa