Feeding
Red Eared Sliders need a varied diet. See the below chart to see a balanced diet.
| Vitamin Supplement | Every other feeding, give a powdered reptile vitamin supplement to your pet. |
| Vegetables | Every feeding, feed carrots, lettuce, and maybe a tomatoe. You can sneek some into the turtle's beef. |
| Meat | Red Eared Sliders love ground beef, but fish,crickets and snails are better for them |
| Comercial Foods | There are comercial turtle foods everywhere.... These are very nutritious for your pet, but your pet still needs a bigger variety. |
| Fish | ONLY feed small freshwater feeder fish (ex. goldfish) |
| Snails | Try Aquatic Snails or the ones that stay in certain vines or plants (be careful! Some snails are protected in certain states!) |
| Crickets | Any kind will do. Just put them in the turtle's area and let it chomp! |
| Beef | Don't cook if you plan to put vitamins in it! |
NOTE: Red Eared Sliders prefer meat when they are young, but as they age they increasingly prefer plants.
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!! A Red Eared Slider MUST SWALLOW UNDERWATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!