Turtle and terrapin food
Turtles and terrapins need a different diet from the fish they often share a tank with, and feeding them plain fish flake alone misses what they actually need. We stock a dedicated staple stick food alongside the wider reptile food range, which also covers related shelled species like tortoises.
The staple diet
Tetra Reptomin Sticks is a floating stick food formulated as a staple for aquatic turtles and terrapins, designed to be easy for them to grab at the water's surface rather than sinking the way most fish food does. It sits in our reptile food aisle alongside food for other reptiles, since terrapins and turtles have more in common nutritionally with tortoises than with the fish that might share their water.
A staple like this is meant to form the bulk of a captive turtle or terrapin's diet, with fresh food such as leafy greens or the occasional protein source added in on top, rather than being used as an occasional extra alongside fish flake as the main food.
What else is in the reptile food aisle
Komodo Tortoise Food Fruit Flower Flavour and Komodo Tortoise Food Banana are formulated for tortoises specifically rather than aquatic species, so they are not a direct substitute for a turtle's staple diet even though tortoises and turtles are closely related. If you keep both, it is worth feeding each the diet formulated for its own species rather than assuming one food suits both.
Monkfield Mouse Jumbo, also stocked in this aisle, is whole-prey food for carnivorous reptiles such as snakes rather than anything a turtle or terrapin would eat, so the reptile food aisle covers several quite different diets under one roof.
In this section
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
King British Turtle Terrapin Complete Food
A complete extruded stick food for turtles and terrapins, built on shrimp and krill
From£4.13
King British Turtle & Terrapin Food Sticks
Floating food sticks for turtles and terrapins, with gammarus for natural feeding
£6.92
Supa Turtle Food Superior Mix
A 3-litre resealable tub of freeze-dried shrimp and tubifex mix for turtles
£38.99
Supa Turtle Food Super
A freeze-dried shrimp and tubifex food for turtles, alongside fresh food
From£5.99
Komodo Tortoise Food Salad Mix
A complete holistic tortoise diet flavoured to taste like fresh salad
£7.29
Tetra Reptomin Sticks
Complete Tetra ReptoMin dry sticks for water turtles, with calcium and phosphorus
£4.98
Evrox Snake Food
Frozen whole-prey rodents for pet snakes, weighed to a standardised size for each feeding stage
From£2.75
Komodo Tortoise Bar Flower
A flower and grass bar treat for tortoises, bound with a vegan binder
£4.19
Tetra ReptoMin
Floating stick food for water turtles, with 39% protein and added calcium for shell growth
£9.06
Monkfield Chicks - Day Old
250 humanely sourced day-old chicks, blast frozen for reptile whole-prey feeding
£42.69
Common questions
- Can I feed my terrapin ordinary fish flake?
- Not as a main diet. Fish flake does not cover what a terrapin actually needs, so a dedicated staple such as Tetra Reptomin Sticks, formulated for aquatic turtles and terrapins specifically, is the better everyday food, with fresh extras added on top.
- Is tortoise food the same as turtle food?
- No, tortoise food like the Komodo Tortoise Food range is formulated for tortoises rather than aquatic turtles or terrapins, so even though the species are related, it is worth feeding each the diet made for its own kind rather than treating them as interchangeable.
- What should make up most of a turtle's diet?
- A proper staple food such as Tetra Reptomin Sticks should form the bulk of a captive turtle's diet, with fresh food like leafy greens or an occasional protein source added on top, rather than relying on treats or fish flake as the main feed.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.