Need help with my soft shelled turtle

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Datnoid101

Datnoid101

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I've noticed my turtle has lost its appetite and is now showing a swelling in his neck. Any ideas on the problem and what I can do to help it?
I've had it since it was and inch and its now 5" diameter. I've been feeding it reptomin, repto treats, and freeze dried shrimp. Its currently in a 20g long with no filtration. I change 100% water every 3-4 days.
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Get a filter going.

Does it have a basking light? When softshells feel bad they like to bask out of the water.
 
I think the problem lies, as others have suggested, in the water. The water even looks bad....
 
MANY things wrong here:nilly: were do you want me to start? Your turtle is lucky to be as other wise healty as she seems to be:WHOA: You have a too small aquarim for her, a too low water level for her, you shouldnt be keeping her outside like that, you need a filter, a water heater, a ligthing sistem and your giving her a incomplete diet. You need a much bigger tank for that softy wich by the way is chinese softshell turtle Pelodiscus sinensis. For this guys at least a meter long tank is a must. A good water level would be about 25 cm. Youll need a powerfull filter as this guys both produce allot of waste but at the same time are sensitive to that waste. Also a heater is a absolute must as well as indoor housing for most of the year, this turtles are TROPICAL they dont take temps bellow 20c very well as well it compromises their imune sistem. 26-28 Celcious are ideal. You will need a uv ligth as well. Lets keep on the diet the reptomin to wich you can ad mealworms, crickets, grasshopers,snails and earthworms. You can ad very small quantitys of grounded meat or fish fillets. You turtle problem is likely of being cold. Do this alterations and thenn we will see:)
 
I live in a tropical climate. I will move the turtle to a 120g wide with a fx5. The water in the pic is actually clean, its just the algae builup on the inside and the dog hair on the outside. By UV light, do mean as in a germicidal UV like a coralife UV? I have a 18watt laying around that I can add. And by adding mealworms, crickets, grasshopers,snails and earthworms to its diet this will make it more complete? Dont pelletized foods offer higher vitamins and minerals plus easily assimilated protiens? I'll try and fix the problems and keep this updated. Thanks guys
 
Datnoid101;2358269; said:
I live in a tropical climate. I will move the turtle to a 120g wide with a fx5. The water in the pic is actually clean, its just the algae builup on the inside and the dog hair on the outside. By UV light, do mean as in a germicidal UV like a coralife UV? I have a 18watt laying around that I can add. And by adding mealworms, crickets, grasshopers,snails and earthworms to its diet this will make it more complete? Dont pelletized foods offer higher vitamins and minerals plus easily assimilated protiens? I'll try and fix the problems and keep this updated. Thanks guys
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Uv ligth its a special ligth bulb that simulates the sun ligth, not one of thouse. It made specificaly for reptiles. Do you live in Asia? If yes were? If its on like Singapure, Filipines or South Florida you could much likely keep her outside all year, but of corse the habitat needs to be more complex than the one you corrently house her in. Someting like a garden pond would be ideal in wich case you can ad aquatic plants, a sand botton and possibly you can skip the tecnical aspects because nature will give her all she needs;) And yes thouse foods will make her much healtier, you can also ad pleco pellets for fiber. Predator pellets like ciclid foods and koi food will also be acepted:D
 
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