Learn what your pet turtle likes to eat!
And, best of all, your pet turtle doesn’t leave any mess around the yard; looking after a pet turtle is about as easy as having a pet rock … Except that he does love to eat!
If you have a pet turtle you will know the truth to the saying, ‘the way to his heart, is through his stomach’. Red eared slider turtles are notorious for their appetites. These pets are known to beg and beg for food and are at high risk of being overfed.
There are a lot of misconceptions as to how much one can feed and what is safe to feed to one’s pet turtle. This simple guide will help you to discover what is essential in your turtle’s diet for its health and also some easy ideas to safely add variety to your turtle’s diet.
Red eared slider turtles start out mostly carnivorous and become more herbivorous as they grow in age and size. The protein intake of your pet turtle will be higher when it is younger. Calcium is essential throughout the red eared slider’s life to keep its shell hard and accommodate for growth.
Fundamentally, your turtle’s food should consist of commercial pellets and the appropriate vegetables and calcium. Turtle food needs to be presented to your pet inside water because turtles cannot produce saliva to swallow with. You can choose to feed your pet turtle inside a separate container from its tank, which will leave less waste and mess in your turtle tank.
So here are some turtle food ideas and guidelines broken into step by step instructions.
My Pet Turtle is a real show off, especially after a good meal!
Pet Turtle Pellets
Pellets should make up most of your turtle’s diet. For hatchlings and under one year turtles, feed them daily as they need the food to grow! One yearling and older turtles should be fed every other day.
The guidelines on turtle food packets vary, so a standard you should apply for your pet turtle is one feeding in the size of your turtle’s head (excluding the neck). Red eared slider turtles always beg for more, but it is very dangerous to indulge them. It will create an excess of protein that will damage its growth and more waste in your turtle tank.
Greens and Vegetables For Pet Turtles
Vegetables have great offerings of calcium, vitamin k and a. As red eared sliders get older they should be offered more and more vegetables in their diet, 75% of its diet can be plant based. Here are suggested veggies and greens your pet turtle will like to eat:
- These plants are beneficial and can be offered daily: dandelion leaves, green leaf lettuce, red leaf lettuce, turnip greens (the leaves only).
- Other vegetables and greens can make up a moderate part of your pet turtle’s food: carrots, green bean, kale, celery, pumpkin, squash, sweet potato, and zucchini.
- And a rare part of your turtle’s food: iceberg lettuce, mustard greens, red pepper, and tomato.
- And these foods should be avoided as they can be harmful to your pet turtle: amaranth, beet greens, bok choi, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, celery, chives, mushrooms, parsley, peas, rhubarb, spinach.
Always at home in the water, a pet turtle is about the best pet you can have in my opinion!
Red eared sliders love eating live prey. It can be a lot of fun for both owner and turtle, but this food doesn’t necessarily offer any nutritional benefits to your pet turtle and could harbor parasite or diseases. This section is best to make up a rare treat portions of your turtle’s diet.
This can introduce some interesting entertainment to your turtle tank, but should be kept to limited amounts. Be careful that what you offer won’t be difficult for your pet turtle to swallow. Also be aware of taking worms from a neighbor’s garden that may use herbicides, pesticides or chemicals.
- Limited use live prey your pet turtle can eat include: apple snails, pond snails, guppies, red rose minnows, crickets, earthworms and silkworms.
- Live prey you can feed your Red Slider turtle rarely: mosquito larvae, ghost shrimp, brine shrimp and waxworms.
- Live prey not recommended for your pet turtle include: crayfish, goldfish, mealworms, slugs and tubifex worms.
Commercial Pet Turtle Treats (canned, processed, frozen)
- Frozen foods are a fairly safe turtle food because they should be parasite free. They can be a good treat to entice your red eared slider to eat.
- Moderate: bloodworms and crickets.
- Use rarely: brine shrimp, feeder fish, gammarus (shrimp) and krill.
- Frozen foods not recommended: mealworms, snails and tubifex worms.
