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.

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.

Watch Feeding long-necked turtles