The tortoise's usual food can be: pork, mutton, animal offal, breadworms, earthworms, live fish, shrimp, dried shrimps, lettuce leaves, rice, melons and fruits, etc. Or go to the pet market to buy small fish, so that turtles can hunt by themselves, in order to stimulate the turtle's appetite for food.
It is best to feed turtles with raw meat and insects with fresh food. Feed raw meat with soft meat, do not add any salt substances such as edible salt, and ensure that there is enough drinking water.
According to their living environment, they can be divided into five types: terrestrial turtles, aquatic turtles, semi-aquatic turtles, marine turtles and benthic turtles. They eat different things. You have to understand this.
The feeding habits of aquatic turtles are generally omnivorous. Most semi-aquatic turtles are carnivorous. Terrestrial turtles are mostly herbivorous.
The common cultured turtles are omnivorous animals, feeding on animal insects, worms, small fish, shrimp, snails, mussels, plant tender leaves, duckweed, melon skin, wheat grains, rice and weed seeds.
To make your turtle grow fast, you should always feed it together. Mix animal foods such as small fish and shrimp with some plant foods such as tender leaves of vegetables, etc., so as to achieve comprehensive and rich nutrition, and turtles can grow faster.