So there you have a few ideas to keep your pet turtle happy through its stomach. Remember, feeding time is one of the most exciting times inside a turtle tank so a healthy variety will not only keep him healthy, but happy too. Follow these tips and your pet turtle will love you dearly for feeding him with an amphibian gourmet diet!
bem
June 27, 2008
hey guys i remember my turtle wen it was just teny weeny
but now woho i folowed these stuf and it grow incrediply
THANKS to this site
July 26, 2008
TYVM 4 helping me understand my little hungry clown!!! I will stop over indulging him now…lol
July 26, 2008
oops…
teach much on computers???
lol
Nice job on your site
August 2, 2008
Does anyone know if Mosquito eating fish are harmful to my turtle if I were to put them in her tank and she ate one? We have her n a pond tub on my patio & it attracts alot of mosquitos since it’s still water.
August 28, 2008
i got those little fishes in the pet store 10 for a dollar ones and he loved it, what about dried shrimp
September 15, 2008
dried shrimps maybe additive for your terrapin causeing your terrapin not to eat food pellets or other food i encourage you not to feed it dried shrimp
September 15, 2008
Enter Your Comment I just got two baby sliders and they wont eat at all and i have had them for three days and i am getting concerned can you help
September 23, 2008
wow! now i know soooooooooo much more facts about my turtle. i’m am sooooo glad. i just follow these steps and whooshhhh my turtle will be as healthy as ever!!!! this wesite roolz!!!!
September 23, 2008
thanks to this website and all it’s sponsors!!
September 23, 2008
take them to a vet!!!
November 24, 2008
actually you can feed your turtles small amounts of broccoli and celery, just dont make it a staple part of the diet as these foods can interfere with thyroid function. Also feeder goldfish should actually be ok to feed, Rosy Reds are better
November 28, 2008
My turtle was small when i got him and now he is HUGE!
December 16, 2008
errm..my baby red ear slider doesnt want to eat floating foods,how do i feed them?
December 29, 2008
leave bloodworms on its turtle dock.
December 30, 2008
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Question – I was told by a Veterinarian, that certain dry dogfood pellets would be good for my red eared sliders (I have 2 for 15 years). Anybody else tried this??
December 31, 2008
I recently rescued a baby slider from a friend who could no longer care for it. The baby slider was in very poor living conditions and is now enjoying a large habitat with land, water, and a heating lamp. The thing is I’ve noticed that its shell is broken and missing a small part on the back right above the tail. It has been eating and enjoying swimming, so I haven’t worried much, but is there something I should do?
January 2, 2009
In the article, it states that celery makes up a moderate part of the daily diet, then in another paragraph, it states that celery should be avoided as it is harmful to the turtle.
Can someone verify which is correct.
January 13, 2009
That how the turtle grew!
January 22, 2009
i was the first 1 to commet……
my turtle is now like 44cm tall and 60 cm long….
March 9, 2009
We got 2 baby sliders and we dont kno wat 2 do
March 22, 2009
I am going to get a Red eared slider, and i was wondering, what should i put on the bottum of the tank? What should i put in the tank?
April 14, 2009
Hey Amanda… I have had my red ear slider for 17 years. Throughout her whole life, she has been in a 36″ long tank with a ramp, submergible heater and filter. The heater is used to keep the temp at a consistent 76 degrees. You will also need a basking lamp so he can sun himself after eating. The tank should NOT be full. Fill it up enough that he can climb up on the ramp to sun but can also go completely under water. My only additional advice is your turtle will grow to adapt to the size of the tank u have him in. If you want to keep the turtle on the smaller side, I suggest a 10 gallon starter tank. I got my little girl at the size of a quarter and she is now the size of a cake plate!!!
April 26, 2009
i have to change the water ever 3-4 days for my turtles is this normal i even have 2 pump filters nad the slim i get out if the is a mess. any ideas
May 28, 2009
ya. thats fine. my turtle has been alive for 2 years and i feed her mosquito eating fish all of the time!
