And what do turtles eat at home?

For some reason, many have a very persistent belief that eating turtles at home is so small that their content is literally worthless. And this is regardless of which of them will be at home - sea or land. The exception is only for giant reptiles that live in the far southern seas or creep along no less distant Seychelles. It is already clear to everyone that it is not everyone's power to support such a machine.

Every second person asked about eating turtles at home says that for this reptile, the limit of dreams in terms of dinner is a leafy lettuce leaf that she reluctantly knocks down and immediately falls asleep in order to digest such a wholesome and useful dish.

And yet many of these creatures are the most real predators. So, for example, red-eared turtles, which are often sold in stores, need meat. Especially young individuals who with equal pleasure eat both ordinary minced meat, and boiled or raw fish. But one should not feed them constantly with meat only. Vegetable food should be part of the compulsory diet of these beautiful creatures. The older your Tortilla becomes, the more you need to shift its food to the side of purely vegetable products. By the way, if you plant algae in an aquarium with a reptile, it will eat them regularly, thus providing yourself with the necessary amount of fiber.

In fact, most often in homes there are ordinary marsh tortills, brought home as souvenirs from dachas and picnics. If you, not knowing what the domestic turtles eat on land, start feeding your "trophy" with lettuce and cabbage, then it will not live with you for a year. In the summer such creatures like to eat snails-pond snakes, bloodworms or earthworms. All this unappetizing diet will now have to supply turtle to you, since in your apartment it is unlikely to be able to feed yourself hunting by yourself. However, if you decide not to have a separate aquarium for her, but to plant it as a product to your favorite fish, then for some time she will be able to hold out on such a stern. Just do not forget to regularly bribe new pettails and catfish at the pet store. But it is impossible to keep the reptile on an exclusively meat and fish diet. From the fact that they eat turtles at home, you can distinguish a separate position of shrimp and liver. This is for them a real treat, these products should not be given to them every day.

If you do not want to regularly supply your pet with earthworms, you can get special food for turtles. Yes, this one is also sold in pet stores. It is made by specialists who know exactly what the turtles are eating.

At home, you can also prepare an analogue of this food. It consists of cabbage, apples, fish fillets, milk, eggs and gelatin. As a vitamin supplement, you need to put a little powder obtained from the drug "Tetravit", and several tablets "Calcium Glycerophosphate".

Gelatine is bred in warm water and kept a little for a couple to swell. One carrot, a couple of apples, 100 grams of fish fillets are passed into the meat grinder. All this is put in gelatin, eggs are hammered in and milk is added. The mixture is thoroughly mixed and cooled. Vitamins and tablets are added only to the cold mixture. Yes, all this looks extremely unappetizing, but this is exactly what the home turtle eats with special pleasure. The resulting food is put in the refrigerator, and as necessary, cut off pieces that are fed to the turtle. One serving is enough for about a week. Just do not forget to preheat the food to room temperature, before pouring it into a bowl and serving it to your pet.