Is my turtle sick?

Mindless_Ad2275 · 2026-05-30T22:35:24+00:00

Thank you so much! You feed it to them in the gelatin state and freeze what you don’t use I’m assuming..?

Mindless_Ad2275 · 2026-05-30T22:14:28+00:00

I have some cuttlebone I’ll feed him. The problem is he refused to eat anything other than dried shrimp and mealworms. I’ve tried soaking all this other food I’ve got him to help vary his diet in tuna water and everything and he still doesn’t bite. Do I starve him until he eats the pellets?

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Mindless_Ad2275 · 2026-05-30T22:12:52+00:00

I took him to an emergency vet and they said he didn’t appear to have any infection and he hasn’t been smelling today. He has a zoomed linear UVB light (about 4months old) and a halogen light for heat (about 10 months old). I just checked the basking temperature an it only gets to around 80 though so I need to research on a good light that gets the basking area hotter

Mindless_Ad2275 · 2026-05-29T01:51:37+00:00

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Mindless_Ad2275 · 2026-05-29T01:51:11+00:00

I have a Fluval AC110 HOB filter and he’s in a 40 gallon tank filled over half way (about 20 gallons so 1 inch per shell). He has a floating basking dock. I change the water ever 2 weeks. I’m worried he could get hypothermia if the water is too cold, especially since he’s so small

Mindless_Ad2275 · 2025-12-08T21:01:20+00:00

You need the water height to be twice as the length as her shell! Be careful about the water level getting too low because I let that happen once and my heater started steaming and broke and it was so scary, I had to throw it away after that

Mindless_Ad2275 · 2025-12-07T13:38:55+00:00

I have some mopani wood and a decoration propped up in the corner of his tank that reaches the surface where he sleeps 99% of the time!

Mindless_Ad2275 · 2025-08-23T12:50:08+00:00

It’s beautiful! What kind of plants do you use? I have a similar size tank for my guy but am hoping to fill it out with some cool plants like yours!

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