new RES

[sixpack_ey]

I just adopted a red eared slider turtle. It had been living in a 2 ft x 2 ft tuperware container for the last 11 years!! It is now in my 180 gallon paludarium. I would like some advice for keeping her. I've been feeding her commercially bought turtle food, plus fresh fruits and live crickets and mealworms. I take her out and feed her in a seperate container to keep the tank cleaner. I also take her outside and let her crawl around our flower bed sometimes. She had not been outside since she was a tiny baby eleven years ago. Her plastic tup was sitting on the top of a refrigerator by a window in a laundry room. But, she is much happier now. Is there any advice or tips anyone has to offer?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

A 2'x2' tub for a female slider! WOW, how cruel. Well so far it sounds like you are doing a good job. So what kind of lighting do you have in the tank? Because RES are basking turtles they should have access to a UVB basking lamp along with a dry place to get out of the water and bask. You can also let the turtle have access to natural sunlight a few hours a week. The diet you're feeding her looks good but I'd feed more leafy greens like kale, spinach, collard greens and maybe some water plants like Anacharis.

 

[coura]

A 2'x2' tub for a female slider! WOW, how cruel. Well so far it sounds like you are doing a good job. So what kind of lighting do you have in the tank? Because RES are basking turtles they should have access to a UVB basking lamp along with a dry place to get out of the water and bask. You can also let the turtle have access to natural sunlight a few hours a week. The diet you're feeding her looks good but I'd feed more leafy greens like kale, spinach, collard greens and maybe some water plants like Anacharis.

Everything you said Vicious minus the spinach part, to rich in oxalates. insted try also some chicory and turnip greens. One of the things that make turts really happy is an outdoors habitat. Try also anapsid.org. Good luck

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Everything you said Vicious minus the spinach part, to rich in oxalates. insted try also some chicory and turnip greens. One of the things that make turts really happy is an outdoors habitat. Try also anapsid.org. Good luck

Sorry, it's been a while since I kept basking turtles. I haven't heard all the new findings. When I had iguanas I fed them spinach every now and then and I would throw some to my Chrysemys picta as well. I never noticed any problems from it but they only got it maybe once a week at the most.

 

[coura]

Sorry, it's been a while since I kept basking turtles. I haven't heard all the new findings. When I had iguanas I fed them spinach every now and then and I would throw some to my Chrysemys picta as well. I never noticed any problems from it but they only got it maybe once a week at the most.

Only once in a wile doesant hurt but there are some bether vegies

 

[phantoms]

dandelion greens too