hi,that is turtle,red eared slider.do u have any basking spot for him?

Hello back, thanks for replying and for the info..

a basking spot (with heating light?) nope~~ only a rock for him to dry off? where he allllllways gets there to rest every time i make him swim..
(ps: dont worry about my kitty )
i can only afford him this 'house' for him~~

but im worry about him not eating though.......=(


This post has been edited by Mimzy: Jan 4 2015, 01:38 AM

How's your RES doing? Still not eating? The small tub may not be sufficient to guarantee a healthy living environment for your RES.. You may need to research on the proper husbandry of turtles to ensure a healthy growth. Take note on the proper enclosure and dietary requirement.

6 months little turtles
indeed ,still small
My aquarium

Hi, my friend gave a pair of turtles (dunno the species) to my kids last month. After few weeks, one died. I did some research by googling and youtube after that, seems not easy to take care. Similar to fish/aquarium.

When I go to pet store, some of them don't even look like proper care, yet the turtles look so active and healthy. Saw one shop in Uptown, the turtles were like stored in a covered tong in back of shop. When open the lid, can see the turtles so active, i was surprised. I thought they need UV or sunlight. Also the water level was like 1 inch deep yet so many turtles cramped into tong, also ok. Confused.

Anyway, my current one seems to be inactive and looks like dying, even though I expose it to sunlight every day (leave it outdoors garden under plants partial cover for whole day) and changed water alternate days. Use anti chlorine. Under some advice, we bathe it in warm bethadine diluted water to kill whatever germs or heal whatever wounds. When put in warm water, it swims but not sure if it is trying to get out of water or if it enjoys the water. Cos when i lift it up on a stone, it stays there without moving at all. Only some times, it goes back into water (maybe too hot under sun) and under shade/shadow. At night, we bring it indoors and it stays motionless most of the time.

It doesn't seem to eat anything eg. pellets, vegetables eg. lettuce or cabbage. We put the food in front of its head in case he cannot see or too weak to move. But doesn't seem like it is eating.

Anyway, here's a pic of it ... you can see the wet pellets in front. Hope can get advice. I have other friends who bought a pair or 2 pairs, all also dying one by one.

Questions:
1) where is good shop with medicine for turtles? I went uptown, ikano, midvalley pet shops, all don't have
2) is there recommended brand of pellets of food to give?
3) does my turtle shell look dull or sick? Do i need to apply dettol / bethadine directly on shell?
4) problems with eyes seem common. Any recommendation for diy remedy?




This post has been edited by waeguk: Jan 22 2015, 11:15 PM

Bread at a bakery always look fresh on the rack, but after you bring it home it gets mouldy after a week. Could be the same here

4 turtles dead
STOP buy turtles

STOP raise
let those turtles back to nature

yr turtle will die soon

Hi

My RES just laid eggs (unfertile) yesterday. Just wonder how many more clutches she may lay in the next few days or weeks? I didn't prepare nesting area, she just laid on the floor when I let her out from the tank yesterday.




I do not keep male and female together.

I just want to make sure she lays all the eggs to avoid egg binding problem.

Thank you very much.
viv

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What a year ( 2014/2015 breeding season ) !!

my 5/6 year old RES

Nice , a girl ? if so she may lay soon !!

A typical healthy RES girl may lay at this age .


Cheers

hi i wanted to know if these are a disease (shell rot) or just plain shedding, tried google, but so many contradicting pictures, had them for 3 months and their shell build up to this about a couple of weeks ago. its almost translucent where you can see another form of shell underneath. i have a dry dock and an exo terra daylight basking spot, and they are next to an open window daily so they get their sun pretty much the whole day. i have 4 of them but one wont sit still but its more or less the same as no 2.

thank you for your time!


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This post has been edited by emefze: Feb 14 2015, 07:46 PM

Yes , it is a form of shell rot .

shell rot is common among wild semi aquatic turtles
die soon
dont take yr turtle to pet veterinarian, it just waste yr mother's money
slowly observe turtle die peace

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See how some varies among clutch mates !

i wish to adopt one or two for my daughter..
we had a couple but we released them - moved house.

these were released to a lake in Kuantan


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What a beautiful sight Sam!