| When it comes to feeding your red eared slider turtle | | | | sure that they are getting all of the nutrients that |
| you have to make sure that you are giving them the | | | | they need to be healthy. |
| right amount of vegetation and animal protein. Make | | | | Food To Feed Red Eared Sliders |
| sure that you are feeding them a balance between | | | | When it comes to feeding them you can give them |
| the two so that they are getting the right amount of | | | | earthworms, live feeder fish (this includes goldfish, |
| nutrients and vitamins. | | | | guppies, minnows), waxworms, crickets, aquatic |
| As babies they need to eat large amount of animal | | | | snails, daphnia, earthworms, silkworms, mealworms, |
| protein because they have a very large carnivorous | | | | and blood worms. These should only be given to |
| side to them. However, it is still a good thing to feed | | | | small turtles. Adult red eared slider should eat larger |
| them a few vegetable materials. | | | | animal items. |
| Don't be surprised though if they don't eat much of | | | | When feeding turtles vegetation stick with collard, |
| the vegetation till they are older. When they become | | | | kale, bok choy, mustard, dandelions greens, and dark |
| adults you can pull back on the animal materials and | | | | green leaf lettuce. Never feed them iceberg lettuce |
| feed them mostly vegetation. | | | | because it does not have much nutrition. |
| You can offer red eared slider pellet food. They have | | | | If your turtle lives in a pond or aquarium you can |
| a bit a mixture of the right amount of vitamins and | | | | always add aquatic plants to feed them. They love |
| minerals. They are sometimes more convenient for | | | | to snack on submerged plants like frog-bit, water |
| pet owners. But this should not be the only thing that | | | | hyacinth, water lettuce, azolla, anacharis, and |
| you feed them. It is great if you mix their food up a | | | | duckweed. |
| bit to keep them from getting bored and to make | | | | |