My new Southern Painted

[wolfsburgfanatic]

Went to a local show today and picked up a southern painted (Chrysemys picta dorsalis). Wasn't really planning on bringing anything home but I've got a soft spot for aquatic turtles and I couldn't resist. Plus its more experience before I pick up that FRT one day right?

 

[bfhslilred93]

aww hes adorable good luck with him

 

[woofy]

how cute. may i ask how much? im just curious on the prics at shows. he is tooooo cute, i never have luck with babies so small im doing something wrong. good luck with that cutie

 

[reptech]

nice pick up its cute

 

[wolfsburgfanatic]

Thanks everyone

how cute. may i ask how much? im just curious on the prics at shows.

$12, but I've seen them for less at other shows

 

[Jfitz]

hahaha, so cute

 

[wolfsburgfanatic]

All he did yesterday was bask, and as soon as I turned the lights off he decided to swim all night. I was so worried he was gonna get trapped under the dock and drown or something.... So far so good though

He didn't eat for me last night (figure hes stressed from the move and all) but how long should I wait before I get worried? Our Florida Peninsula Cooter has always been a pig ( at least as long as I can remember) so I don't know how long a turtle can go on a hunger strike. Tips/tricks/advice welcome

 

[coura]

Blood worms, artemia and mosquito larvae are good snaks for it Also get rid of that colored substrate, it can stress your turtle(it already stressed me) and bits of food will hide in there far away from her reach. Also it will make daily cleaning harder. Bare botom its best. I would recomend that once she starts to eat normaly you change the water every day. Get some plastic or real plants and let them float many baby turts like to hang in there, make shure she stays warm(a good temp would be 26 celcius) and give her uv ligth

 

[wolfsburgfanatic]

Blood worms, artemia and mosquito larvae are good snaks for it Also get rid of that colored substrate, it can stress your turtle(it already stressed me) and bits of food will hide in there far away from her reach. Also it will make daily cleaning harder. Bare botom its best. I would recomend that once she starts to eat normaly you change the water every day. Get some plastic or real plants and let them float many baby turts like to hang in there, make shure she stays warm(a good temp would be 26 celcius) and give her uv ligth

thanks for the info, I was hoping you'd chime in coura

the substrate is just a holdover since the tank was my QT tank up till yesterday. I could change it out for black gravel, I just don't like bare bottom (My QT tank was originally bare bottom but it never looked clean and that bothered me). I will float some plants in there tommorrow. There's not enough water depth to run a heater, but the heat light seems to be keeping the water at 78 degrees for now which should be okay. UVB light will be up tommorrow, just had to wait for my next paycheck.

 

[coura]

thanks for the info, I was hoping you'd chime in coura

the substrate is just a holdover since the tank was my QT tank up till yesterday. I could change it out for black gravel, I just don't like bare bottom (My QT tank was originally bare bottom but it never looked clean and that bothered me). I will float some plants in there tommorrow. There's not enough water depth to run a heater, but the heat light seems to be keeping the water at 78 degrees for now which should be okay. UVB light will be up tommorrow, just had to wait for my next paycheck.

The heat from the ligth aint enough as will not retain far during the nigth and its still kind of low. You can icrease the water deaph to about 10cm wich is enough for a water heater layed down. And you should like bare botom. Substrate aint anithing but trobble with turts