r/Redearedsliders

I have two other red eared sliders. They are both 20 years old now and they ate reptomin floating sticks their whole life.

Now I am trying to feed them floating sticks only 3 times a week, and leafy greens other times. They finally willing to eat lettuce if I starve them a bit. But they will never eat the dandelion greens.

Should I give up on the dandelion greens?

--- note, they will eat banana, apple and carrots. They like eating non-green things

he is no more than 5month old, i got him 3 days ago as a gift so i dont have proper set up yet. i think he was neglected in the per store because his shell looks broken and moldy but im not sure its also alittle soft

set up and food pictures in the comments

I've had this turtle for over 20 years. My family has fed this turtle every day the reptomin floating sticks.

Is she considered over weight right now? Her shell length is about 10 inches.

We are trying to feed her lettuce and dandelion weeds every other day. She is starting to eat the lettuce , but only if we stop feeding the floating sticks for a few days....and no matter what, she won't eat the dandelion weeds

My turtle (5y 2m) , he stopped eating two days back , this is now the third day. He now lays under water stretched out like this with his eyes closed , he reacts to me walking past but doesn't move for food or basking.

I had issues with the heater so it was off for awhile. But the first week of the month I kept the temp back on 25°C . I have now started keeping in a dry tub with the heat lamp for a few minutes and he is responding positively trying to get under it. I do this a few times and then keep him on his basking platform to let him enter the water when he's ready as always and he does go in after awhile.

Please any suggestions would be helpful. :)

(P.S. I have reduced the tank's water level thinking it might be easier to breathe because he lays tired....and I'm just slightly paranoid he might drown..not sure if that's a thing)

HELP I just added sand to my turtles tank and she wont stop doing this!!! is she eating it??? is it safe omg i am freaking out because it took me years to get the sand in there and now i might have to get it out.

She’s happy as can be basking and running around, water is relatively clean. Her shell looks pretty dry to me, and there are a bunch of ridges at the base of the scutes. UVB and heat lamp are on and she basks a healthy amount. Am I just seeing things?

Hello! We purchased a home that came with now our beloved turtle, Don (yes, Donatello was what the old owners named him lol) We wanted to keep him safe as he's already had 3 owners!

Ive been deep in research to improve his home, kept him fed, check he's basking, provide calcium blocks once per season etc. He's 23 years old and loves to bask on 2 of his rock options for natural UV sunlight (though he loves to pick the more difficult one to climb). Hes very active but I'd love to check if anything stands out that I can't see. Thanks!

For those of you who saw my last post about our red eared slider that we adopted, we finally finished moving her to a much more suitable enclosure. For reference she’s about 10” and when we got her she was in a small tank that you can see in the first photo. She didn’t have adequate space, lighting, or a filter setup. Nor was her diet the greatest. Since we’ve gotten her, we moved her into a 125 gallon tank, upgraded her filter to one that can handle her waste, improved her diet, and gave her a much better basking area that has the appropriate lights she needs for her health. Thank you to everyone for all of the suggestions you gave as it really helped us get her into a much better environment for her size and age!

those white marks seemed to appear on the shell overnight, a few days after a water change. Turtle is spending more time basking compared to before. The overnight white mark appearance had happened before with this same turtle, also the day after a water change. Is this caused by water quality? Is this rotten shell? What should I do? A few weeks ago I started using tetra repto safe water conditioner to remove chlorine from tap water before adding in. Before then we used filtered water instead. I don't know if this had made a difference or was unrelated. Or could it be that the water change was stressful for the turtle so it developed sickness from that?

Charlie hasn’t been basking in his tank for a few weeks now. I finally managed to set his water temperature to 78 degrees and his basking light to 88 degrees. The only thing he does is pop his head out of the water or go to the ramp and put his claws on top before popping his head out again. He won’t walk up to the basking area. He’s active in the water and eats well, so I’m not sure what could be causing this problem. He hasn’t basked in like 3 weeks. He’s 10 months old. I was told to not worry because he’s still getting use to his new environment and he will go up there when he’s ready. I changed his home around and just bought this new basking home a couple of weeks ago along with a new canister.

Found a tiny turtle in a storm drain in April. I told my kids if they ever found a baby turtle we could keep it. I used to keep fish in a planted tank before I had kids; so I’m not totally new to the hobby. We found a 10 gallon setup someone was selling and put him in a temporary tank with heat lamp and all the things. Spent the summer researching and sourcing supplies. Finally got this 75 gallon all setup and “Chugly” is moved in. The top canopy was custom made by a previous owner and it is so perfect to hide all the basking lights and keep everything looking neat and professional. I’m super happy with it! I know the plants may not last but that’s okay! Had to at least try because I love the natural look. We plan to get him (? too soon to tell haha) a Platy colony soon for our enjoyment, his own enrichment, and maybe some fry snacking. All in I spent around $820 getting things second hand/new/free. Biggest investments were the tank/stand/canopy combo I found on FBM and the new Fluval Fx2 I’m running.

She is my velcro terrapin that is soo sweet, but sometimes acts like a toddler when its time for bed🤣

Setting up new tank for my res (Gurgle) i currently have the plants (safe to eat ofc) a nice pile of stones for her to play with (ive heard they like playing interior decorator) and a few guppies so i can start getting her used to tank mates

I want to put some more things in there for enrichment and maybe some better hidey spots

Basking platform has not been forgotten im just trying to figure out making a nice out of tank one rather than just buying to save some money so id love suggestions or ideas in that as well :)

im alittle ashamed about this but i asked AI some questions and it said my turtle could have salmonella. what? also is it normal for its neck to be moving while it breathes or is it having difficulty breathing?

Currently in the U.K on holiday visiting family. My turtles are in Chengdu, China. I have been in Beijing too for the last month and a family of Turtle lovers helping with food and water changes. Got my Surveillance cam locked on my turtles too.. 2 days ago I saw this and was in absolute panic mode thinking they fought. I was like Oh Shit and went full dad mode asking for them to be checked on and isolated, almost booked a ticket back to China, turns out it was just Shit 💩 💩