what does a  yellow eared slider eat
Mature yellow-bellied sliders consume omnivorous diets -- a mixture of plants and meat. Despite that, they lean heavily toward plant-based foods. In youth, they tend to be a lot bigger on flesh-eating. Some nutritional staples of the species are fish, tadpoles, spiders, snails, bugs and crayfish.
Quick Answer. Yellow belly slider turtles eat small fish, frogs and other aquatic species as well as aquatic plants found in their habitats. The diet of yellow belly slider turtles changes as they age, with juveniles being primarily carnivores and adults eating mostly aquatic vegetation. Continue Reading.