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Small Pieces: In the wild, painted turtles feed on larvae of aquatic insects, such as caddisfly, dragonfly, aquatic flies; water beetles, water fleas; fairy shrimp, baby fish; small water snails, tadpoles; aquatic plants, such as duckweed, algae, milfoil, elodea, etc. Give bits of raw fish, small earthworms, meal worms cut in pieces, young of top minnows, small water snails, aquatic insects, small strips of raw liver, pieces of aquarium plants if available, cut-up bits of fresh, green vegetable tops, cut-up bits of waterlily pads. Keep piece of fresh, green lettuce on water at all times.
Twice a week is often enough to feed the various forms. Small pieces of macerated oysters, clams or fish make a fine food and they should be dropped near the mouth of the animal by means of forceps. The juice of oysters and clams also makes a fine food and can be dropped by means of a pipette into the mouths of such animals as the Metridium, Thyone and Cucumaria. Fresh water clams may be used as well as salt-water clams and even small pieces of fresh-water fish will be readily devoured.
Regard the lot as an outdoor room or series of rooms. Hedges, fences, trees and other natural or artificial objects that limit views are the walls of these rooms. Specimen trees and shrubs or small clumps of them are major pieces of furniture, lawns and groundcovers are carpets, and flower beds are the pictures and show pieces that give color, life and individuality to the decorative scheme.
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