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Help with a new turtle!?
About 3 days ago, i went down to china town in LA to buy
some fireworks for 4th of july, and i found a little turtle for sale, and he was only 3 dollers, so i decided i needed a new pet, and bought him.
He came with some food in a little plastic baggy, and a small tank. the base of the tank is 6X3 inches, and it is 4 inches high, with about 1 inch of small rocks and 1 1/2 inches of water. I named the turtle Jiblet, he is a red eared slider, and he is about an inch long.
What i need to know is pretty much everything there is about turtle care! Like what i should feed it (right now im feeding it 3 small pieces of baby turtle food a day), when i should get a bigger tank, how big the tank should be, what i should put inside it, and anything else i missed!
Thanks in advance!
(Am I the dude that is Level 7 with the best answers? I have been keeping turtles and such for about 35 years, and do a lot of research to try to make sure I give good info.)
Red-ears are big, aggressive adults, and they take a little work to take care of the right way. In fact, we often say it will cost you $150-300 for a good habitat.
Pond turtles, like Red-ears, want three basic things:
1. Good water- figure a lot of water (at least 10 gallons per inch of shell length), that is kept warm (figure 75-80F, use a in-water heater), and kept very clean (use an external filter rated 2-3 times the size of the aquarium used).
2. Good sun- provide a basking site they can get on easily and safely- do not use rocks, a beach, etc., and the basking site should overhang the water. Warm the basking site up to about 90F with a simple light bulb or basking bulb that is on about 12-14 hours a day. UVB light is helpful but not critical.
3. Good diet- try 1/2 good brand name pellets (Reptomin or Mazuri are good), and 1/2 live or frozen/thawed ‘fish foods’ like worms, insects, arthropods, shrimp, snails, beef heart, etc. As it gets older, it will eat more vegetation- but that is a couple years away.
A great starter website you can try is http://www.redearslider.com
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