What Foods Can Eastern Painted Turtles Eat?
eastern painted turtle (chrysemys picta) image by Bruce MacQueen from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.co.uk/images/a06/ae/sq/foods-eastern-painted-turtles-eat_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Eastern Painted Turtles, found near water in the wild, are omnivores. In nature, the eastern painted turtle will consume a diverse amount of foods. This ensures that the turtle gets all the nutrients it needs. As a pet, your turtle will benefit from being fed a similar diet. Monitor what your pet likes, if it doesn’t respond to a particular food item within a feeding session, try something else. Fruits and Vegetables A turtle in the wild may not be familiar with all the fruits and vegetables you can find at a store, but they will still eat many of them. You can experiment and see which foods will work. Fruits from local seasonal varieties like apples and berries to tropical fruits like bananas will work. Vegetables such
