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Care of Turtles
If properly cared for, turtles can live for decades. Ask questions here about proper habitat and feeding to pamper your tortoise.
1,706 Questions
What vegetables can the red slider turtle eat?
Vegetables a red-eared slider turtle can eat:
- Collard
- Mustard leafs
- Dandelion greens
- Kale
- Bok choy
- Dark-green lettuce (but never iceberg lettuce due to the lack of nutrients it contains)
- Carrots
- Squash
- Green beans
Other general foods a a red-eared slider turtle can eat:
- Earthworms
- Crickets
- Waxworms
- Silkworms
- Aquatic snails
- Blood worms
- Daphnia
- Shrimp
- Krill
- Mealworms
- Tadpoles
- Anacharis (a water plant)
- Hyacinth (a water plant)
- Water lettuce
- Duckweed
- Azolla (fairy moss)
The related links below may be of help.
Most turtles like to eat small fish or meat, fruit, and eggs. They will also eat insects, worms, and different types of marine plants.
How long can a water turtle's egg stay out of the water?
Turtle eggs cannot stay in the water for more than 48 hours after they are laid or they will die.
When will the egg tooth on your RES turtle disappear?
it can drop off after a few minutes, and it can drop off after a few days, sooner or later it will drop off by it self, and you MUSTN'T treat the wound after it
What kind of turtle has red spot behind his eye?
The kind of turtle that has a red spot behind his eye is a red-eared slider. The turtles often live near or in bodies of water.
The size of a peanut or walnut
EDIT: NO! This is a common misconception.
Tyrannosaurus rex brain was about the size of a gorillas brain.
How can you travel with a pet turtle on a plane?
When I first move far away.
I left my turtles and tortoises with my buddy to mail them to me.
They can be shipped with in 24 hours to your new home.
Turtles and tortoises are quite hardy and they will do just fine during travel
Can you put latex paint on glass?
you can but after it dries it will prity much peels off. if it gets wet it will start peeling off.
How can you tell if your turtle is breathing?
Turtles can hold their breath for pretty long time. They can slow down their breathing and breath when the oxygen in their blood drops. This will let them hold their breath for a longer period of time.
it means to be a host like you can host anything like a TV show also it is to be slow because turtles are slow so the full definition is a host of anything who is also slow at it
If a turtle lost its shell would it be naked or homeless why relate the answer to homeostatis?
it would die...the shell is part of its body...it is like our ribs...stops stuff from getting to our organs
Do they sell baby turtles in the 99cent store?
They do sell turtles and betta fish in 99 cent store because this Sunday I saw turtle so I'm buying one tommorow it includes the small tank
It means its dangerous and it will die very soon. Get rid of it soon or it will kill everyone in your house and turn them into Zombies. No. That is not the real answer.. it is common. It might be green build up on the shell. Just to get rid of it whipe it softly with a paper towel. The fuzzy stuff on the head is probably skin. Because when my turtle eats it tries to rip up the food with his hands and ends up pulling skin from its head. And it sticks out. So. That is probably what is happening.
In what ways does a turtle compensate for its poor hearing?
turtle's have a good sense of smell and good vision
