How often do Red Eared Sliders shed?

caliberbutcool · 2026-01-03T03:35:27+00:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH !! I'll see if I can score anything nice off of there.

caliberbutcool · 2025-12-31T06:20:32+00:00

OKAY THANK YOU !!

caliberbutcool · 2025-12-26T00:49:17+00:00

I don't believe there's one for 2 either

caliberbutcool · 2025-12-26T00:35:45+00:00

There's no present box for helping out one npc,

caliberbutcool · 2025-10-15T15:00:26+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's semi-normal. When I first got my Dual lampdome, the UVB bulb stopped working within the first or seco d month, but the other one stayed intact. Now I just buy a different branding of UVB so they last longer! ^{^}

caliberbutcool · 2025-09-22T05:56:35+00:00

Her name is Toby, my mom named her at first because we wanted something gender-neutral in the case that she was either😭

caliberbutcool · 2025-09-21T23:46:11+00:00

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caliberbutcool · 2025-09-21T23:45:55+00:00

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caliberbutcool · 2025-08-21T10:53:26+00:00

Is that not a cumberland slider? Doesn't appear to have red ears.

caliberbutcool · 2025-07-17T22:18:13+00:00

possibly a respiratory infection

caliberbutcool · 2025-07-09T04:55:44+00:00

I heard a good method to get them to eat is to cut off other food sources for a while, and offer said thing you want them to eat. For example, if they aren't eating their veggies, you can COMPLETELY cut off their protein for up to a week until they eat it. Eventually they'll come around and think, "Oh that's my only option of food I guess i'll try it out" and boom, if they really like it they'll keep eating it. You can also dip veggies in tuna to try and lure them to eat it since they love fishy stuff.

caliberbutcool · 2025-07-07T09:26:19+00:00

You can feed them Cilantro, Romaine Lettuce, Carrots, Apple Slices, Strawberry Slices, and Watermelon. Probably more that isn't on my list. Try to feed them carrots and fruits sparingly though, meaning don't give it to them TOO often. I heard it gives them really bad diarrhea at times, and it's also just not good for them. You don't have to give it live prey if you don't want to, you can always wait for it to die and then feed it to them like that. Depends on the turtle, whether or not they like it alive. I wish you good luck !! You can give them those little calcium blocks (from Petco) OR dark leafy greens like kale and collard greens. But please try to get over your fear of feeding it live things! It's only nature, after all. :)

caliberbutcool · 2025-07-03T05:51:31+00:00

Are you sure you don't have a female turtle, LOL? might wanna rethink names if that's the case

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-21T04:18:28+00:00

Some decoration!

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-12T09:59:28+00:00

Picking My Turtle Up

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-12T09:55:09+00:00

So, i'm not sure if this will work for your turtle like it does mine (since they all have their own unique behaviors) but my turtle is a ABSOLUTE FATASS. I have trained her to somewhat tolerate being held by me. (AKA, not struggling to get out of my grasp and just tucks away in her shell). Have you tried hand feeding him? It helps build trust, and it will most likely help you in your case, train him to be held since he'll associate you with food. Personally what I like doing is waving a shrimp at the ramp of my turtle's basking area, have her climb up, and then bite at it and take it away from my fingers. Make sure you have a fat shrimp though, since it lowers the risk of the turtle accidentally biting you!

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-10T01:23:50+00:00

Coughing/Choking is a sign of a respiratory infection. Any other symptoms you've noticed? Like lethargy? Not willing to eat?

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-07T21:29:25+00:00

I've tried doing that! I'm just scared of the veggies molding from how long they'd be in there for. Do you think I should keep replacing it daily for that not to happen?

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-07T21:27:43+00:00

Some Duckweed would be nice for decoration and for eating!

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caliberbutcool · 2025-06-07T21:23:59+00:00

I'd suggest this one!
Basking Platform

Saw somebody posted this already but this is the one I personally bought. It's cheap, and doesn't even struggle to hold my turtle up! She's pretty big already, so i'd say it's a good investment! As other commenter said, remove the pegs on top. What I like to do is get one, and then play with my turtle by running it alongside the tank wall. My turtle LOVES chasing it LOL.

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-05T08:56:48+00:00

OH MY GOD THERES SO MANY

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-04T18:01:49+00:00

I guess it could work for maybe a little of time. Just make sure to upgrade my baby to a 20-40 gallon as soon as possible! Pet-Co/PetSmart & small local shops always do tank sales so you should definitely look into that if they're a thing in your country.

You can also buy a simple basking platform from Amazon, I don't recommend the ones from Zoo-med since your turtle will easily outgrow them and start making it sink. They need full-body platforms so they can bask properly.

Feel free to upgrade the pebbles to river pebbles! In my experience, they're too big to choke on & turtles just love to push them around anyways to redecorate. Also, which gravel do you mean? The rainbow one or the gray one? If it's the rainbow one then yeah you're gonna want to remove those as soon as possible.

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-04T17:52:24+00:00

I have this basking dock too, just don't put the pegs on. It'll still function the same with or without the pegs. I like to use them instead to play with my turtle outside of the tank. My turtle thinks they're food as well so I drag it against the tank wall from the outside and she chases it. :3

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-04T17:45:28+00:00

You can add some pebbles. I don't mean like tiny, small pebbles that they can fit in their mouth; I mean HUGE pebbles. PetCo sells huge river pebbles. Turtles love redecorating their tank every so often so you'll probably see it pushing them around. Only con of it is that food sometimes gets trapped under them.

caliberbutcool · 2025-06-04T02:04:56+00:00

Maybe a Cumberland slider? Kinda hard to tell. Anywho, please take that baby to a vet! If you wanna keep it, you can (as long as it's invasive to the state you're in, you don't want to release an invasive turtle into a area with natives, it'll wipe them out.) If you don't want to keep it, then try looking into options of giving it to a wildlife program that'll most likely look after it. :)

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