. The care of home aquaria. Aquariums. ^ YOUNG GEOGRAPHIC TURTLES. Young- turtles are very attractive aquarium pets, but sliould be provided witli a float so that they may climb out of the water. Some turtles will take food only under water, so it is neces- sary to provide them with a sufficient depth of water to cover them at least during feeding time. This of course does not apply to the tortoise or land turtle. The majority of the water turtles are carnivorous and will take a variety of animal foods, fish, crayfish, frogs and earthworms, living or dead, and fresh beef or hard-boiled eggs. A
. The care of home aquaria. Aquariums. ^ YOUNG GEOGRAPHIC TURTLES. Young- turtles are very attractive aquarium pets, but sliould be provided witli a float so that they may climb out of the water. Some turtles will take food only under water, so it is neces- sary to provide them with a sufficient depth of water to cover them at least during feeding time. This of course does not apply to the tortoise or land turtle. The majority of the water turtles are carnivorous and will take a variety of animal foods, fish, crayfish, frogs and earthworms, living or dead, and fresh beef or hard-boiled eggs. As the diflferent species vary somewhat in their diet this should be studied. Unless they are kept warm they will take no food. Young alligators usually take readily to almost any sort of meat diet, living or dead, and may be given the same foods as the carnivorous turtles. They will not take food unless kept very warm. Tadpoles will usually find sufficient food in the debris left after the fishes have taken what they wish, and in the minute plant life of the aquarium, which they assist in keeping under control. Sometimes, however, more tadpoles are introduced into the aquarium than can obtain food in this manner, especially if the aquarium is not sufficiently lighted to encourage the growth of the minute plants, and the tadpoles grow thin from lack of food. There are several ways of meeting this problem: (1) the tank may be placed in better light to encourage plant growth ; (2) a larger supply of vegetable food may be introduced so that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Osburn, Raymond Carroll, 1872-. New York, The New York Zoological Society
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