Re: feeding and fast growing
Julie, I don’t believe in ‘power feeding’ my terrapins. This is my feeding schedule. When they are hatchlings I feed them twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. Their diet consists of mainly Reptomin. Once they get to be around three inches I notice that the females really slow down their growth. I then start feeding them once a day, still mainly Reptomin but once a week the get smelt. I have a female that hatched in Nov of last year by March she was already three inches since then she has grown less than an inch. I had a male hatch at the same time, they grew at the same pace but when she slowed down he did not. By June he was nearly five inches, then he slowed down. None of my terrapins have developed any weird shell growth, actually their shells look better than most CB I have seen. In my opinion they main thing that contributes to their good shell growth is good lighting, UVB and UVA. In fact once they are 2.75′ I move them into an outdoor tub, which gets lots of sun. Hope this helps Julie. Jonathan The Scute Moderator http://www.geocities.com/diamondbackterrapins