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Aquatic
Turtle Taste Treats
Young turtles are carnivorous (meat-eaters). Adults become omnivorous. Start
adding small amounts of vegetables and fruit to the young turtle’s diet and
gradually increase the proportion of plant matter.
Majority of Diet:
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Whole Prey
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Mice
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Earthworms
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Slugs
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Goldfish (frozen and
thawed)
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Guppies
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Trout
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Bait Fish
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Smelt
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Vegetables
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Dark,
leafy greens (kale, romaine lettuce, cabbage, watercress, endive, bok choy,
escarole, spinach)
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Duckweed
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Carrots
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·Fruits
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Apples
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Oranges
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Grapes
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Melons
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Bananas
Minor Diet Items:
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Purina Trout, Catfish or Shrimp Chow
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Reptomin Floating Food
Sticks
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Semi-moist dog or cat
food (Gaines Burger, Tender Vittles)
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Commercial aquatic
turtle diet (avoid dried insects)
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Insects (crickets,
waxworms, mealworms, flies, moths, grasshoppers)
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Small amounts of lean
raw beef, liver, gizzard or chicken
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