The best foods for your tortoise, turtle, or terrapin – from crunchy greens to tasty treats – for health and enrichment.

Turtles have been around for over 200 million years, so they eat is diverse. While certain species eat jellyfish, others munch on beetles.

What to feed them. Generally, pet turtles are omnivores, meaning that they eat both meat and plants. A typical adult pet turtle diet should include animal products, vegetables, and fruits.

In the United States, around 2.3 million households are home to reptiles, including turtles. Here's what the reptile can and cannot eat.

Apples should be fed sparingly, but they go down extremely well as a sweet morsel for fruit-eating turtles. Remove the pips, which contain the toxin cyanide, before offering this delicacy.

Apples should be fed sparingly, but they go down extremely well as a sweet morsel for fruit-eating turtles. Remove the pips, which contain the toxin cyanide, before offering this delicacy.