Red Olguera - 2012-05-02 By the way, i previously bought 2 baby red eared sliders about 1 1/2 inches, before I got the bigger ones and the stupid pet shop told us that we can keep them in a 2-gallon aquarium. They recommended turtle pellet (a big one) and said that it was for baby turtles. We lacked information for taking care of these turtles and we were so excited to have them we didn't have time to research because we believed in the stupid pet shop. Sadly, the female one did not eat for days and died :( the male eats the pellets but later died after 5 days after the other one died. I believe the female died because of respiratory infection because she is coughing and hard time being under the water. We wanted to bring her to a herpetologist but sadly there are no herp around here :( I believe the male died because he was sad.. Now we learned our lesson and i recommend to RESEARCH first BEFORE YOU OWN/BUY one.. :(((
Red Olguera - 2012-05-02 I bought 2 baby RES (one is about 2.6 inches and the other is about 2.3 inches), they have 50 gal. tank with 35gal of water in it, a basking site, a heat lamp, a powerful filter 1500gal/hr, water conditioner, vitamins for water, floating cuttlebone, tankmates consisting of 2 black moors, 5 black mollies, and feeder shrimps. I feed them every day alternate of turtle food, mealworms, freshly killed feeder guppies (because they cant chase them if they are alive! hehehe!), fish pellets, chopped carrots and greens. They also eat insects that fall onto the water! I change the water tank once a week and partially on its 4th day. I brush their shells with a soft toothbrush and they liked it! I dunno if they are both male or female but I guess, from the way they look that they are both females.. :) when I arrive from work they swim towards me! (because I always give them food when I arrive xD) I expose them to direct sunlight every 7:00 a.m. or 8:00 A.M. in the morning before i go to work. I also have southeast asian box turtle which i saved from a nasty pet shop.
By the way, I live here in the Philippines! :)) Nice to meet you guys! :)
peter lamborn - 2012-04-26 I have an older red eared slider male in a pond liner with 3 females. Usually an avid eater, he now seems to have pain or something else making eating difficult. He comes out when I feed, but will go very tentatively up to the sticks, try to eat but then shrink away for some reason, seeming to have trouble taking the food into his mouth. He doesn't seem otherwise ill; he swims and tries to climb up the walls of the pond as always. This has me very concerned, though. Any ideas?
Erika Wolf - 2012-03-27 How many years do these turtles live up to and how big do they get?
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Charlie Roche - 2012-03-27 They get to be between 8 to 11 inches - 11 inches being large. Theire life expectancy is really a broad range going from 20 - 70 years. A lot depends on enviornment and food. Mom and pops genetics have to figure in there too.
Geri Willingham - 2012-03-26 We've had our female slider for 8 yrs and have rebuilt the outside pond twice as she's grown; she's over 10 inches now. She's laid eggs at least 4 times that we know about; only 3 hatchlings have survived, one male now 1-1/2 yrs old and two brand new ones - who were adorable with great bold personalities. Yesterday, by chance my husband saw Matilda eating one of the babies! He grabbed her but she had already bitten off the front legs and it was dying. I cannot describe how devastating this has been. We managed to get the other baby out and have it in a separate container for now. Is there an explanation for this behavior? Maybe she needs more space or we should release her somewhere where there are other sliders in a lake. First, is the surviving baby ok alone for now? The older male is still with her but nearly 6-7 inches now; I neglected to say that his mother took a small bite from his shell at an early age; he survived this and seems quite healthy. Thanks so much for any advice.
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Charlie Roche - 2012-03-26 Red-eared Sliders eat meat and they are also creatures of prey. They do not have anything to do with the rearing of their young and would see them primarily as food. It is just nature and normally the young would get pretty far away from the big guys. You would have to remove the young from the parents in order to protect them. Sorry - but nature.
Morgan - 2012-03-24 i have 2 RES, both females i believe. i got the second one not too long ago because her previous owner was not taking care of her properly. she 's eating well, but she hisses and tries to snap at everything. could it be possible that she has " trust issues "? i would really love for her to feel safe and protected but im not too sure how. please help * : /
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-03-24 Handle her daily. Make sure it knows you are the one feeding. Spend a lot of time around the tank so it gets use to movements. It will relax, just needs to know you arent a predator.
brian - 2010-08-03 Can someone tell me why my adult red eared slider won't eat? I feed it every day and it ate until 2 days ago after I gave it a piece of meat (cooked). My turtle is about 6 inches long.
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Wendell - 2010-08-07 Has the turtle deficated (pooped)? If so maybe you could try some zucchini or another vegetable. How much meat did you feed it- perhaps it was too much? It may do better w worms or crickets after it's feeling well enough to eat. If it goes for awhile longer w/o eating try take it to the vet.
Esther - 2011-05-18 I have 2 red earred sliders. I don't know if 1 is bigger then the other, even when they are the same age. I hope you have some info.
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tina - 2012-01-28 I have 2 res turtles I bought them when they were around 2 years old ,they were the same size ,i had them now for about 3 years one is around 6 inch and the other is only half the size the bigger one was always eating and the smallest one was always sleeping in the bottom ,,I got a uva and uvb lite and now the litle one is eating and growing!!
Christopher - 2011-08-11 Dear charlie uae stands United arab emirates
I hope your lightbulb is heading there now
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Charlie Roche - 2011-08-11 AHHH sorry the lightbulb is on now. You should be fine with some sort of regular lightbulb for basking - and a UV bulb for sunlight. Every time I see pictures of Saudi Arabia - the sun is shining. Let them be ouside a little. We (my company) installed (honest) telephone billing software for the Riad airport there about 1987... I had to do the contract in the US so the guys came here - most enjoyable experience and an excellent installation. Now it is just about 30 years later and you and I are emailing and talking about lovebirds and turtles. Love it. Thank you.
