How Often Should You Feed an Aquatic Turtle?

Healthy young aquatic turtles generally need food daily; adults are often fed less frequently. MedVet recommends daily feeding for young turtles and every other day for...

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How to Switch Your Turtle to a New Food

To switch your turtle to a new food, first make sure it's healthy and eating normally. Then offer the new pellets alongside the old ones and...

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Floating vs. Sinking Turtle Pellets: Which to Buy

Buy floating pellets if your turtle takes food at the surface, which most sliders, painted turtles and cooters do. Buy sinking pellets if your turtle feeds...

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What Do Baby Turtles Eat? What to Buy and How to Feed

For a baby slider or painted turtle, start with an aquatic-turtle pellet it can pick up and swallow, alongside appropriate greens and occasional small animal foods....

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