Turtles favourite food?

[rolling-thunder]

Hi,

I want to get my turtle something different and special to eat on christmas day. So what do they really like to eat, like is there some fish or something i could buy relitiveley easily thats frozen or something.
For example: pilchard or squid?

Thanks

 

[melgalea]

i gave mine a 2 week old rat, fresh killed. he absolutely loved it. took him about 30 mins to rip it all open and eat it.

 

[porkosta]

How big is your turtle? Ever used feeder fish?

 

[JAS101]

what about a barramundi fillit ? or atleast a part of the fillit .

 

[GeckoJosh]

Give him some woodies

 

[AMY22]

How big is your turtle? Ever used feeder fish?

I don’t know about other states, but here in SA it is illegal to feed a live vertebrae animal to another, including feeder fish. Any pet shop in Adelaide caught selling a fish (usually rosy barbs) as feeder fish can get a fine of up to $10,000. Maybe that’s different in other places I don’t know, but just make sure it’s actually legal before you do it. Or just make sure whatever you feed your critters is dead first.

 

[GeckoJosh]

Its legal in NSW
But any way how can u help it if ur turtle eats ur prized Rosy barbs?

 

[AMY22]

Its legal in NSW

Okay just making sure.

 

[garycahill]

It's not legal in any state.
It's also not legal to knowingly neglect an animals health.

 

[melgalea]

i buy feeder fish for my turtle all the time, and yabbies. he loves em. oh and feeder goldfish.

 

[geckos_are_great]

yeah same. i breed my gold fish and yabbies just for turtle and beardie food

 

[jinin]

It is Legal in NSW, Pet Shops all around Sutherland Shire Sell feeder fish.

 

[Mighty_Moose]

Yeah i do see that alot ? a pet shop has like a massive tank FULL of feeder fish and yabbies

 

[Jakee]

You could feed him a pinky mouse as a "treat", also if you were to feed it something that has been caught in saltwater, I'm pretty sure you need to soak it in freshwater for a few hours.

 

[garycahill]

It is Legal in NSW, Pet Shops all around Sutherland Shire Sell feeder fish.

It's not legal anywhere in Australia under RSPCA's Fin, Fur & Feather policy.
Just because a law isn't actively enforced, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
When was the last time you were charged for jay walking?

 

[GeckoJosh]

I got fined for jay walking about 5 years ago

 

[garycahill]

Not very common though.
I also know 2 pet store owners who have been charged with this.
One is still in goal for this & other offences

 

[Mighty_Moose]

I used to buy 'Feeder' yabbies as pets because they would only cost me like $2 and if cared for they grew pretty damn big ! But yeah i knew it was illegal to feed live mice so why shouldnt it be the same...

 

[Twin_Rivers]

It is illegal to sell feeder fish in pet shops, we sell b-grade, cull and uncoloured goldfish and live bearers but never feeder fish, I do know that people buy them for food though.
Yabbies are an inverterbrate and legally we can sell those as live food, bugs have no feelings.
$2 a yabbie is a bit much though we sell them for 70 cents each.

 

[Sock Puppet]

I often get feeder fish for my aussie native fish (gudgeon etc), they are mad for em. Whether it's legal or not, I don't know, but there are a few shops I get them from & they all advertise them as "Feeder Fish". Have been getting them for years & hope I still will be able to get them. They are usually barbs, but one shop also has a customer that supplies them with excess baby koi (not regular goldfish, koi) which are good as they are a more robust size than the barbs. Also the barbs are pretty cluey & can make life difficult for the predatory fish to catch them, whereas the koi just sit there & get eaten.