Health of a turtle directly depends on the healthy and various nutrition. And it is necessary to approach this business extremely seriously. In the nature of a turtle eat any given type of food depending on a season. Mistakes in feeding can cost to a turtle life.
Correctly to make the menu for the pet, it is necessary to learn to what look he belongs. Preferences to food are formed at a turtle depending on the environment of its dwelling. Some types prefer only meat, other seaweed, plants, seeds. The American Box-shaped turtle is not choosy and eats practically everything. There are species of turtles who at young age prefer only worms and bugs, and having matured, all begin to eat.
Important element - calciumFood of a turtle has to contain a large amount of calcium and phosphorus. However it is not enough to provide the pet's organism with these elements. That they were acquired and brought benefit, D3 vitamin which is produced in the pet's body under the influence of heat and sunlight is necessary. If D3 vitamin for any reasons cannot be received in the natural way, it is possible to buy medicine in pet-shop.
ProteinsIt is possible to include products with protein content in the menu of a turtle. It can be boiled fish, eggs, low-fat beef, shrimps, chicken, earthworms. It is occasionally possible to give cat food and dogs. Under a ban there are only a fat and crude meat and also fish. In moderate quantities proteinaceous food cannot do harm to your turtle. However if the pet generally eats only such food, at him problems with kidneys can begin soon. Therefore be not too lazy to diversify turtle food with proteinaceous and vegetable food which percentage depends on a species of a turtle. So, feeding domestic predatory skulls and herbivorous differs from feeding omnivorous in the maintenance of plants and proteins. For example, the predatory turtle for normal existence has to eat 90% of proteinaceous food and 10% of food vegetable. Whereas herbivorous turtles have everything on the contrary.
Vegetable food
Besides phosphorus, calcium and proteins, the menu of a turtle has to contain vegetable food. Offer the pet potatoes, a tomato, carrots, a pumpkin piece, green peas, beans, grain. Also food can be diversified with leaves of grapes, salad, a thistle, fig leaves. Most likely, the turtle will not refuse some fruit, berries and flowers. Indulge her with apple, a melon, orange, mango. From berries of a turtle, as a rule, are not indifferent to bilberry, blackberry, grapes and a wild strawberry. And as for flowers, almost all species of turtles pansies love a geranium, a lily, a dandelion, a nasturtium. Food of a turtle in house conditions is difficult to be balanced. In this case it is necessary to use special sterns for turtles. They will help to keep health of your pet for many years.