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Bee, Its not just the turtles this is having its worst effect on the frogs as the yeast in the bread creates toxic water and fungal infections so while it may seem harmless to you and your toddler its a death sentence to wildlife.
If the act of feeding something is that important to you (despite proving they will come up to say hi without being fed), did you know you could feed them the outside leaves of your lettuce, or fresh or frozen corn and peas? this while increasing the amount of nutrient in the water that leads to the infamous outbreaks of Blue green algae in the pond from time to time, will not do damage to the turtles or the frogs or birds or other animals that rely on these waters. So next time maybe you can draw others attention to the signs and pass this on.
Kind regards,
by cazon (score: 0|8) 1650 days ago