Feeding and Nutrition :: When do u feed your turtles

[Turtle_Turtle]

i was just kind of wondering what everyone does.

I feed mine about 1 or 2 hours before i go to bed because i am always too busy in the morning

[Starchick]

I feed in the morning because I figure that's best for their digestion. When their body temperature is lower they digest more slowly, and I like to know they have the whole day to bask and process their food.

[N4784N R4613]

I feed them pellets right after lunch 1:00 pm every other day. I feed vegies as soon as I wake up.

[ellman605]

Always at night before bed.

[ZombieTurtle]

i usually give pellets like 30 mins after i wake up, then i sometimes throw a little lettuce in right before i leave my house like 30 mins later. then someitmes in afternoon after i get home i might throw more lettuce or shredded carrots, or cuttlebone etc. in.

[emma]

i have school and tennis practice and dont get home until about 5 everday. so around 7 o'clock

[Tenodera]

I don't have time to feed Roca in the morning (school) so I feed him in the afternoon, or night. On weekends it's usually random.

[Adopt_Me_Sliders]

Pellets in the morning.

Sometimes lettuce or veggies in the afternoon.

And pellets at night.

[SpotsMama]

The best time to feed them is earlier in the day so they can bask and digest their food in the afternoon. Starchick is correct - warmth aides their digestion.

[industrial_girl_2000]

I feed Sheba lettuce in the mornings before I go to work (just toss in tank....it doesn't mucky-up the water).

Pellets get fed every 2nd day, in the evenings around my dinnertime. I feed her in a separate pan of water and don't have time to feed her in the mornings either.

[untsmurf]

Mikey has a bunch of aquatic plants that he munches on constantly, but I feed him his pellets around lunch time.

[Sgt. Pepper]

I feed him veggies and a few pellets when I get up (which is usually around 10 or so) and then he gets a couple more pellets and sometimes a little krill later at night. He also has some anachris that he munches on, but usually he just plays with it and sleeps on it.

[ACF&RESLOVER]

I feed in the morning, but if it's just a "veggie" day I sometimes also feed some romain, green leaf lettuce etc... in the evening if the begging starts getting so frenzied I start worrying whether I am underfeeding.

I feed pellets twice per week in the mornings

I feed some other kind of protein once every other week (live red wigglers, live rosy reds, frozen silversides, frozen krill) in the morning.

I think I used to overfeed protein when they were very young because they refused veggies totally and I was very uncomfortable starving them. Some pyramiding resulted. So I am very careful about protein now, but very generous with lettuces.

[Jayqualin]

i feed half in the day and half in the night.