Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Caring For Turtles: Three Great Tips To Make Feeding Your Turtle A Blast

Feeding time when caring for turtles is an
important time for both the turtle and the owner.
It is a time when a turtle and their owner can
bond. The turtle sees their owner as a friend who
is responsible for their meals, while the owner
may see it as caring for a little buddy. This
should be a striaght foraward task but sometimes
owners make mistakes which make feeding their pet
more complicated or causes unneccessary problems.
Here are a few quick tips to help turtle owners
improve upon their turtle feeding habits.

1) Feed your turtle in a separate tank from their
aquarium If you have an aquatic turtle it's
always best to feed it in a separate tank or bowl
instead of their aquarium. Turtles who are
aquatic are messy eaters by trade and will leave
alot of mess behind when they are tucking into a
meal. By feeding a turtle in a seperate container
this eliminates the chances of food particles
left floating in the aquarium, which leaves the
tank very dirty and affects the water freshness.

2) Supplementing the food with essential vitamins

Before you serve your turtle their food, use this
time to drizzle or sprinkle some important
vitamins over their salad mixture or whatever
you're feeding them. Two essential vitamins that
can be used as dusting or dressing for their food
is:

*Calcium

*Vitamin A

Calcium can come in the form of a powder and you
can obtain calcium powder from most pet stores or
even online from a respectable source. All you
have to do is sprinkle the calcium power over
their foods and watch them gobble it up. Make
sure to buy non-phosphorus calcium powder to
ensure you don't unbalance your turtles calcium
to phosphorus ratio.

Cod liver oil is a good source of vitamin A and
can be drizzled over their vegetables before
serving it to them.

3) Feed your tortoise in small amounts

One problem which comes with caring for turtles
that owners have is the fact that their tortoise
eats food in small amounts and often leaves their
vegetables and fruits unattended for long periods
of time, occasionally coming back to nibble on it
later. The problem with this is if there is a
large amount of food left over then it is likely
to spoil. A good soultion to this problem is to
serve your tortoise smaller amounts of meals
through the day instead of one large meal all at
once. At every serving of a small meal wait for
them to finsih their food completely before
providing another helping. If this is impractical
for you try measuring the amount of food your
tortoise consumes in a day and provide them with
that, so as to prevent any leftovers and food
spoiling. Whatever foods are leftover at the end
of the day must be removed you don't want any
pest or parasites infecting it and your tortoise
devouring that down.

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I hope these tips have been useful to you and
you've learnt new ways to make feeding time more
enjoyable for you and your turtle. For more
feeding tips on feeding turtles and foods that
are good for turtle health visit
http://www.squidoo.com/feedingturtles

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