May 30, 2009
I always feed my turtle my sperm. They always drink it and have not grown to about 30 cm in 2 years.
Has anyone else tried this before?
May 30, 2009
put rocks
May 30, 2009
ihave a red slider too but it is in a food container what should i do plus it wont eat i dont know any thing about turtles plz help me
May 30, 2009
i have a poor turtle red ear kind it lives in a food coantainer it has coldosh water wat should i do:(
June 13, 2009
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August 10, 2009
i feed mine to the wife, none left over for turtle.
August 14, 2009
i got a baby slider an don’t no what 2 do
August 15, 2009
jesus u should take some water out and put some warm water in
August 21, 2009
you say you should feed a turtle the same amount of food as about the size of its head. how often should you feed your turtle that amount and should that contain a mix of turtle food and vegetables?
August 28, 2009
this website helped me so so so so so much! i fed my turtle a slug i he’s a great turtle i hope he’s ok!
October 8, 2009
Ive seen some weird stuff and am capable of weird stuff…but dude thats just plain bizarre!!!!!
October 8, 2009
i forgot about feeding my daughters turtle after I saw the way most people here spell on a 1st grade level,,,,damn I must be a genius
October 17, 2009
I have 2 small red ear sliders and i do feed them pellets but how many pellets shoud i give them?
October 19, 2009
my turtle just stopped eating last night, don’t know why.
the tank is like a 15 gal. so not real big but it has a nice set up, have had it for about 9 months now. please help
October 21, 2009
I have a wild caught red eared slider and he’s about 8 inches big. I got a list on what to feed him, and when I do I fill the kitchen sink up with and inch or so of water and put him in it. Then I toss a few things in there like lettuce, peas, pellets and night crawlers, but the only thing he eats is the worms. How do I get him to eat the greens and other foods I give him? I have tried many many times to feed him just greens, but he won’t touch them! And I get so worried he’s going to starve so I throw a worm or two in their so he will eat something…
How do I get him to eat other things?
I’ve had him for a few months now, and he ate a goldfish out of my fish tank so I know he’ll eat other live food, but just nothing green
December 14, 2009
pleaseeeeeeeee somebody help meeeeeeeeeee….. !!!!! my turtle was just fine a few weeks ago.. eating a lott.. exept i never gave him food like this only the one i bought at the pet storee… but now he doesnt like itt.. doesnt eatt.. and worst.. he has red spots on his stomach and i dont know if thas something naturaall,… but i dont want him to dieee.. i love thiss pett very muchhhh seriously,,, someone tellme what to do pleaseeee.. =(=(
January 16, 2010
Enter Your Comment my big brothers turtle died! he tried so hard to avoid that from happening. sep-2-2009 to jan-16-2010…rest in peace !!!!!!
February 5, 2010
my turtle isnt eating the food pellets i give him no matter what i try could someone tell me how to do it cause maybe im doing it wrong and i have tried feeding it lettuce but it still wont eat it someone help me please
February 7, 2010
My girlfriend and I just got two baby sliders and today they wouldn’t eat the funny stuff the guy gave us to feed them. They have a nice little tank and greens and rocks in it with heated lights. Should we be worried if they don’t start eating soon? Should we be worried about fighting or can we out them in a tank with gold fish? Any one who is serious please help. We love our little turtles and want the best life and longest lives for them. So if any one can help we thank you.
K&K
March 30, 2010
Im going to be getting a turtle and I was worried about whether or not I would succeed at taking care of it an providing it with what it needs in order to survie and be happy, but now Im confident that my turtle will have a happy life. This informaton has helped a great deal. Thanks to this site, I might have a pet for a long long time. I plan on it now that im eduacate on how to care for a pet turtle. THANKS!!!
