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Desiree
My son was given a baby turtle 2 weeks ago by a friend, i have never had to take care of a turtle before. I have only seen Donatello eat 3 times since we got him. He runs around and swims all day so he is not acting like he is depressed or sick. Just wondering how often he is suppose to eat.
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Red eared sliders are very common turtles and do make great pets!
Your turtle will always be begging for food. Red-Eared sliders have a voracious appetite. This will depend a bit on your individual turtle. A good rule of thumb is to feed as much as your turtle will consume in 15 minutes. If you feed in a separate container, it is easier to monitor how much and how fast your turtle eats. It is important to offer a variety of foods at the same time -- don't just give your turtle its favorite items.
As an alternative guideline, another common "rule of thumb" is to give meals that are roughly the same size (in total volume) as the turtle's head and neck. Still, you'll need to monitor your turtle's body condition and adjust if necessary.
Keep in mind, that if you are feeding strictly by these rules, feeding every day might be too much, and every two or three days might be too little. You will likely need to adjust the amount you give your turtle. The best guide is to monitor your turtle's weight and condition, and with a little experience you will get to know better how much your turtle can eat and stay in good condition. You also do not want to let juvenile turtles grow too quickly.If a growing turtle gets too fat or grows too quickly it can cause bone and joint problems
To ensure proper nutrition, strong growth and a healthy long-lived turtle, feed a varied diet to both adults and juveniles. Just remember that adults eat less animal protein and more vegetable matter. Juveniles must be fed every day; adults can be fed once every two to three days. Do not feed more than they can eat; the excess food will go to waste and foul the water. Feed a combination of the following foods:
Commercial diets (No more than 25% of total diet)
Trout Chow, commercial floating fish, reptile or turtle food (pellets, sticks or tablets). The pellets and sticks have the advantage of being formulated specifically for reptiles and don't decompose in the water as fast as other foods.
Animal Protein (No more than 25% of total diet)
Live feeder fish--do not feed defrosted frozen fish; they are deficient in thiamin and excess consumption will cause a thiamin deficiency in your turtle. Earthworms--buy them from a reptile or aquarium store; do not feed the ones from your yard as they may contain bacteria, parasites and pesticides against which your turtle has no immunity. Finely chopped raw lean beef, beef heart and cooked chicken are okay for treats, but are not appropriate as a major part of a balanced diet for whole prey eaters. High quality dog kibble can be offered occasionally as treats, too; like muscle meat, dog and cat foods are not appropriate when used as a significant portion of a turtle's diet.
Plant Matter (50% or more of total diet)
Offer leaves of dark leafy greens such as collard, mustard and dandelion greens. Offer shredded carrots (and carrot tops), squash and green beans. Fruit can be offered raw; shred hard fruits like apples and melons, chopping soft fruits such as berries. To help keep their beak in trim, let them gnaw on pieces of cantaloupe with the (well washed) rind still attached.
Vitamin Supplements should be added twice a week. Use a good reptile or turtle multivitamin. Turtles must also be supplied with additional calcium; they often enjoy taking bites out of calcium blocks and gnawing on cuttlebone, so always have some available to them.
Red eared sliders are very common turtles and do make great pets!
Your turtle will always be begging for food. Red-Eared sliders have a voracious appetite. This will depend a bit on your individual turtle. A good rule of thumb is to feed as much as your turtle will consume in 15 minutes. If you feed in a separate container, it is easier to monitor how much and how fast your turtle eats. It is important to offer a variety of foods at the same time -- don't just give your turtle its favorite items.
As an alternative guideline, another common "rule of thumb" is to give meals that are roughly the same size (in total volume) as the turtle's head and neck. Still, you'll need to monitor your turtle's body condition and adjust if necessary.
Keep in mind, that if you are feeding strictly by these rules, feeding every day might be too much, and every two or three days might be too little. You will likely need to adjust the amount you give your turtle. The best guide is to monitor your turtle's weight and condition, and with a little experience you will get to know better how much your turtle can eat and stay in good condition. You also do not want to let juvenile turtles grow too quickly.If a growing turtle gets too fat or grows too quickly it can cause bone and joint problems
To ensure proper nutrition, strong growth and a healthy long-lived turtle, feed a varied diet to both adults and juveniles. Just remember that adults eat less animal protein and more vegetable matter. Juveniles must be fed every day; adults can be fed once every two to three days. Do not feed more than they can eat; the excess food will go to waste and foul the water. Feed a combination of the following foods:
Commercial diets (No more than 25% of total diet)
Trout Chow, commercial floating fish, reptile or turtle food (pellets, sticks or tablets). The pellets and sticks have the advantage of being formulated specifically for reptiles and don't decompose in the water as fast as other foods.
Animal Protein (No more than 25% of total diet)
Live feeder fish--do not feed defrosted frozen fish; they are deficient in thiamin and excess consumption will cause a thiamin deficiency in your turtle. Earthworms--buy them from a reptile or aquarium store; do not feed the ones from your yard as they may contain bacteria, parasites and pesticides against which your turtle has no immunity. Finely chopped raw lean beef, beef heart and cooked chicken are okay for treats, but are not appropriate as a major part of a balanced diet for whole prey eaters. High quality dog kibble can be offered occasionally as treats, too; like muscle meat, dog and cat foods are not appropriate when used as a significant portion of a turtle's diet.
Plant Matter (50% or more of total diet)
Offer leaves of dark leafy greens such as collard, mustard and dandelion greens. Offer shredded carrots (and carrot tops), squash and green beans. Fruit can be offered raw; shred hard fruits like apples and melons, chopping soft fruits such as berries. To help keep their beak in trim, let them gnaw on pieces of cantaloupe with the (well washed) rind still attached.
