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First of all: Fodder sticks are not suitable as exclusive fodder! Nothing speaks against an OCCASIONAL feeding by sticks, however not more often then once a week..
Not all water turtles can be nourished equally and in the same kind. It always depends on the breed. Comparatively Diamond Turtles ( Malaclemys terrapin ) eat much more than for example Decoration- ( Trachemys ) and Ornamental Turtles ( Chrysemys ). An Indian Roof Turtle ( Kachuga tecta tecta ) nourishes itself predominantly vegetable, although it is as well a water turtle! To these breed specific characteristics has urgently to be paid attention.
Turtles should be nourished as balanced as possible. With a balanced nutrition should be paid attention to the variety of the offered fodder. Not all water turtles eat always animal food. E.g. Decoration Turtles ( Trachemys ) nourish themselves with increasing age augmented to exclusively vegetable.
Carnivor means carnivore
Herbivor means herbivore
Omnivor means "as well as"
The easiest way for animal fodder is to work with frost fodder. Therefore can be defrost the exactly need for a fodder gift.
From all following ingredients can be arranged different kinds of gel fodder which will be eaten very greedy from our animals.
Enclosed a selection of possible fodder sorts:
Small, entire fishes
Mussels
Shrimps
Baby Mouse
Octopus
Zophoba
Cricket
Cockroaches
Gamarus
Fish dried
Prawn dried
Water fly dried
suitable are besides:
Snails, earthworms, krill etc.
Vegetable:
To mention with the vegetable fodder is basically dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale ) as well as ribwort ( Plantago lanceolata ) and plantain ( Plantago major ). Moreover come various aquatic plants such as "Wasserhyazinten" ( Eichhornia of crassipes ), Shell Flowers ( Pistia of atratiotes ), Field Salad ( Valerianella ), but as well the most diverse forms of Duckweeds, the small Duckweed ( Lemna minor ), the Pond Lens ( Spirodela polyrrhiza ) or the "dreifurchige" Duckweed ( Lemna trisulca ).
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