The eastern Florida diamondback turtle is a carnivorous turtle with a staple diet of fish, shrimp, and crustaceans. When feeding, you must ensure the diversification of food. You can mainly feed small fish, and also feed small live shrimp. Usually, you can also reward canned dried shrimp, and occasionally a fresh scallop or something.

Eastern Florida diamondback turtles can use feed instead of natural food, not necessarily raw food, and on the premise that the water quality is not affected, it is not necessary to leave the water when feeding the feed Raised, but found that Some Eastern Florida Diamondback Turtles do not catch a cold, which may be related to the individual or different eating habits from childhood.