Try some small fish, they like it

Hi,

You should first get the enclosure and husbandry needs (basking light, basking spot) set up well, and maybe a heater at lower temp ready. this is not a conclusive diagnosis, but normally cases involving lack of appetite (and other problems too) can be resolved by triggering the turtle's metabolism.

kangkung should be avoided at all cost as the Ca to oxalic acid ratio is about 1:3 (in effect, 0% calcium could be absorbed by the turtle although the Ca:P ratio is nearly 4:1). try offering floating plants (Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiotes) - can be referred to at the 1st page of this thread.

other than that, well, it's in schedule 5 of act 716...

this link should be pinned on the 1st page mr camil le toe

Hahahah.. im always around here just that i rarely post here due to odd working hours lol 
Well, to me there is no pefect food as every of them have their pro n cons. What i can suggest is to alternate and mix the food that you feed to them with some calcium supplements and multi-vitamins every alternate meals 

Found in Malaysia , Stay in Malaysia , Breed in Malaysia , Proven out in Malaysia !!
One of the Visual from this year's clutch !!

Uzairi
This one just for you (feast your eyes for awhile) I promised you didnt  I !!
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found in malaysia, bred in malaysia, proven out in malaysia --> should send some to west malaysia lorr!!

congrats anyway!!

Sifus,

I jus got my 2 red ear slider home yesterday from CTY pet shop located in Penang.

I found out that 2 of my turtle is different in colour that worries me.

1 is darker but shiny that looks like metallic green to me.

Another 1 is lighter and not shiny.

Does the lighter one is due to genetic or its ill in some ways.

Can all the sifus and pro explain to me?

Below in the attach is a pic with it.

Hope it helps!!

Thanks!

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Anyone care to share the cheapest price came across for a radiated?
Many thanks:)

your RES will tear those water lettuce in no time.

if you want to have continuous supply of the plant, what you need to do is grow them in a different pond/container and let them multiply first before giving some to your turtles.

looks like a common musk turtle (Sternotherus oderatus) or commonly also known as stinkpot

80% sure it's musk turtle, musk turtle have very short tails and long necks (like side neck, but they fold in instead), just that not too sure about the actual sub-species now that i have a look at it again...

but from the 3 ridges on the carapace, it might be a three striped mud turtle....

Calcium is important to all , as for d3 or not will depends on whether it has access to unfiltered sunlight or not !!

I would love to see the elongata's thanks 

Cheers

For calcium what I used to do was to get a packed of dried anchovy and soften them in water prior to feeding them.
I guess it is better meal than calcium supplement given that anchovy are more palatable and high in protein too.

by the way, wat kind of turtle or tortoise r u referring to?

land based or water based ?

Anchovy is not ' ikan masin' that people eat.Try to look at it this way,did you ever recall consuming anchovy that is salty.not me,well maybe a little bit
Currenty I'm not doing that, instead I took the opportunity when my mom bought a whole load of big sized anchovy(nope I'm not talking about the small one),I saw my mom peeling the fish into half and remove the bone(you will be surprise that you can actually remove the whole head with the skeleton intact).
After that,I collect the pieces and kept it in a tupperware and put it into fridge to avoid ants infestation.hehehe.feed like twice a week for calcium fortification.
Again,you don't have to worry that the fish is too salty,short of giving those really salty ikan tenggiri.
The smell of the fish is sure gonna be appealing to your turtle(not tortoise plz, don't confuse them okay)

well the fish's skeleton look delicate enough.this is up to your judgement really.I usually reserve the head for my adult turtle.