Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:28 am Re: Help! How to feed my turtle vegetable?!
To me, it's not worth too much trouble with it. I mean, it's not worth getting all worried about... give it a try, if they don't want to eat veggies after a couple days of trying, feed some pellets. Give it a try again in a week or so. Rinse and repeat.
I may be considered a outcast for saying so, but my turtles have lived on a nothing but pellets for 90% of their life. my oldest is going on 16 years now, and the only time he was ever sick, was when he was about a year old, he had pneumonia then, which I don't believe had anything to do with his diet. For me, you do your best to introduce a variety of foods to your turtles, but then a good pellet diet is also not the worst thing you can do to a turtle.
Long time turtle owner (15+ years).
One Painted turtle, one Yellow Belly Slider, 120 Gallon tank filled to maybe 80 Gallons