April 3, 2010
I had three red sliders…and a huge ass tank for them. Tho they seemed to have space …one particular slider was being picked on. The biggest one was eating the actual foot. We already got another tank for one of the tutrles but unfortunatly it would be a hassle to get each one there own tank..so she put on in the pong with other painted turtles. Will she survive with the painted turtles and not being in a clean tank?
April 6, 2010
Thanks for the tips I would try them cuz me and my friend found some turtles and they were the ones that you talked about so I will use the tips when I go over her house tomorrow thanks again
June 10, 2010
I want a red eared slider but i dont know its habitat, i know what to feed it but what all do you put in the tank? A friend of mine put it in a emty fish tank with rocks and about 1 inch of water. Would i need anything else??
July 1, 2010
I got a question how come my pet turtle won’t eats his reptile stick and I don’t know what type it is. It has a red belly and yellow ear and his bigger than a 2 liter by like 6 cen idk how old I try feeding healthy food like strawberry he won’t eat it only thing he eat is worm and I’m sick of it eating worm I want him to eat healthy I had a turtle before and he never eat worms only healthy food.
July 2, 2010
this site is so awesome..my slider turtle live healthier now..
July 17, 2010
talk to the pet store
July 21, 2010
Thank you so much!(: this site has helped me, my baby turtle will grow incredibly now!(: and the turtle LOVES the food off this site I give it. But the only thing is that idk if it is a boy or a girl!
July 28, 2010
Enter Your CommentFantastic!!!The information above on feeding the green slider turtle is very adequate for me. It has taught me so much more on how to feed them. I need to know if the green slider could live in a fish tank with other fishes like goldfishes, angels, cois and others. Thank You!!!
August 2, 2010
wat thats not cool nd gross it can die
August 2, 2010
i have a lil turtle nd i dont now if it can drawn in a tank of like 2 in a half inches could someone answer me plz
August 25, 2010
If you have a baby turtle and it won’t eat, I suggest you buy Tetra Fauna Baby food and break each piece into 3 pieces, then put them near your turtle’s head where he can see them. Also, turtles LOVE to dig, so give them some rocks on the bottom.
September 11, 2010
I have a baby red ear slider and I don’t know what to name him/her. Any suggestions? He/she is friendly, cute, energetic, smart, and sort of noisy when I’m trying to sleep.
Second, he/she is a very happy turtle, but I want to add some natural things like leaves, sticks, rocks, etc. What are some safe things I can put in his/her tank?
Last, is it safe to put my turtle in a fish tank with other fish?
September 23, 2010
Ok! first off i have 2 say a turtle is just as important as any other animal! U wouldn’t buy a horse (or would hope u wouldn’t) unless u had enough room and knew how 2 care for it properly! The same should go for a turtle no matter what kind it is. You obviously have the internet so why dont u use it b4 u buy the turtle and find out how 2 care 4 it THE RIGHT WAY! it deserves the happiest life u can give it!!!! Second these people that sell these turtles at the beach (which that is where we got ours )(yellow-bellied slider name-myrtle) don’t tell people what it takes 2 take care of a turtle luckily i am an animal lover and didnt throw it away and just let it die our 12 dollar turtle turned into a so far 450 dollar turtle to make sure it has a good life and all the right things 2 care 4 it properly….. this should be illegal for them to sell them this way they should have to warn people or give a book or something on how too take care of them if i were the one selling them i would sell the enclosure starter kits and then give the turtle for free cause if people actually knew the cost and care involved and had too spend more money out of pocket then maybe they would care for them or decide maybe thats not a suitable pet for their family. I dont mean too sound harsh like me im sure theres alot of people who didnt understand the needs for their turtle I didnt do alot of research either untill i got home with our turtle he has never had 2 live without his proper needs though cause we got his stuff as soon as we got home but even though we wasnt sure on how to care properly for it we still knew no matter what it needed we were going too provide it for it otherwise we wouldnt have bought it… We absolutely love ours so this is a touchy subject reading all these comments about sick and dying turtles. And the dude who feeds his turtle sperm u really need some type of help who sits and comes up with feeding anything there sperm WOW!!!!!!!!!! Would you do this too a dog or cat? people like u should be charged with animal cruelty………….
