feeding time
Oct. 17th, 2009 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellboyOnce a week, it's time to feed Chips.
1. I place him in an old gold fish bowl, that he once lived in, when I first got him (he was the size of a fifty cent piece then). When he sees the bowl, he gets excited, knowing it's "out and feeding time".
2. Sliders do not have salivary glands, so they can only eat in water, to help swallow.
3. He's has been always been very picky. Hates lettuce, dried fly, and only eats small brown turtle pellet food (loaded with protein and vitamins).
4. I cover the bowl with an old fan cover and rock. Years ago, an upstairs neighbor had the same type of turtle. He never covered the food bowl during feeding and sunning. Alas, a large blue jay, swooped down, plucked the turtle out of the bowl, and managed to eat it's head off, leaving the rests behind; on my patio!
5. So as a precaution, I always cover, to protect from the blue jays and large crows.
6. As an added treat, he sometimes gets a tablespoon or two of Tongol Tuna (Trader Joe's), once he had finished his pellets. As we get into winter, his appetite lessens.
7. His bowl faces west. So later in the day, if not foggy, he is basking in the warm water and sun.
Feeding time
Pellets
Cover
1. I place him in an old gold fish bowl, that he once lived in, when I first got him (he was the size of a fifty cent piece then). When he sees the bowl, he gets excited, knowing it's "out and feeding time".
2. Sliders do not have salivary glands, so they can only eat in water, to help swallow.
3. He's has been always been very picky. Hates lettuce, dried fly, and only eats small brown turtle pellet food (loaded with protein and vitamins).
4. I cover the bowl with an old fan cover and rock. Years ago, an upstairs neighbor had the same type of turtle. He never covered the food bowl during feeding and sunning. Alas, a large blue jay, swooped down, plucked the turtle out of the bowl, and managed to eat it's head off, leaving the rests behind; on my patio!
5. So as a precaution, I always cover, to protect from the blue jays and large crows.
6. As an added treat, he sometimes gets a tablespoon or two of Tongol Tuna (Trader Joe's), once he had finished his pellets. As we get into winter, his appetite lessens.
7. His bowl faces west. So later in the day, if not foggy, he is basking in the warm water and sun.
Feeding time
Pellets
Cover
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Date: 2009-10-17 11:53 pm (UTC)