Best dry food for Pelomedusa

Pelomedusa subrufa is an omnivorous species. Its nutritional intake is mainly from protein-rich foods; for these same reasons it is necessary to provide it with a very varied and balanced diet. Young specimens require daily feeding with one fasting day per week, adults can be fed every three days given their much slower digestion time than juveniles and sub-adults. Its captive diet can consist of insects: crickets, earthworms, bloodworms, mealworms and other larvae. Freshwater fish (African tetras, tilapias, guppies, neon tetras, etc.) chicks, dead or live mice, in pieces or whole (depending on turtle size). To this it is recommended to supplement with other foods: small invertebrates (whole snails as the shell is very rich in calcium), mollusks, freshwater shrimp. Diet can also be varied