feeding and fast growing
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Ok, im tired of waiting. I have a CB ’99 northern that I need to be mature as soon as possible. She is only 4″ right now. I am seing pictures of Cb ’01 already at 3″. I woudl love to know what kind of feeding schedual these fast growing terrapins are folowing. I woudl love for you all to share with me your feeding scheduals of your fast growing terrapins. Thanks Julie Montreal,Quebec
My question is ..Why do you need your Diamondback to mature as soon as possible? To over feed a turtle just to get it to grow quicker and hopefully reach maturity sooner is unhealthy. I would strongly recommend a normal diet and allowing the turtle to grow and mature at a normal pace. Due to their larger sizes females of most species will grow slower then males. A lot of the “quick” growers you mention may be males. Please take your turtle’s health into consideration. Jimmy
Trust me, I was the first to point the health concerns out, while we had that debate a few months ago. But after comparing sizes and ages with many other DBT in captivity, mine definitly show a very slow growth. But after reading another post I know why. I only feed mine 3-4 times a week. I think that ill start feeding them once a day. Julie draybar@… wrote:
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
Hi Julie, I am glad to see to that you understand what I was saying and didn’t take it as a personal attack. So many times a little advise is taken the wrong way on these lists. You obviously understand the dangers of over feeding so I will just conclude this with. GOOD LUCK Jimmy
I totally understand the dangers that overfeeding and super growth can cause. I just get so impatient sometimes, especially since I only have one mature female but two mature males. I feel so sorry for her sometimes because the males never leave alone. Im at the point where I must keep them seperated until I acquire a second mature female or until my second female is mature. Julie draybar@… wrote:
I would agree with Jimmy that I have seen amazing growth rates with my males over the past three years and slower rates amongst the females. I have also seen some significant difference between individuals from the same clutch as well as from different parents. Todd in Texas Julie wrote:
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