Dietary requirements of Asian turtles

Recommended weekly diets for Siebenrockiella crassicollis, Heosemys grandis & Orlitia Borneensis, standardized for a body weight of 1000g.
A similar study for Cuora amboinensis and Heosemys spinosa is available for download at the EZNC website.

Heosemys grandisOrlitia borneensisSiebenrockiella crassicollis
IngredientAmount
Lettuce25g
Tomato15g
Carrots25g
Banana25g
Apples25g
Oranges50g
Meat25g
Raw fish10g
Nutrobal supplement1,5g
Reptocal supplement2g
IngredientAmount
Apple50g
Banana75g
Grape50g
Lettuce50g
Papaya25g
Raw fish50g
Small mice50g
Tomato50g
Nutrobal supplement1,5g
Reptocal supplement1,5g
IngredientAmount
Apple100g
Banana50g
Lettuce150g
Meat25g
Papaya25g
Raw fish50g
Tomato100g
Nutrobal supplement1,5g

• source: Loes Spit & Marita Hasewinkel: Dietary Requirements of Asian Turtles, a study on ex-situ feeding of Heosemys grandis, Orlitia borneensis and Siebenrockiella crassicollis
• copyright: Van Hall Instituut (Leeuwarden The Netherlands) / European Zoo Nutrition Centre 2003
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