Mel Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Ok so our 1 year old snakeneck has kind of gone off his food. He gets a couple of pinches of Sera raffy I gammarus mix in the morning - which he loves and eats all And at night he has 3 small cubes of hothouse turtle food - he usually loves this but lately he will only eat 1.5 cubes Tonight I gave him some minced fish - he ate only half. So I am wondering if I need to feed him every other day now - I know as they get older you don't feed them everyday. But what i want to know is he too young to be skipping days? Any advise is most appricated thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 one feeding a day or every other day should suffice. cant remeber if you had basking light & also a reptile fluro is a must really and or out in a pond even if just for a couple of hours every other day - cant beat natural sunlight was pretty good size for one year imo try ox heart diced up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hi Matt, thanks for the reply. Yep he has a fluro basking lamp, it's on a timer. We have been feeding every other day now - seems to be working, he eats every thing put in front of him. I have been told of the ox heart so I will try him on that we've been measuring his shell once a month usually grows about 1.5cm each month and puts on about 100grams a month. He gets to go walkies outside every now & then - he's not too keen being out of the water for too long though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 thats awesome Mel basking light as in heat lamp (just a household bulb works) can get clip on desk lamps from hardware stores, bunnings, warehouse etc for about $15 put it over platform in tank - turtle then more likely to come out of water to bask and they should dry out in order to keep shell healthy taking outdoors even better but for what its worth its worth having a heat lamp in the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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