October 5, 2010
That’s not true about keeping him in a little bit of water. I’ve. Had my turtle since they wwere size of quarter. I put them in 75 gallon tank with floatingisland and now. After15 +years they are huge.
October 27, 2010
I have a turtle that was given as a gift a couple of days ago in a liitle plastic tank and i was told not to put to much water in the tank but listening and reading to other red earred slider owner comments it seems that they can live in alot of water. I have to go out and buy a heat pump for it and aqauarium basicly the works i need a little help with what is required so my lil guy can be happy he is about the size of a quarter will he be ok until i go out and purchase the needed items. one more thing i feed him calcium sticks and dried shrimp is this okay
November 11, 2010
we caught our baby turtle at copper creek this summer. she is such a sweet little turtle and has been happy and healthy since we got her. since winter tho she has become less active, doesn’t eat and i’m worried the lamp she has doesn’t keep her warm enough and will then keep her from hibernation. so i am at a loss. the internet is hard to understand because it says i could both make her hibernate or keep her from sleeping all winter. what is the best way to keep my little scooter happy and healthy and give her a long life?
November 16, 2010
I’ve had my red eared slider for a year now and he’s grown maybe an inch at the most. I bought him at a pet store the owner told me he was a year old but by his size of five inches I would guess he’s a little older then that. But the problem is he just won’t seem to grow. I have him in a forty gallon tank by himself. I had a female turtle but they didn’t get along and I had to seperate them shortly afterwards she died. Cause unknown because she was very healthy, her shell was hard as a rock and she swam around just fine. I have all the items I need for him uv basking light a ledge so that he can be free of the water aswell as a water heater. I never let it rise above fifty for fear I look in there as see turtle soup. I give him a mixture of greens, worms, and pellets. But no matter what I do he doesn’t seem to want to warm up to me. He’s like the unpleasable turtle. By taking the female companion did I maybe anger him or something, even though during feeding she would try and drown him. He’s very lively.. won’t grow and doesn’t want to like me. I’m at a loss of words here.
November 27, 2010
This site has alot of great information. I have 2 slider turtles and noticed one of them has started swimming side ways. What is going on with her? Any information on this is appreciated….Thank you.
December 5, 2010
Rock on Rebecca! I agree 100%
To Laura about your turtle swimming sideways, it might be sick(respiratory infection I think). Make sure it has a basking area with a heat lamp that can get up to about 80 to 90 degrees farenheit and it should be ok.
December 23, 2010
Im going to get a Turtle and this website is rlly helpful, and how do I tell a girl red necked slider from a boy? I want to name mine Sprite and I am very hoping he will live the happiest, healthiest life I can give him. If anybody could possibly comment and explain anything about the tempurature of the water if it doesn’t have a heating lamp, and does it absolutley need a filter? I think turtle are amazing and I’d love to own one, I have looked at many websites but still haven’t answered my few other questions, plz comment
January 5, 2011
my turtle is wounderful
January 21, 2011
I have 2 turtles red slider water turtles that were givin to me over 1 year ago. They live in a pond with my koi and goldfish. I think they’re both females, sometimes the smaller one is facing the other one and and uses her front foot to fan the other one sorta! what is the turtle doing? And could you tell what the temperture should be at? And how do you tell if they are male or female? My friend said if the tail is short and thick it’s a female and the thinner, longer tails are the males? Thank You for your help!
January 23, 2011
My turtle has peices falling of its shell, but they always grow back. Also, green stuff is growing on its shell too. Plz answer my questions!
