Feeding and Nutrition :: STILL NOT EATING............................................

[oobie58]

My hatchling is still not eating after a week. All he eats is circkets but he cant live off of those because they are more like a snack and i need them for my frog. How do i get him to eat. Do i use canned tuna juice to soke the food in???? please help

[xsavingsaturdayx]

Tuna soaking the pellets might work. But stop feeding him crickets until he starts eating the pellets. What are your water and basking temps?

[SpotsMama]

Here are some pointers on enticing a turtle to eat:

http://www.redearslider.com/entice_eating.html

If he will eat something (crickets), just not what you want him to eat, then one trick comes to mind, though in the case of crickets it sounds pretty gross. You can mash up some crickets (if they are freeze dried you'll need to add a little water) and mix in some pellets and feed the mixture to your turtle. Every day, you increase the proportion of pellets and decrease the cricket mush until he's eating all pellets.

[marisa]

Get an earthworm and cut it into little pieces and see if he eats some of those. Also get some anachris if you can and leave it in the tank for him to nibble on. Keep offering some pellets as well (Reptomin Baby is good for hatchlings).

[industrial_girl_2000]

As I said in my other post to you about this little baby, you have to make sure the water temp. is nice & warm in order for a turtle to eat. They need heat in order to digest food.

What is the temp of the water he lives in? Do you have a submersible water heater in the tank? It is good that you have a heat lamp, but that isn't enough to heat the water, especially at night when you turn the lamp off.