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I feel like I'm not doing a good job with my baby turtle - am I doing something wrong?
I bought my baby Southern Painted on Monday (today is Wednesday) and he is TINY. I set him up in a 20 gallon aquarium and filled it a little less than halfway. I gave him some nice rocks and stuff to hide around and investigate, I also got him a basking log and a shore area. He has a UVB bulb and a nocturnal (it gives off red light) heat lamp on during the day and I keep only the nocturnal heat lamp on at night.
He has a good filter and the water temperature is 76-78 degrees. The ambient temperature is room temperature, but it’s about 82.5 under the heat lamp.
I’m mainly worried about feeding … I don’t really know how to do it. I tried throwing him some floating pellets in (that’s what they fed him at the pet store) but he wouldn’t eat them … at least, he didn’t eat them when I was around. Who knows, he’s so small he may have pigged out. I freaked out and threw a bunch of pebbles in and now they’re decomposing at the bottom of the tank (haha) so I have to clean it out tomorrow and try this approach again. I tried giving him some romaine lettuce and a little smooshed banana but he wasn’t into that.
He’s a pooping machine though … so maybe he is eating behind my back?
Also the poor guy is TERRIFED of me, every time I walk into the room, he jumps off his basking log and hides around a rock somewhere. I was told that if I handle him twice a day, he’ll get used to me quickly and won’t be so scared … but I don’t want to stress him out.
Any help?
Thanks guys
Not bad.
However, the water temperature is a bit too high. They live near southern Ontario, so I would aim at 74F.
The basking temperature is also a bit low. It should be high 80’s to low 90’s, so I would suggest you keep it at a steady 89-91F.
The ambient air temperature is also a bit low. It should be from the low to mid 80’s, so I would aim at 83F. The temperature under the lamp is perfect as the ambient air temperature.
When your painted turtle is a bit bigger like at 3 inches, I would add a UVA lamp as well.
You say feeding’s the problem, right? Turtles may go days or even weeks without eating once in a new home. They will slowly adjust to their new enviroment.
Hatchlings are more carnivourous thus need more protein. Good foods are snails, crickets and assorted worms and insects, as well as feeder fish such as guppies and rosy red minnows. I would not do goldfish and crayfish because they are medium to high risk foods.
Good pellets are Reptomin, Mazuri freshwater turtle diet, and Rep-Cal.
Young turtles usually won’t eat much veggies if their that small, so I would wait for another few weeks.
Romaine isn’t very good. They can be fed on occasion, but should not be a staple.
Bananas and other fruits should be rare treats, as these turtles don’t eat fruit in the wild.
Whoever told you to handle him often is uneducated. Handling twice a day will stress the little guy and he may die. Handling is not the way. You should let him adjust to his new enviroment, then approach him day by day until he feels comfortable around you.
Skywalker | Feb 03, 2010
First of all, do not handle your turtle any more than absolutely necessary; it needs to get used to its new environment, and you should never handle a turtle more than necessary because they never like to be handled. It will get used to you and come to see you as a source of food.
Secondly, you should get the tank cleaned out and get a filter for it, or you will have to clean it out twice a week. You should also only feed it a few baby turtle pellets once a day, though you should really try to also feed it things like earth worms, bait fish and small amounts of liver, which are healthier than pellets alone. Do not feed it any significant amount of vegetable matter until it is a few years old; for now the most you should do is occasionally give it a tiny bit of duckweed, SAV, carrot shavings, or dark greens(excluding spinach).
Also, do not leave even a red light on at night because it will interfere with the turtle’s sleeping pattern, and you really want it to be a little a little bit cooler at night to simulate natural conditions anyway; even the slightest amount of light tends to keep my painted turtles up.
Just to make the tank easier to maintain, you could do away with all of the rocks aside from the basking spot because it does not need them. I like to use a floating plastic plant as an in tank cover because it does not cause any maintenance issues and there is less risk that the turtle will become trapped.
Harry Haller | Feb 03, 2010
I agree with the other poster, however the only thing I would suggest is that you add a UVA/UVB lamp now rather than later. I wouldn’t bother keeping a heat lamp on at night unless your room becomes very cold, but most of the time they will sleep underwater anyways so if the water is warm it shouldn’t be a problem. I help run a website about terrapins of all sorts, feel free to check it out or post on the forum if you have any more questions!
www.terrapin-info.co.uk
Maria | Feb 03, 2010
http://www.redearslider.com/index_basic_ care.html I know it says RES but the care should be the same except maybe temps
Steven | Feb 03, 2010
The previous posters had good advice. I had painted turtles and they became very personable with time. Once they figured out I was a food source they would paddle over to check me out, but I didn’t handle them very much. Turtles are the kind of animals that should be treated as a display animal.
The only thing I can add is a little trick to keep the tank clean. I used to feed my turtles in a rubbermaid tub with warm water. I would leave them in there for about an hour or so after eating. They would eat, poop and then go back to the tank. Since there were no scraps of food and much less poop in the tank, it was easier to keep the tank clean.
Steven | Feb 03, 2010
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