January 29, 2011
I have 3 red slider turtles and was given very good information at the pet store to keep them healthy. The water temperature should be kept between 72 and 80 degrees. I found using a submergable heater (only cost about $10) in a reptile tank with a place for them to climb out and heat themselves with a heat lamp (another $10) was sufficient. Be sure to turn the heat lamp down or off at night or the turtles will not sleep (per Pet Smart). The tank should be filled with water twice as deep as the length of the turtle’s shell. For mine, who are about 1.5″ across, this is 3″ of water. I had blue fish rocks in there, but the color gave off some kind of fumes or chemical or something making mine lathargic and sick, so I don’t recommend them! I feed mine daily, as much as they can eat in 10 minutes, which translates to about 3 mealworms each, a vegetable (whatever I am eating – today, sliced carrots), and a few meal pellets. You should also try to get your turtle into the sunlight a few times a week (I am not good at this!) because it helps harden their shell. Hope this helps! Like many of the people commenting, I didn’t really know what I was getting into when I got these for my kids. But they are not expensive pets! They cost me less than $10 a month (upstart costs of about $55), and maybe 1.5 hours of time a week to feed them and clean their cage.
February 23, 2011
Do I put the veges in the water or on the floating log?
April 3, 2011
How do you handle your turtle now that he is huge. I have a same problem. Cannot find large tank
April 5, 2011
What you should do if you found them in the wild is return them if not you should ask or find somebody thats knows more about red eared sliders
i know kinda alot because i have 2, about 3 and 4 year old turtles and im only 12
April 5, 2011
heat lamp
rocks and other decorations
10 gallons of tank per inch of turtle
turtle dock (they sell them at petland for about 10-20 dollars)
water
food
they sell this water condisiner that is not harmful at all to the turtle
April 5, 2011
Whatever u do, do NOT feed a baby red eared slider slugs the mucas slim stuff can clog there intestine and kill them
April 6, 2011
Maria if your turtle is like caught under a rock or something it could possibley drown but a turtle is almost a complete water animal so it probly won’t drown i also have a turtle thats about 2.5 inches long and she is in about 9 inches of water and she dosent drown (but you need a turtle dock or they couldn’t get out of the water to bask and take a deep breath )
April 10, 2011
i just got a red eared slider 2days ago for my day i have read on other places that water snails and crickets from a pet store are good for him. As well as the vegatables how do i go about feeding him say carrot leaves do i just put them in the water and let him have at it?. he also hasent used his basking area and i know its important for his shell i have named him toothless i also have some gold fish in with him for company lol his basking area is 3 flat smooth rocks i steamed for a few days from my backyard i have a lamp over top of the rocks on my screen lid any tips and advice would be great my email is b.homberg@hotmail.com
April 19, 2011
What part of an apple do you feed the turtle?
April 26, 2011
very help ful
April 29, 2011
Natalie, it is nice to have someone on here offering some really good specific advice. We have a baby slider turtle that my husband decided to buy my 5-yr-old daughter before he realized just how much work is involved to care for it. We are animal lovers, so I plan to take good care of “Rocky.” It sounds like your turtles (3) are the same size as ours. We keep our slider in a 10-gallon glass tank outside. Ok, don’t panic! We do NOT keep him in direct sunlight….that would cook him to death. We keep him under our back patio and from the angle our house faces, the tank never gets direct sunlight. It does however get warm depending on how hot it gets outside. My concern is that we live in Alabama and some days it can get up to 100 degrees outside, which affects the tank water temp, but it can also get very cold some nights after raining (around 60 degrees or below). We do NOT have a heating lamp or a water heater. I know we need to get the heat lamp so he can bask underneath it when he gets out of the water onto his floating dock, but do you think we need the water heater too? Does it regulate according to changes in the temperature so that it won’t go over the 80 degree mark (does it cool the water to keep it below 80?) or would we have to constantly turn it on/off in order to keep it regulated? For now (it got down to 50 degrees last night due to the tornadoes and rain that came through) I brought him inside and set him up in a temporary tiny plastic tank until it warms back up outside. Then I will put him back outside in the tank. I would appreciate any feedback.
May 6, 2011
I was told some turtles can pack a sad when they are young or when they move house
May 19, 2011
thats how they fight 4 space. 1 will back down. its common
June 5, 2011
Hey Thr!
