Before you get a new pet, one of the first things you do is look up what they should eat. This is a very important thing to know. But what a lot of people forget is that you must also know how much to feed your pet.With most pets, you can’t simply leave out some …
Reptiles are known for their strange eating habits. They’ll eat one giant meal which then seems to sustain them for a significant period of time. Ball pythons, for instance, can go half a year between meals, but what about turtles? It’s not like they can dislocate their jaw and eat whole large animals. They can’t take …
You may be surprised how much food turtles can consume. Turtles will always beg for more food, and could probably eat all day if they were left to it. This does not necessarily mean that they are hungry, or are starving for food, they are just sometimes a little gluttonous. If you think that your …
Painted turtles as named so because of their unique and ornate shell markings, but they also have other names. Their scientific name would be the Chrysemys Picta, but they can also be known as the Eastern Painted Turtle, the Southern Painted Turtle, the Mainland Painted Turtle, or even the Western Painted Turtle. Regardless of their names, they …
You may be forgiven for thinking turtles have a very plain, some would say, “boring” diet. This is far from the truth! Their diets are as weird and wonderful as humans. With over 300 species of this unique reptile, their diets are diverse for each one. What a turtle eats depends on many factors including its …
