Diet for young box turtle

[Raymo2477]

Have a 4-6 month old desert box turtle. I have been feeding it small crickets (leg pulled), wax worms, earth worms, box turtles pellets, reptomin, squash, and carrots. The little guy eats everything insight and runs all over his pen like a maniac! Is this an acceptable diet?

 

[dmarcus]

Sounds good, I also give mine meal worms and red wigglers..

 

[Turtle Guru]

Sounds good, I also give mine meal worms and red wigglers..

I agree that's what I use also.

 

[Yvonne G]

They seem to like red- or green-leaf lettuce too (that's a type of lettuce, not a description of its color). I will chop up either fruit or veggies (not both on the same day), into very small pieces then put it on a bed of red/green-leaf lettuce and sprinkle a few worms, crickets, etc. on top. They end up eating most of what I put down. I used to feed my baby box turtles only insects because I was told that babies are strictly carnivorous, however, since I've been feeding as stated above, I even get my brand new babies to eat a more well-rounded diet.

 

[kimber_lee_314]

I like to feed all my boxies 60% protein, 30% veggies, 20% fruit, and 10% greens. I like to avoid the pellets as much as possible - but feed them occaionally. Your diet sounds good - just be sure to vary everything as much as possible so they don't become fixated on just a few foods.