Comments on: Red Slider Pet Turtle Feeding and Care

By: garrett

garrett — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:30:46 +0000

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

By: Lily Tran

Lily Tran — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:09:33 +0000

Hi Liliana! Haven’t seen you in a long time!

By: skyler brown

skyler brown — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:46:42 +0000

my turtle hasn’t eaten in three days,do i change the type of food?

By: kcrystal

kcrystal — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:22:12 +0000

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…

By: Nicole81

Nicole81 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:15:41 +0000

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.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:29:02 +0000

That is very gross and you could be giving your turtle diseases from it!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:52:33 +0000

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

By: Donovan

Donovan — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:06:07 +0000

My baby red ear slider is lost how can I find him…!??? Pleas help

By: Awesome girl

Awesome girl — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:42:24 +0000

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……

By: Ashlee C.

Ashlee C. — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 07:11:23 +0000

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?

By: kim

kim — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:02:06 +0000

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…..

By: candace

candace — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:30:23 +0000

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.

By: jessica castillo

jessica castillo — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:59:13 +0000

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

By: chad

chad — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:53:46 +0000

i was wondering that too

By: T

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:45:09 +0000

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

By: Chetan Anand

Chetan Anand — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:06:28 +0000

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 ?

By: tiger

tiger — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:58:31 +0000

thats how they fight 4 space. 1 will back down. its common

By: kerri

kerri — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:38:00 +0000

I was told some turtles can pack a sad when they are young or when they move house

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:03:24 +0000

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.

By: jeremycheek

jeremycheek — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:55:21 +0000

very help ful

By: kirsty

kirsty — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:45:21 +0000

What part of an apple do you feed the turtle?

By: brandon

brandon — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:25:19 +0000

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

By: Sundi

Sundi — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:14:45 +0000

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 )

By: Sundi

Sundi — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:49:33 +0000

Whatever u do, do NOT feed a baby red eared slider slugs the mucas slim stuff can clog there intestine and kill them

By: Sundi

Sundi — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:45:42 +0000

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