hi, hi! here i will share my experience(s) related to my turtle, a red slider, one to be spesific. (keep scrolling to read in Bahasa.)
disclaimer: this post probably contain a lot of grammar error, tapi aku juga nggak percaya diri untuk menulis dalam bahasa Indonesia, sih. aku tulis post ini dalam bahasa Indonesia karena untuk membantu teman-teman yang kebingungan cari informasi. saran dan kritik sangat diterima, tapi dimohon untuk menggunakan bahasa yang mudah diterima, yaaa! any feedback is welcomed, please choose a thoughtful wording before sending it. thanks! 🙂
i have a red eared slider probably less than 2 years. he’s still tiny, less than 10 cm, i guess. fyi, i named my turtle Taekkie after Choi Taek in K-Drama Reply 1988 (this is not important but i just wanted you to know).
back to the topic. i usually feed him 3 times a day, for almost 4 weeks i always gave him a pellet. i tried to feed him a cabbage but he didn’t even touch it (step on it doesn’t count). i got the idea of giving my turtle a cabbage was from YouTube. i saw that they gave a cabbage, dragon fruits, and other fruits to their turtle and the turtles ate it. then i googled can turtle eat those kind of fruits and veggies and without any further research, i try it to mine. after a failed attempt to give him a cabbage, i gave a slice of papaya, cooked carrot, and mango (not in the same time, of course) but he ate none of those. i fed him a pellet after that.
note: i really hate pellets it made the water stink and cloudy easily.
but then my mom bought a prawn! i peeled one and gave it to the turtle. yup, he ate it. my turtle looked happy that he pooped 2 times right after eating the prawn.
i continue to give him a prawn 3 times a day, just like our meal times (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), for about a week. the water still gets cloudy and stinks but not as easy as i fed him a pellet. then, in my 63836 attempt to feed him a cabbage, the turtle finally ate the cabbage! after succeeded on feeding my turtle a cabbage, i fed him cabbage for breakfast and lunch while prawns for the dinner.
summary: if your red slider (or any kind of turtles) won’t eat any fruits or veggie, it perhaps because they didn’t recognize it yet that it was their meals. just try give them some raw baby fishes, and imagine that the turtle still lives in a pond what would they eat?
(Bahasa Indonesia)
kura-kuraku jenisnya red eared slider, atau kita biasanya kenal mereka dengan nama kura-kura Brazil. correct me if i’m wrong, ya. usianya kurang dari 2 tahun. ukurannya masih kecil, sekitar 10 cm. namanya Taekkie, namanya diambil dari drama Korea Reply 1988, hahahaha (yang ini info kurang penting, sih, tapi FYI aja).
kembali ke topik utama, aku biasanya kasih Taekkie pelet 3 kali sehari selama 4 minggu kebelakang. aku pernah coba kasih kol tapi Taekkie sama sekali gak sentuh kolnya (kecuali diinjak). kenapa kasih kol? karena aku liat di YouTube, the owner kasih kura-kuranya kol, buah naga, dan sayuran/buah-buahan lainnya. lalu aku cari info di google apakah kura-kura boleh konsumsi makanan-makanan itu dan tanpa research lebih lanjut, aku coba kasih makanan-makanan tersebut ke Taekkie. setelah percobaan kasih Taekkie beberapa potong pepaya, wortel matang, dan mangga (pada waktu yang berbeda), Takkie tetep nggak makan makanan yang kukasih tadi. jadi aku kasih Taekkie pelet lagi dalam seminggu.
note: aku nggak suka banget sama pelet karena bikin air akuarium cepet kotor dan bau.
lalu mamaku kebetulan beli udang. aku kupas kulitnya dan kasih satu potong ke Taekkie. yup, dimakan dooong! kayaknya Taekkie seneng, sih, soalnya nggak lama setelah makan udangnya dia poop 2 kali…
setelah itu, dalam seminggu aku lanjutin kasih Taekkie sepotong udang yang sudah dikupas 3 kali sehari, waktunya sama kayak jam makan kita (sarapan, makan siang, dan makan malam). walaupun airnya tetep kotor dan bau, at least nggak secepet waktu kukasih pelet. lalu setelah percobaan kasih kol ke Taekkie yang ke 6499755, akhirnya dimakan! setelah itu aku kasih kol untuk sarapan dan makan siang, sedangkan udang untuk makan malam.
kesimpulan: kalau kura-kura kalian nggak mau makan sayuran atau buah-buahan (kasih sepotong kecil aja dulu), mungkin, mungkin ya, ini teori sotoy aja. mungkin kura-kura kalian masih belum kenal sama makanan yang dikasih, masih belum sadar kalau itu buat mereka makan. kadang mereka endus-endus makanannya kok, tapi berakhir nggak dimakan mungkin karena masih mengenali? hahahaha. saranku, coba dulu kasih ikan kecil mentah, dan bayangkan kalau kura-kuranya masih di alam liar mereka akan makan apa?
done! that’s all my tiny experience about my red eared slider turtle, if i have something new (and interesting) about my turtle, i will share it here immediately! drop yours here it must be interesting 🙂
anyway, thanks for reading. until next time! have a good day.
Rant and Rave 