Hungry baby

[Irwin4530]

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This is my hungry little one ..... I call him/her "Tommie"

 

[mike taylor]

What ! What ! Do I have something on my face? ? Ha ha You gotta love them!

 

[diamondbp]

What is Tommie munching on?

 

[Irwin4530]

Mazuri of course.....I only offer it once in a while because i am trying to give a nice variety....so far favorites include strawberries, tomatoes, red wigglers, wax worms and pill bugs! Tommie is a good little eater!!

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Mazuri of course.....I only offer it once in a while because i am trying to give a nice variety....so far favorites include strawberries, tomatoes, red wigglers, wax worms and pill bugs! Tommie is a good little eater!!

....and i have to admit I LOVE watching him eat

 

[TortsNTurtles]

He is cute! Do you offer the Aquatic turtle Mazuri or the Tortoise Mazuri?

 

[Saleama]

Try crickets! I put a dozen in my baby tank and watched the hunt for hours! It is amazing how fast they appear to learn the paterns of the crickets and actually catch them. I had one little guy catch and eat 8 in a span of an hour and a half or so. Better than watching fish.

 

[Irwin4530]

Thanks! I'll have to give that cricket idea a try!!

I just give the tortoise mazuri, never have it much thought but your right....aquatic would probably be better for him.

 

[kesh2l]

ok so I'm closing on on the end of incubating my turtles eggs they have been in for 65 days and from way i have read its any where between 70 and 90 days. they are three toad box turtles. dones anyone know what i would feel the babies when they are here? my Tammy girl eats crickets meal worms night crawlers and greens and strawberry's.

 

[Saleama]

ok so I'm closing on on the end of incubating my turtles eggs they have been in for 65 days and from way i have read its any where between 70 and 90 days. they are three toad box turtles. dones anyone know what i would feel the babies when they are here? my Tammy girl eats crickets meal worms night crawlers and greens and strawberry's.

All of the above, although it is highly unlikely they will eat the veggies and fruits. Easy on the meal worms though. I cut red wigglers into small pieces and mix them in with meal worms. I feed after soaking and spritz the babies with water to stimulate the feeding response. I just recently got into feeding mine crickets and boy is that fun! They chase them for a bit and then realize that they need to lie in wait. I had one little guy running around for ten minutes chasing a tiny baby cricket and he had a big cricket riding on his back the entire time. I scared the cricket off when I was trying to get a picture. Going to get more crickets and try and film the next session.

You should also release some things into their habitat. I have, as stated, crickets and red wigglers in with mine. In the spring/summer/fall I will add doodle bugs and snails and slugs. By then, they will have a much larger area to play in.

 

[kesh2l]

Thank you so much!!!! This is very helpful!!! I'm excited and will post picture soon as they hatch.

 

[CapturedSerpant]

I wouldn't leave crickets in thee turtles habitat unless they have food, they will sometimes chew on baby turtles.