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Reel McKoi
May 28th 05, 03:11 AM
When I fed the fish this evening at sundown I saw a baby red-eared slider
come swimming out of a bunch of elodea and snarf up some pellets!!! I've
never seen one of these in my ponds before. Somehow it got through the net.
It seemed more shy and fearful than the baby mud turtles I had several
summers ago. Since these are not bad tempered and nasty like the snappers,
I'll leave it in the pond. :-)
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In >, on 05/27/05
at 09:11 PM, "Reel McKoi" > said:
>When I fed the fish this evening at sundown I saw a baby red-eared slider
>come swimming out of a bunch of elodea and snarf up some pellets!!!
>I've never seen one of these in my ponds before. Somehow it got through
>the net. It seemed more shy and fearful than the baby mud turtles I had
>several summers ago. Since these are not bad tempered and nasty like the
>snappers, I'll leave it in the pond. :-)
My painted turtle won't eat the fish pellets - just spits them out. It
eats the turtle pellets. Unfortunately, so do the fish if the turtle
doesn't get them first. :(
Alan
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Reel McKoi
May 29th 05, 01:13 AM
> wrote in message
ganews.com...
> In >, on 05/27/05
> at 09:11 PM, "Reel McKoi" > said:
>
>
> >When I fed the fish this evening at sundown I saw a baby red-eared slider
> >come swimming out of a bunch of elodea and snarf up some pellets!!!
> >I've never seen one of these in my ponds before. Somehow it got through
> >the net. It seemed more shy and fearful than the baby mud turtles I had
> >several summers ago. Since these are not bad tempered and nasty like the
> >snappers, I'll leave it in the pond. :-)
>
> My painted turtle won't eat the fish pellets - just spits them out. It
> eats the turtle pellets. Unfortunately, so do the fish if the turtle
> doesn't get them first. :(
>
> Alan
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These are both catfish and koi/goldfish pellets. I notice this little
turtle likes the catfish pellets best. He goes for them first.
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