Taking in a Blind RES for a rescue, anyone ever take care of one before? I was thinking of putting him in my 90 Gal set-up with the rest of my Maps and RES, and feeding him separately. Anyone see a issue with this? Is he better off in his own small;er tank?
Anyone ever take care of a blind Turtle?
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I would start him off in his own tank. That way there is no comp for food, and you can monitor and train him to hunt by vibration as well. Try putting food in front of him and causing vibrations with it on the waters surface so he can locate it.
well I feed all my Turtles outside the AST in a separate container so their tank stays clean, water changes on a 90 gal are no fun LOL. But as to actually living in the 90 gal, anyone think that a good idea?
I agree with keeping him separate from the rest of your collection.. Also turtles have a great sense of smell so it should be able to find food without any issues.
Scent is a big turt sence but only more important then sigth in musks, muds, snappers and soft shells. Cooters, sliders, painteds, diamont backs, box turtles, sea turtles,etc, are primarily visually oriented species.Conner;4524193; said:
There's a guy who posts on another forum (Kingsnake?), who keeps a blind RES and it has no problem hunting food by scent alone. Many years ago I rehabbed a friend's RES who had gotten swollen, closed eyes from an untreated respiratory infection. I used a syringe to gut load medium smallish goldfish with antibiotic and then I held the RES out of water and kind of bopped him in the snout gently with the fish till he snapped at it, then put him in the water to swallow it. Hope you don't have to use measures this extreme.