Does anyone know what kind of vegetation box turtles eat in the wild?
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It is hard to find that out because any care sheet you read just tells you how to feed them now...This might help you some...
North American Box Turtles are opportunists. In the wild a box turtle will eat a wide variety of food.
60% or more of the box turtle diet is composed of animal matter. Some of the "animal" matter they eat in the wild includes: slugs, snails, worms, grubs, caterpillars, beetles, pill bugs, sow bugs, centipedes, crickets, grasshoppers, spiders, flies, crawfish and carrion. Essentially, if a box turtle can catch it, it will eat it.
The rest of the box turtle's diet is composed plant matter. A large part of which is fungi (mushrooms etc). Moss, berries and grass are also eaten.
Box turtles also consume stones and sand. Recent literature suggests that this may help with digestion.
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strawberries
black berries
raspberries
other berries
mallow leaves and flowers
squash
pumpkin
cantaloupe
honey dew
musk melons
corn
turnip greens
mushrooms
hibiscus leaves and flowers
grapes leaves and fruit
opuntia pads and fruit.
North American Box Turtles are opportunists. In the wild a box turtle will eat a wide variety of food.
60% or more of the box turtle diet is composed of animal matter. Some of the "animal" matter they eat in the wild includes: slugs, snails, worms, grubs, caterpillars, beetles, pill bugs, sow bugs, centipedes, crickets, grasshoppers, spiders, flies, crawfish and carrion. Essentially, if a box turtle can catch it, it will eat it.
The rest of the box turtle's diet is composed plant matter. A large part of which is fungi (mushrooms etc). Moss, berries and grass are also eaten.
Box turtles also consume stones and sand. Recent literature suggests that this may help with digestion.
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strawberries
black berries
raspberries
other berries
mallow leaves and flowers
squash
pumpkin
cantaloupe
honey dew
musk melons
corn
turnip greens
mushrooms
hibiscus leaves and flowers
grapes leaves and fruit
opuntia pads and fruit.
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