ok this morning i went to see my new 2 baby red sliders and i went to get them. when i touched them there shell was SOFT!@!@! AAHH and i know what that means soft shell diease. i know i just got them 2 days ago and there garrentee is gone. how do you cure it??
2007-05-06 10:04:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
by saying sliders i mean red ear sliders
2007-05-06 10:08:15 · update #1
You need to get them a good quality UVB light and some calcium into their diets. If you don't have UVB and it's warm outside (75o or above), take them out for natural sunlight for 15-30 minutes a day (no glass or plastic, let them out and watch them). Some degree of softness in normal in baby RES, but can't tell from here if yours are normal or not.
To be sold (legally), they have to have a shell length of 4", and by this time the shell should have hardened.
Here's a website where you can find info on RES, soft shell, and a veterinary listing for turtles by area (if you think this is necessary): http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/
I'd also suggest you repost your question in the reptiles forum (if you haven't already). You'll hopefully get a response from a user that goes by Madkins - he's the top turtle guy on the forum. He may be able to give you additional advice.
Good luck with the RES.
2007-05-06 10:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
River Hermit is right your turtles were ill before you bought them. This disease is quite fatal, it's caused by lack of sun light and poor diet. However you can save them.
Get them out into the sunlight immediately not just for a little while. For whole days at a time. You still need to provide a shady spot for them to escape the sun and whatch the water temperature. Turtles require good diets with a calcium supplement. I feed my turtles live guppies/mosquito fish and i dried shrimp. Put a cuttle fish back bone in the tank. These are rich in calcium and your turtles should try and eat it. You really need to boost the calcium in there shells in order to save them. I would even grind some of the cuttle fish bone into a powder and put in a food source and in the water and on there shells the let them run around you living room for a while while they absorb it into there shells.
When you get ontop of your soft shell disease, put them on a normal diet like the one above and play with your turtles twice a day for half an hour in the sun. Its lots of fun and great for there health.
Cheers......Mick
2007-05-06 16:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello..no matter what the stores guarantee was & whether or not they will replace them..if these turtle have soft shell disease...they were sick when you bought them & you need to #1 tell the store & #2 if they don't do anything about it DO NOT ever buy from these people or this store again !!! Best place to buy reptiles is a Reptile Store ...you can try extra calcium supplemets on their food if they are eating ok &/or Calci Sand...as a substrate...Take Care :)
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2016-09-05 09:28:30 · answer #4 · answered by smuin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bring them to the vets or look it up online.
2007-05-06 10:10:43 · answer #5 · answered by Brie 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
sliders?
2007-05-06 10:07:36 · answer #6 · answered by Yeahhhh 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