I'm actually more concerned with how often she's feeding it considering she's saying it eats a lot. You don't feed them that much and I also wonder what type it is because if it's an herbivore it's probably not digging those pellets. Alternatively if it's a carnivorous/omnivore turtle, it may crave things like grasshoppers. worms or ants......My kids have a red ear slider at their mom's house and it doesn't care for those pellets......I told Buddy to catch him some bugs and I gave them some dried seaweed to take to it. It's much more content on this diet instead of dumping those pellets in there.