Red Eared Slider Feeding Guide (What to feed and how much/often)

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This video explains what do red eared slider turtles eat. I also shows how much and how often to feed a red eared slider.

What to feed a red eared slider:
Red eared sliders can eat a wide range of food, including commercial pellets, vegetables, fruit, crickets, worms, shrimp, and even small fish.

Red eared slider diet
Commercial pellets should be about 75% of your red eared slider's diet. Vegetables should be around 10-20%, and then fruit, crickets, worms, and shrimp should cover the remaining 5-10%.

Red eared slider turtle feeding
When feeding a red eared slider, make sure to put the food directly into the water, as this will help them digest their food since they don't have any teeth to break down the food.

How much to feed a red eared slider
Red eared sliders age 1-4 should be fed every day. You should give them enough food that they can eat in 3-5 minutes.

Turtles aged 4-7 should be fed every other day, and turtles over 7 should be fed every 2-3 days. You should start incorporating more veggies into your red eared sliders diet once they are around 5 years old. Once your turtle is 7 years old, vegetables should consist of about 50% of their diet.

I hope after watching this video you know how to feed a red eared slider turtle and what is best for their diet.

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Everything you said was absolutely positively true and you literally just described my learning experience from saving this turtle (Raph) and yes I did let him try a tiny piece of pizza crust and he loved it

georgecoull
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Thank you this video helped alot! I was wondering if you could make a video on what to buy for a turtle and products you recommended.😁Please and thank you

leyla
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Good morning. What are Vitamin A Foods that I can Give A Turtle?

TREAL
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My turtle doesn't eat in my presence it eats when no one is there.

shubhankarmukherjee
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Great informations, thank you so much, just wanted to share something that high calcium can cause stones in the bladder and that’s what happened to my guinea pig, and I believe it can happen to any animals

demianasergyous
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Hi! I've had a red eared slider for 16 years and my parents have been feeding her and recently i took charge of everything care related. They were feeding her 90% frozen fish, plus some vegetables only when they ate some. She was healrthy. I changed her to pellets for 2 months and she developed vitamin a deficiency. Pretty bad symptoms. Vets around here don t know much about reptiles, and I m not sure their recommandations will suffice. Do you have any tips? I know the pellets were very cheap compared to the competition. Could you tell me how much vitamin A per 100g is in your pellets?

Loremips
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Hello, I had a Red Eared Slider crawl into my garage one week ago. I have no idea where he came from as there is no water near me for three city blocks a drainage pond. Posted notes all around for my neighbors no one claiming him. He is a full grown adult like 10 inches long 6 inches wide. Looks good and healthy. Moves around very well. What should I do with this guy...he is staying in my backyard loves sleeping under a leaf pile. I have no water tank to put him in. I don't think he can eat without food floating in water right? I did not even know he was a Slider till one day he stuck his head all the way out extended and I saw the red ears. I thought he was a tortoise. How should I feed this guy? He has to be hungry as heck! What should I feed him? I was hanging on to him thinking a neighbor was going to claim him...but nothing from my posted signs. Should I see if there is a reptile rescue or does he deserve a pond or river I can take him to? I am in California I know they are not indigenous to this area. I am afraid rescue might not treat a full grown adult well. Appreciate your advice! Thx Mitch in California

calgent
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Nice video. Thank you for sharing. I just bought a baby red slider ear terrapin. What kind of vegetables or fruit I can feed for this little baby? Thank you. From: Singapore.

gomosh
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I have two pretty large red-eared sliders that I keep in a 70 gallon tank is filled with water 3/4 the way and I bought the floating island so they can get out and sunbathe under The lights. I hope it's all right if they live in water I thought that was their preference not to be in a dry tank and throwing them in a wet bucket to eat food?

KathleenBarrow-ghey
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I have a small wild turtle. It only likes to eat chicken and beetles, ive let it go for a day or 2 without food trying to feed it veggies and it would rather starve than to try it

guuaap-cjxg
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My turtle is about your turtles size, and I had 2 sucker fish large, and my Turtle ate both of them and all of my fish I had in the tank and the snails I had too. She wont eat any greens at all, i tried everything. she only ets the pellets and the shrimp. I tried all kinds of veggies and she wont eat them. how do I get her to eat the veggies?

chriskamakazy
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They love the dried shrimp but don’t care for the pellets, should I just leave them for a couple days and give them pellets to try and force feed it to them? I don’t want to mainly give them the shrimp

jacobluna
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Sir can you please help me ?!!! My red eared slider turtle eat dried shrimps but last few week he refuse to eat dry foord . But whenever i give him dried fish he eat it happly. I dont understand why he is not eating his dry food ! What should I do? Can you please help me ?

shreeyasamaddar
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Hello. I have a yellow bellied slider around 20 years old. He is making a sneaking noise. Any advice on how to treat him? I live in England.

leanneclayton
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You mentioned sticking to a schedule. Is that important? I feed turtles in a pond (not mine) and i can't stick to a schedule.

beefjerky
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i found my turtle in a lake where we went fishing i haven’t seen him eat yet he’s maybe a bit bigger than an inch and living in about 10 gallons of water in a 20 gallon tank, any tips on getting him to eat?

wdguxbeazt
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Hey I just got this turtle a day ago a little red eared slider super small I keep trying to feed her pellets but she just won’t eat it’s been like 12 hours not sure if the carnival fed her already any tips?

JasonTran-ixsz
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Today I got two turtles of the same species (Red Eared Slider Turtle), but I have some problems
They were brought in without a proper environment (for your information, the tank is very small)
I don't think my home environment would help them grow well (especially since I have younger siblings)

Do you have any advice? I don't want anything to happen to them :(

Khaya_tale
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What do I do if my turtle doesn’t like fruits or vegetables

iceyvcplayz
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Would it be the same thing to feed them a live insect instead of the same insect thats just dried out? (Sorry im asking cause im rescuing a baby Res)

zoomlee