I got a pair of RES Babies, though they seem healthy but one of them is lil slow and inactive while other one is very active. The active one keeps roaming entire day in the tank while the slow one mostly sits on the basking platform. Again the active guy eats happily–food offered to him — turtle pallates, boiled chicken, boiled carrots and a bit of fish food as well (I ahve seen him enjoying the fish pallets). But the slow baby doesnt seem to be intetrested in eating, she barely eats a few pallets and thats all! Doesnt even eat chicken
wot should I do ?
June 14, 2011
umm my brother got a wild turtle and then just today he got another one and niether will come up for air but the one we have had for awhile has always been social should i worry
July 1, 2011
i was wondering that too
July 2, 2011
hey its okay my slider like bananas and other things like that the thing is that he is a wild turtle and needs his time i caught one to and it is a pain sometimes he wont eat greens but i give him fruit and he is all over it so just ease him into house hold things but dont push to hard… he will learn mine did
August 6, 2011
for anyone whos turtle does not eat… or has stopped eating…
**HATCHLINGS… if you have just brought home your little guy hes still adjusting to his new home and is stressed from being taken from his environment.. give it a week or so.. but keep offering food throughout this time.
ALSO… if your hatchling still has his/her eggtooth, they will not eat during this time, they are still living off of the yolksacs nutrients from before they were born (eggtooth is small white raised bump just under nose)
**IF IT IS AROUND LATE FALL/WINTER MONTHS
your turtle is most likely hibernating! this can last for up to a few months. mine normally stops for 2 to 3 months. they are still awake and walk around (just not as much) and they simply do not eat. id try and offer food at least once a week if you are sure they are hibernating and remove any food they do not eat until they resume eating after hibernation ends.
August 6, 2011
omg, i’ve been turtle sitting for a friend of mine…for a few months now….last week I noticed he hasn’t been opening his eyes, there are no vets that do reptile work where i live! What do i do? I’ve gone out and bought the whole works for him, tank, heater, basking dock etc….. (I’ve decided she’s not getting him back!) But I’m worried, he can’t see to eat! Any ideas? Please help, we’ve grown so close to him…..
August 20, 2011
hey, my local pet store said its okay to feed my red eared slider goldfish…is it okay? or should i feed him different kinds of fish?
October 4, 2011
Hello….. I have a turtle who will not take out its neck since the glass tank protecter thing fell off onto his neck by accident……. Please tell me what to do……..Please……
October 18, 2011
My baby red ear slider is lost how can I find him…!??? Pleas help
November 5, 2011
My 7yr old slider hasn’t eaten in weeks. His shella nd head look fine. He watches every move I make but no eating? Help
November 8, 2011
That is very gross and you could be giving your turtle diseases from it!
November 10, 2011
My Turtle has stopped eating and is shedding. I can’t seem to get his tank warm enough. It has been over a week since he last ate. I cleaned his tank yesterday. Still nothing. He is a red eared slider that is under a year old. Will he still hibernate as a indoor turtle? Is all of this normal? The bulb I have in his lamp is a 70. Is that ok? What can I do to make him happier? Please help.
November 22, 2011
pleez anser me sum1: i have 4 red eared slider turtles two males on female young adults and one 4 inch just under a year ive had him since hatchling, but they have stopped eating from what i see , their food is always still their when i check and they havnt even attempted to eat 1 of ther fish swimmin around in there. yet they are still very active and looking healthy what is wrong with them? im more concerned about my young 1 n dont no wat 2 do…
November 26, 2011
my turtle hasn’t eaten in three days,do i change the type of food?
November 30, 2011
Hi Liliana! Haven’t seen you in a long time!
December 11, 2011
red eared sliders are very shy and like to get use to there nvironment. i recently adopted a friends red eared slider and he was upset because his tank was not in the same place he didnt eat for a week but now he does nothing but ask for food haha theyll be fine just give them time but egg whites help encourage them to eat