The Red Eared Slider has been a favorite household pet for many years!
By the way, i previously bought 2 baby red eared sliders about 1 1/2 inches, before I got the bigger ones and the stupid pet shop told us that we can keep them in a 2-gallon aquarium. They recommended turtle pellet (a big one) and said that it was for baby turtles. We lacked information for taking care of these turtles and we were so excited to have them we didn't have time to research because we believed in the stupid pet shop. Sadly, the female one did not eat for days and died :( the male eats the pellets but later died after 5 days after the other one died. I believe the female died because of respiratory infection because she is coughing and hard time being under the water. We wanted to bring her to a herpetologist but sadly there are no herp around here :( I believe the male died because he was sad.. Now we learned our lesson and i recommend to RESEARCH first BEFORE YOU OWN/BUY one.. :(((
I bought 2 baby RES (one is about 2.6 inches and the other is about 2.3 inches), they have 50 gal. tank with 35gal of water in it, a basking site, a heat lamp, a powerful filter 1500gal/hr, water conditioner, vitamins for water, floating cuttlebone, tankmates consisting of 2 black moors, 5 black mollies, and feeder shrimps. I feed them every day alternate of turtle food, mealworms, freshly killed feeder guppies (because they cant chase them if they are alive! hehehe!), fish pellets, chopped carrots and greens. They also eat insects that fall onto the water! I change the water tank once a week and partially on its 4th day. I brush their shells with a soft toothbrush and they liked it! I dunno if they are both male or female but I guess, from the way they look that they are both females.. :) when I arrive from work they swim towards me! (because I always give them food when I arrive xD) I expose them to direct sunlight every 7:00 a.m. or 8:00 A.M. in the morning before i go to work. I also have southeast asian box turtle which i saved from a nasty pet shop.
By the way, I live here in the Philippines! :))
Nice to meet you guys! :)
I have an older red eared slider male in a pond liner with 3 females. Usually an avid eater, he now seems to have pain or something else making eating difficult. He comes out when I feed, but will go very tentatively up to the sticks, try to eat but then shrink away for some reason, seeming to have trouble taking the food into his mouth. He doesn't seem otherwise ill; he swims and tries to climb up the walls of the pond as always. This has me very concerned, though. Any ideas?
How many years do these turtles live up to and how big do they get?
They get to be between 8 to 11 inches - 11 inches being large. Theire life expectancy is really a broad range going from 20 - 70 years. A lot depends on enviornment and food.
Mom and pops genetics have to figure in there too.
We've had our female slider for 8 yrs and have rebuilt the outside pond twice as she's grown; she's over 10 inches now. She's laid eggs at least 4 times that we know about; only 3 hatchlings have survived, one male now 1-1/2 yrs old and two brand new ones - who were adorable with great bold personalities. Yesterday, by chance my husband saw Matilda eating one of the babies! He grabbed her but she had already bitten off the front legs and it was dying. I cannot describe how devastating this has been.
We managed to get the other baby out and have it in a separate container for now. Is there an explanation for this behavior? Maybe she
needs more space or we should release her somewhere where there are
other sliders in a lake. First, is the surviving baby ok alone for now?
The older male is still with her but nearly 6-7 inches now; I neglected to say that his mother took a small bite from his shell at an early age; he survived this and seems quite healthy. Thanks so much for any advice.
Red-eared Sliders eat meat and they are also creatures of prey. They do not have anything to do with the rearing of their young and would see them primarily as food. It is just nature and normally the young would get pretty far away from the big guys. You would have to remove the young from the parents in order to protect them. Sorry - but nature.
i have 2 RES, both females i believe. i got the second one not too long ago because her previous owner was not taking care of her properly. she 's eating well, but she hisses and tries to snap at everything. could it be possible that she has " trust issues "? i would really love for her to feel safe and protected but im not too sure how. please help * : /
Handle her daily. Make sure it knows you are the one feeding. Spend a lot of time around the tank so it gets use to movements. It will relax, just needs to know you arent a predator.
Can someone tell me why my adult red eared slider won't eat? I feed it every day and it ate until 2 days ago after I gave it a piece of meat (cooked). My turtle is about 6 inches long.
Has the turtle deficated (pooped)? If so maybe you could try some zucchini or another vegetable. How much meat did you feed it- perhaps it was too much? It may do better w worms or crickets after it's feeling well enough to eat. If it goes for awhile longer w/o eating try take it to the vet.
I have 2 red ear sliders. They are really tamed they come up when I call their names!!!
That's awesome!! Did you train them to respond like that? I have a small one, would love it if he could do that.
I have 2 red earred sliders. I don't know if 1 is bigger then the other, even when they are the same age. I hope you have some info.
I have 2 res turtles I bought them when they were around 2 years old ,they were the same size ,i had them now for about 3 years one is around 6 inch and the other is only half the size the bigger one was always eating and the smallest one was always sleeping in the bottom ,,I got a uva and uvb lite and now the litle one is eating and growing!!
Dear charlie uae stands United arab emirates
I hope your lightbulb is heading there now
AHHH sorry the lightbulb is on now. You should be fine with some sort of regular lightbulb for basking - and a UV bulb for sunlight. Every time I see pictures of Saudi Arabia - the sun is shining. Let them be ouside a little. We (my company) installed (honest) telephone billing software for the Riad airport there about 1987... I had to do the contract in the US so the guys came here - most enjoyable experience and an excellent installation. Now it is just about 30 years later and you and I are emailing and talking about lovebirds and turtles. Love it. Thank you.