its floating without moving and its still alive!what should i do about the floating thing?
2006-07-06 12:51:00 · 12 answers · asked by ♥cняísтíиα 4 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Your turtle sounds like it is suffering from a deficiency in its diet... the commercially available pellets for turtles are good..but you should also feed live fish... minnows..or goldfish depending on the size of your turtles. If its not too late.. ( and it might be at this stage).. remove him from the tank..( make sure your water is clean..) ( use drops for fish tanks that remove chlorine and chloramine). and keep him warm in an isolation tank..... low water levels...just enough to keep him wet...but so that he does not have to struggle to keep afloat. Get some vitamen drops specially formulated for turtles...and give him some orally. If you notice an improvement with warmth ( don't cook him ) and vitamens.... then you 'll know this was the problem... the solution is to add things to his diet that he would normally eat in the wild..
I feed mine earthworms.. diced apples.. goldfish.. minnows.. and any leftover frozen shrimp from shrimp platters.. ( they LOVE this ). I have six of them.. and mine are as big as dinner plates. Two of them are over 25 years old.
good luck.... i'll be hoping for a full recovery.
L
2006-07-06 13:02:50 · answer #1 · answered by blondie839 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Red-eared sliders are marine reptiles, who can float or submerge without the aid of appendages. Just by breathing and keeping balance, your turtle could float forever. What's stranger to see than a floating red-eared, is one sleeping at the bottom of the tank, which is totally common, too. It's only made stranger by their translucent inner eye-lids.
2006-07-06 12:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by big Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The turtles are aquatic turtles,so he/ she might desire to pass decrease than water alot. I easily have 2 RES and that all of them stay underwater many of the time. SO sure hes meant to sink and swim around. appropriate of luck on your turtle
2016-12-10 05:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big Me gave you the correct answer. i will add however that you may want to be careful how much you feed them, as this is most likely not the issue here, you can overfeed them into bloating. You will notice alot more waste if this is the case.
2006-07-06 13:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by soul_scorpio7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure it has some way to climb out of the water. if it dosent stop soon, get it to a vet because when my friend's turtles do that, they inevitably die. sorry about the turtle. i hope hes ok
2006-07-06 14:39:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own red-eared sliders and i can assure you they are water turles and you should look up turtles diseases on the internet my guess is that it has a disease and needs to be treated of course it could be bloated
2006-07-06 13:13:50 · answer #6 · answered by ballroom princess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never feed your turtle goldfish. Since you have a RES I will refer you to a RES site.
2006-07-06 16:25:42 · answer #7 · answered by daredevil_girl013 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its probly sick take it to a vet.
2006-07-06 13:49:33 · answer #8 · answered by redneck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check if its alive first
2006-07-06 12:57:10 · answer #9 · answered by rockergrl202 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe its not a water turtle
o0o0 that could be ugly!
2006-07-06 12:54:02 · answer #10 · answered by ▲▼▲▼ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