{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_turtle_feeding","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_turtle_feeding\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Red-eared slider feeding — omnivore; young ~40% protein / adults more veg; varied; calcium + D3\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders) — non-Open-Access; paraphrased derived fact summary per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3.\"\nsource_file: https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-04\ntokens_estimated: 181\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 4\n  passed: 4\n  date: 2026-08-04\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-nutrition/exotic_nutrition_turtle_feeding/01_exotic_nutrition_turtle_feeding.md\nsource_document: \"RSPCA — https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA\"\n  title: \"Red-eared slider feeding — omnivore; young ~40% protein / adults more veg; varied; calcium + D3\"\nretrieved: \"2026-08-04\"\nref: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders)\"\ndoc_type: \"animal-welfare-org consumer version\"\nneeds_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk) is © RSPCA and not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 all claims are paraphrased derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not verbatim quotations.\"\n---\n\n# Red-eared slider feeding — omnivore; young ~40% protein / adults more veg; varied; calcium + D3\n\nSource: RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk), a copyrighted animal-welfare organisation. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, the points below are paraphrased derived fact summaries: numerical values and proper nouns are preserved from the source, but sentences are rewritten and not quoted verbatim.\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Red-eared sliders are omnivores eating both animal protein and plant matter; younger turtles need up to about 40% of their food from protein, while adults feed more heavily on vegetation (plant matter around 50%).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* All red-eared sliders should be fed a varied diet; young turtles are fed daily and adults every other day, without overfeeding (excess food dirties the water).\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Plant foods include dark leafy greens (collard, mustard, dandelion), shredded carrots, squash and green beans; some fruit such as apples, melons and berries can be offered.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A veterinarian may recommend mixing a reptile multivitamin with calcium and vitamin D3 into the food a few times a week, and providing a cuttlebone as an additional calcium source.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Red-eared slider feeding — omnivore; young ~40% protein / adults more veg; varied; calcium + D3 (retrieved 2026-08-04)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Red-eared slider feeding — omnivore; young ~40% protein / adults more veg; varied; calcium + D3","url":"https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders","retrieved":"2026-08-04","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"RSPCA — https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders","verification_file":"https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders"},"source_document":"RSPCA — https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders","source_file":"https://yourmesavet.com/blog/care-of-red-eared-sliders","tokens_estimated":181,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}