The western painted turtle belongs to a class of omnivorous tortoises and can feed on a wide variety of foods. There are two main types of food, meat and vegetarian. There are also many kinds of meat, such as snails, fish and shrimp, tadpoles and other insects. Before feeding, you need to pay attention to remove the sharp parts, especially the sharp shrimp guns on the shrimp, which need to be disinfected if necessary. Vegetarian food is mainly some aquatic plants, such as algae, aquatic plants, etc., and some vegetables can be fed in the family. The other is special turtle feed, but some western painted turtles may not be interested in this kind of turtle feed. Whether to feed this kind of food depends on the preference of western painted turtles.

There is one more thing you need to pay attention to when choosing food for western painted turtles The problem is that as the western painted turtle grows up, the taste of the western painted turtle will change to some extent. When the Western Painted Turtle is relatively young, the Western Painted Turtle will prefer to eat vegetarian food. After the western painted turtle grows up and becomes an adult, it prefers to eat vegetarian food. Therefore, the types of food fed can be flexibly adjusted according to the changes in the preferences of western painted turtles.