Rational selection of food is an important part of breeding snapping turtles. The snapping turtle is an omnivorous animal that can eat a wide variety of food. The food of snapping turtles is divided into two categories: animal bait and plant bait. Big snapping turtles like meat food, especially live food, such as small fish, shrimp, loach and so on. There are also fresh lean meat and animal offal big snapping turtles also like to eat. If feeding live food, it is best to sterilize it first, then chop it before feeding it.

Although snapping turtles like to eat meat, but , but also pay attention to nutritional balance, combined with meat and vegetarian feeding. There are also many plant foods for snapping turtles, vegetables such as lettuce, radish, etc., grains such as rice, rice, etc., as well as fruits such as apples and bananas. In addition, you can also feed some turtle food and dog food at ordinary times. However, to buy better quality feed and feed time should not be too long. During the feeding of snapping turtles, the frequency of feeding must be well controlled, because whether the feeding frequency is appropriate directly affects the growth and development of snapping turtles.