My juvenile loggerhead musk turtle doesn’t eat shrimp

Hantong

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For some reason, my loggerhead musk turtle won’t eat those dry shrimps and frozen shrimp! He did ate up 6 ghost shrimps I put in the tank somehow.
He has no issue with mealworms. But he doesn’t like earth worms.
 

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Earthworms as in red wigglers or Canadian night crawlers? Try the nightcrawlers if you haven't already
 

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For some reason, my loggerhead musk turtle won’t eat those dry shrimps and frozen shrimp! He did ate up 6 ghost shrimps I put in the tank somehow.
He has no issue with mealworms. But he doesn’t like earth worms.
My guys like any of the freeze dried critters to be put in warm/hot water and rehydrate before eating.
Picky little ones.
 

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For some reason, my loggerhead musk turtle won’t eat those dry shrimps and frozen shrimp! He did ate up 6 ghost shrimps I put in the tank somehow.
He has no issue with mealworms. But he doesn’t like earth worms.

My turtle loves dried and frozen shrimp! I haven't got the chance to purchase the live ones to her though.
 

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Earthworms as in red wigglers or Canadian night crawlers? Try the nightcrawlers if you haven't already
I think I feed him red wiggles. Isn’t night crawlers are those big ones? My turtle looks too small to eat those big ones
 

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I think I feed him red wiggles. Isn’t night crawlers are those big ones? My turtle looks too small to eat those big ones
You can chop them up. Red wigglers do this slime that a lot of fish/turtles dont like
 
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