Freshwater turtle part 2

What freshwater turtles eat is a surprise. Let's talk about the omnivorous ones. Their health depends a lot on what they eat and the importance of a varied diet immediately emerges, because mistakes in this sector are also seriously paid for. When planning what freshwater turtles eat, it is necessary to take into account that the trident calcium, vitamin D3 and sunlight: it is essential for the proper development of bones and carapace. If something is missing or scarce, the danger is the onset of MOM (metabolic bone disease).

Calcium deficiencies also lead to rickets and malformation of the carapace and, when evaluating what freshwater turtles eat, vitamins also play their part. Their deficiency linked to the scarcity of plant foods leads to hypovitaminosis, on the contrary the excesses of vitamins from reckless use of supplements lead to hypervitaminosis. This happens especially with vitamin A.if you want know more watch part 3