Hi! Our baby turtle had been eating 3-4 pellets everyday for a month, but recently stopped. Any reason why?
My girlfriend and I won him (let's assume "he") from a carnival here in Japan about a month ago. Of course, in the beginning he was so scared of everything and didn't eat at all. We bought him one of those "Turtle Starter Kits" from
The first thing I'd do would be to get your turtle a real tank, 30 gallons at the minimum; 55 gallons would be better. Sunlight through glass is useless except to raise the temperature. Get rid of the gravel, too.
Now for the food. How

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Sep. 27 - Conservationists release thousands of baby turtles into the sea after their eggs hatch. Sharon Reich reports.
Each year, thousands of baby sea turtles scramble from their nests in the Florida Panhandle's sandy
Leatherback sea turtle nests have increased by more than 10 percent a year along the coast of 68 beaches in Florida since 1979, according to researchers at Duke University. The increased nesting suggests that conservation and recovery efforts mandated under the Endangered Species Act are working.
A giant water bug is photographed eating a juvenile turtle in an unusual predatory role reversal.