Eastern Snake-necked Turtle – nutrition and water
Water
Turtles must be provided with clean, conditioned drinking and swimming water at all times.
Nutrition
Eastern Snake-necked Turtles are carnivorous and can be fed a variety of meat/fish/insect products to achieve a high level of health. A diet consisting of a range of unprocessed, protein rich natural foods is preferable to a diet consisting solely of pre-prepared turtle blocks or pellets.
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Turtles can be fed a mix of:
- Bait prawns
- Crickets
- White bait
- Mealworms
- Earthworms
- Turtle mix
- Turtle pellets.
Adult turtles should be offered a meal no more than 3 times a week and young turtles can be offered a meal 4-5 times per week.