I think Oliver may be sick?

[JoesMum]

Question. Can I try feeding sardines and or canned tuna or canned salmon ?

I think canned fish for human consumption would have far too high a salt content. There's usually far more than just fish in the can - read the label.

 

[gabby.santana]

Yea I have been reading labels and their salt content is also too high. I want to give him something smelly. Thought I could with that but I guess not.

He still hasn't eaten. I decided to make his dinner at around 1 am this morning hoping he would eat but nope.

 

[JoesMum]

Have you tried mashed boiled egg? Mash it with the shell for calcium.

 

[dmmj]

Yea I have been reading labels and their salt content is also too high. I want to give him something smelly. Thought I could with that but I guess not.

He still hasn't eaten. I decided to make his dinner at around 1 am this morning hoping he would eat but nope.

you're talking about canned? I'm sorry I give fresh fish scraps to my box turtle my neighbor used to be a diver he would bring back halibut all of the time The Cat & The Box Turtle loved him

 

[Eric Phillips]

you're talking about canned? I'm sorry I give fresh fish scraps to my box turtle my neighbor used to be a diver he would bring back halibut all of the time The Cat & The Box Turtle loved him

My box turtles love hard boiled eggs shell and all! Great suggestion! Another option if your looking to increase protein and calcium is feed Oliver a pinkie mouse every so often. My box turtles love them, I especially feed them in the spring after hibernation and late summer before they start slowing down.

 

[TammyJ]

My Jamaican Slider loves pinky mice but they are so small I give her three or four at a time. I don't think pinkies have much of anything in the way of nutrition if being fed just one at a time to a good size turtle. Mine will eat adult mice, and loves chicken liver (raw).