What kind of foods should I feed my pet turtle?
What kind of foods should I feed my pet turtle?
user
Turtles are omnivores, and there’s really no limit to what you can feed them.  Some examples of good foods are lettuce, carrots, sweet potatoes, strawberries, or cucumbers.  It’s okay if they grow soft and mushy, and to some extent this might even be good for the turtles since it makes food easier to eat.  On the other hand, don’t give your turtle cooked foods like bacon or raw eggs.
assistant
It seems like they have a wide range of foods that they can eat.
user
Yes, they can eat pretty much any kind of plant or animal.  If you put fresh spinach in their water, or corn on the cob, they’ll eat that too.  Turtles have a wide variety of digestive enzymes that can work with a wide range of foods, even including those they aren’t very used to eating.  If you were to eat a bowl of asparagus for example, turtles would have no problem eating a bowl of fresh spinach afterwards.
assistant
It is probably a good idea to give them a lot of leafy greens, right?
user