Feed Baby Turtles - Feed baby turtles commercial turtle food that is specifically for young turtles. Check the size of each food pellet, and cut into smaller pieces if necessary. Although turtles are omnivores (eating both meat and vegetables), turtles that live on land tend to eat a more vegetarian diet as they grow older, while aquatic turtles prefer more meat (fish, crickets, etc.).
Mix your turtle's diet with a combination of commercial turtle food and with food you purchase fresh, including green leafy vegetables such as romaine lettuce (not iceberg lettuce) and cabbage. Break all food into small pieces for baby turtles.
Feed Baby Turtles
Purchase more than one kind of commercial turtle food. Like us humans, turtles like a variety of food. This also ensures that they are getting sufficient nutrients and protein from a wide variety of food. Do not feed your turtle hamburger.
Get a few live "feeder" fish and crickets from your local pet shop for an occasional meal. Having to move around to catch their food is also good exercise for your turtle.
Set up a second, smaller tank or aquarium as a place to feed your baby aquatic turtle (aquatic turtles MUST be fed in water). Turtles are sloppy eaters, taking bites and sometimes spitting out crumbs. They also are known to excrete within a half hour or so after eating. Feeding them in a separate container helps keep your main aquarium cleaner.
Turtles can make great pets. They can be left unattended all day. Because they do not have feathers or hair, they are good pets for people who have allergies. If properly cared for, they will live for decades. Proper feeding from the time they are hatchlings is one of the keys to happy, healthy and long-living pet turtles. - by eHow
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