Vitamin Supplements should be added twice a week. Use a good reptile or turtle multivitamin. Turtles must also be supplied with additional calcium; they often enjoy taking bites out of calcium blocks and gnawing on cuttlebone, so always have some available to them.
Can metformin cause me to have a miscarriage or affect me getting pregnant?
Scorpio Ch
My doctor recommended me to use Metformin to try and regulate my periods which would make me ovulate more regularly and hopefully help me get pregnant. But now I'm wondering if it could be doing the total opposite. I'm getting my periods every month, but I haven't been able to get pregnant. I've been on it for about 6 months.
Answer
I would ask my doctor to put me on Clomid. I have heard so much more about that one and the success stories are plentiful. Of course if your periods are very regular, then it is doing what it is supposed to do.
PREGNANCY
While safety during pregnancy has not yet been established, three patients who continued on metformin during their entire pregnancy and one who remained on a glitazone have delivered normal babies. There are no reports of abnormal babies in women who conceived using metformin and all resulting babies were normal. Metformin is a category B medication. This means that insufficient human data is available but no credible animal data suggesting a teratogenic (could produce birth defects) risk. Although to the best of our present knowledge the risk of birth defects would be small, it must also be noted that maternal diabetes has been associated with an increased risk of birth defects and the underlying elevated insulin levels may lead to birth defects if not corrected.
While the most prudent policy may be to avoid the use of these medications during pregnancy until more data on pregnancy outcome is available, the risk of miscarriage may be reduced by continuing metformin during the pregnancy. We ask our PCOS patients taking insulin-lowering medications to monitor their basal body temperatures if pregnancy is a possibility. When the temperature remains elevated for more than 16 days, pregnancy is likely and a home pregnancy test should be performed. If positive, a medical consultation with the physician is scheduled. If the EPT is negative the BBT chart is reviewed by the physician or nurse to determine the appropriate course to follow. Patients should discontinue contact their physician if they are on Avandamet, Actos, or Avandia to receive instructions. Generally, patients taking these medications will be switched to metformin.
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There are several possible ways to attempt ovulation induction in women with polycystic ovaries. The easiest and least complicated method is the use of Clomid tablets, also called Serophene, or clomiphene citrate.
Many will be able to get pregnant using clomiphene to induce ovulation. For women that do not ovulate with clomiphene, the "traditional" next step has been to use injectable gonadotropins. About 90% of women that do not ovulate with clomiphene will ovulate with this medication and the majority will get pregnant as well. However, these medications are expensive and there are risks of ovarian hyperstimulation and multiple pregnancy involved. The daily injections and trips to the office for monitoring are also somewhat inconvenient for most women.
A relatively new method of treating ovulation problems in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome is to use an oral medication called metformin (brand name is Glucophage) with or without clomiphene citrate. Metformin has been used in the past as an oral agent to help control diabetes. Recently, it has been found to facilitate ovulation in some women with PCOS. Some women who do not ovulate after taking metformin will be able to ovulate when taking metformin in combination with clomiphene. Therefore using metformin would be a benefit to some women with polycystic ovarian syndrome by allowing them to potentially avoid the injectable FSH medications (if they prefer this approach).
I would ask my doctor to put me on Clomid. I have heard so much more about that one and the success stories are plentiful. Of course if your periods are very regular, then it is doing what it is supposed to do.
PREGNANCY
While safety during pregnancy has not yet been established, three patients who continued on metformin during their entire pregnancy and one who remained on a glitazone have delivered normal babies. There are no reports of abnormal babies in women who conceived using metformin and all resulting babies were normal. Metformin is a category B medication. This means that insufficient human data is available but no credible animal data suggesting a teratogenic (could produce birth defects) risk. Although to the best of our present knowledge the risk of birth defects would be small, it must also be noted that maternal diabetes has been associated with an increased risk of birth defects and the underlying elevated insulin levels may lead to birth defects if not corrected.
While the most prudent policy may be to avoid the use of these medications during pregnancy until more data on pregnancy outcome is available, the risk of miscarriage may be reduced by continuing metformin during the pregnancy. We ask our PCOS patients taking insulin-lowering medications to monitor their basal body temperatures if pregnancy is a possibility. When the temperature remains elevated for more than 16 days, pregnancy is likely and a home pregnancy test should be performed. If positive, a medical consultation with the physician is scheduled. If the EPT is negative the BBT chart is reviewed by the physician or nurse to determine the appropriate course to follow. Patients should discontinue contact their physician if they are on Avandamet, Actos, or Avandia to receive instructions. Generally, patients taking these medications will be switched to metformin.
Another Source:
There are several possible ways to attempt ovulation induction in women with polycystic ovaries. The easiest and least complicated method is the use of Clomid tablets, also called Serophene, or clomiphene citrate.
Many will be able to get pregnant using clomiphene to induce ovulation. For women that do not ovulate with clomiphene, the "traditional" next step has been to use injectable gonadotropins. About 90% of women that do not ovulate with clomiphene will ovulate with this medication and the majority will get pregnant as well. However, these medications are expensive and there are risks of ovarian hyperstimulation and multiple pregnancy involved. The daily injections and trips to the office for monitoring are also somewhat inconvenient for most women.
A relatively new method of treating ovulation problems in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome is to use an oral medication called metformin (brand name is Glucophage) with or without clomiphene citrate. Metformin has been used in the past as an oral agent to help control diabetes. Recently, it has been found to facilitate ovulation in some women with PCOS. Some women who do not ovulate after taking metformin will be able to ovulate when taking metformin in combination with clomiphene. Therefore using metformin would be a benefit to some women with polycystic ovarian syndrome by allowing them to potentially avoid the injectable FSH medications (if they prefer this approach).
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