i bought this turtle at a swap meet 2 sundays ago. first thing i notice was he wasn't very active like the rest of the turtles that were kept in a half gallon tank (yeah i know very small). he just layed as low as he could get, to submerge his entire body under the water. i brought him home in a sandwich bag that was filled half way with water (that was how they gift wraped him for me). poor turtles if i could i would buy them all.
it's been two weeks and 2 days since i've had him and he hasn't eatin at all. for all i know he was probably handled poorly and is stressed out before i got to him. he's just a baby. he's probably 1 1/2 inch long. the first day i had him, i let him roam around my little garden outside while i was out getting him his tank, light, food etc.... when i came back he was still in the same place i left him. i would take him out of his tank and let him roam around my apartment but he just doesn't move. in his tank he'll just swim back and forth just like pacing. he hasn't tried out his basking dock. he'll poke out his head occasionally at the light and go back pacing. or sometimes he'll just lay between a plant or decorative rocks. i have his light on the dock so i don't know what the problem is. i tried mixing his sticks with sardine, shrimp, tuna. he just doesn't want to eat at all. i tried having the water warmer but that didn't help. his water now is 77 or 78 it's close to 80. so....i don't know what's wrong. i give a day or two before i take him to see a vet. does anyone know what to do to help. thank you.
oh i also forgot.....i bought 4 teeny tiny guppies and they're still in there swimming around. and crikets. it's still hopping on his dock. and peices of worms.