2006-12-27 14:51:45 · 11 answers · asked by serendipity 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
might be cold. Make sure the temperature in their habitat and swimming water is in the mid 70's at bare minimum with basking areas up to 90 or so. They can't digest food if they get too cold...not to mention, some species of turtle aestivate (hibernate) at ceratin temps.
2006-12-27 14:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by AK 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love red eared sliders! Anyway, try earth worms. Sliders love food that move and I know that was a favorite for my turtles when I had them. If you can't dig up your own, try a fishing store. They sell worms for bait. Also, make sure you keep them in a tank with plenty of room. This will also encourage them eat.
PS. I used to keep my sliders in a small pond outside in the summer, so I never heated the pond. I don't think sliders need water that is that warm. They ate fine outside without heating the pool. I am sure room temperature is more than sufficient for sliders. But they do need sun light (or a sun lamp) to harden their shells. That's very important.
2006-12-27 15:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by Ven 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i tell you exactly what is going on. you've had them for about 2, 3 days now. some RES turtles don't eat when they first get to a new enviroment. like most animals. they're afraid and they dont know you yet. just give them time and they'll eat... i myself have 2, a male and female, they didn't eat their first day but as they saw i wasnt a threat then they decided to trust where they were and so they ate. so just let them get to know you and they'll get to know you. plus i hope your feeding them under water not taking them out and trying to feed them cause that just wont work they need to be under the water. well i hope that helps good luck with them.
2006-12-27 19:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by Angela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are your feeding? Just turtle food? Try a little raw liver or burger, and / or catch a couple of flies and toss them in. Do you have enough water for them to swim in, and a sunning rock for them to crawl onto, as well as an aquarium heater to keep the water warm?
2006-12-27 14:58:57 · answer #4 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Feeder products: stay feeder fish (guppies, goldfish, minnows), earthworms, crickets, waxworms, earthworms, silkworms, aquatic snails, blood worms, daphnia, shrimp, krill, mealworms. for terribly small turtles, prey would would desire to be decrease into smaller products. larger turtles would be presented larger products like tadpoles. Leafy vegetables: collard, mustard and dandelion vegetables, kale, bok choy. Head (iceberg) lettuce shouldn't in any respect be feed because it incorporates little or no food, yet dark green leaf lettuces (e.g romaine) would be feed sparingly Aquatic vegetation: in an aquarium or pond you may upload aquatic vegetation on which turtles generally like to snack. Submerged vegetation like anacharis are generally eaten, as are water hyacinth, water lettuce, duckweed, azolla (fairy moss), and frog-bit. different vegetables: carrots (tops are wonderful too), squash and green beans. supplementations a stable reptile multivitamin with calcium and nutrition D3 shoule be mixed with the nutrition a pair of situations a week. additionally, an dazzling thank you to offer further calcium is through putting a cuttlebone in the turtle tank. those are generally avaiable in the poultry section, and that they may well be affixed to the tank or in basic terms floated in the water Set them on a 20 gallon tank consistent with dozen turtles . supply them with a dry land section and a shallow water section. Newborns would desire to comprehend the paintings of floating and staying underwater for long sessions of time. do no longer assume that they are going to stay to tell the tale in basic terms with water. new child crimson-Ear sliders can definitely drown in case you ignore them a dry land section. The water would desire to be no longer too deep. As with person sliders, newborns would desire to have their complete spectrum easy. So do no longer forget to comprise that during the tank. the entire spectrum easy will help the new child shells to harden. shop the water smartly sparkling. in case you do not have a clear out replace the water each 2 days. it particularly is particularly significant when you consider that toddler sliders are extra services to getting eye infections (that could go away them blind for existence or perhaps kill them) than person sliders. shop the water smartly sparkling, supply him with an entire spectrum easy, shop him heat (approximately 80 tiers), and upload nutrition supplementations to his weight loss plan. verify the supplementations are intense in nutrition A and calc they are friendly yet constantly wash your palms after, some carry salomales
2016-12-15 09:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you have the right temps in your enclosure and be paitient may take up to a week for it to eat.
2006-12-27 14:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by lastmanstandin_31 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/caresheet-red_ear_slider.htm
This is exactly why animals should not be given as gifts, people dont research.
Turtles are high maitenance and expensive to keep.
2006-12-27 16:11:23 · answer #7 · answered by lady_crotalus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is completely normal for a new turt to do that.. they jsut have to get used to their surroundings.. there is nothing to worry about
2006-12-28 05:57:17 · answer #8 · answered by desiredflaw14 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.austinsturtlepage.com It tells you everything!!!
2006-12-29 06:56:23 · answer #9 · answered by Tuna 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try offering him live food.. nightcrawlers work really well :)
2006-12-28 08:37:27 · answer #10 · answered by Kallan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