1, green leafy vegetables
The leaves of cabbage, kale, spinach, alfalfa and cauliflower, as well as the tops of beets and potatoes, are suitable for feeding turtles.
Step 2: salad
Vegetable salad is also the best food source for turtles. Lettuce, lettuce, cress and beet, cress and beet are all good.
3. Other vegetables
Vegetables such as radish, mustard, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, clover, peas, pumpkins and peppers should also be included in the turtle's diet. In fact, turtles can't eat very few vegetables. Generally speaking, soft dishes with less thorns are the best.
Step 4 plant
In the wild, turtles can eat many kinds of vegetables and plants. Flowers and plant leaves are rich sources of vitamins and minerals. Dandelion, hibiscus, nasturtium and weeds are all good foods. Besides, they eat roses and carnations.
5. fruit
The remaining 5% of the diet should contain fruit. Watermelon, grapes, oranges, apples, strawberries, mangoes and tomatoes can all be eaten. Cactus, pineapples and other fruits with hard or sharp skins should be peeled before feeding turtles.
Extended data:
The head, neck, limbs and tail of the Brazilian red-eared turtle are covered with uneven yellow-green mosaic stripes, and there are two thick red stripes on both sides of the top of the head. The cornea of the eye is green with a black spot in the center. The center of each shield of carapace and carapace has yellow-green inlay and irregular spots, and the pattern of each turtle is different. There are webbed fingers and toes. Medium tail. The head is small, the kiss is blunt, the head and neck are inlaid with yellow and green vertical stripes, and there are a pair of red patches behind the eyes. The carapace is flat, each shield has a circular green pattern, and the trailing edge has serrations.
The navel is light yellow with a black ring pattern, like a copper coin. Every Brazilian red-eared turtle has a different personality. Some individuals are fierce and aggressive, but others are docile and timid.
Compared with humans, its skin is rough (but smoother than other turtles), its movements are flexible, its shell is thin (compared with tortoises and yellow-edged box turtles), and its tortoise shell has a wide edge and a golden fat color. The shell of Brazilian red-eared turtle is not hard in turtle. In the wild, common carnivores (dogs, bobcats, leopards, etc. ) can bite open the shell of Brazilian red-eared turtle. The hardness of Brazilian red-eared turtle shell can't bear the weight of human body.