Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:31 pm TURTLE WILL NOT EAT!!!
ok, look, i'm starting to get sick of this BS. Its been about over a week now that i've had this guy and he won't freaking eat! i put him in his separate feeding tank, give him fish, apples, romaine lettuce, spinach, turtle pellets, ect... But HE WILL NOT EAT! I give up, whatever, i'll keep putting him in his feeding tank everyonther day until he either eats, or dies, i mean this is rediculous. Its his fault if he dies, i've given him a 60 gallon tank with fresh clean water thats been changed twice a week, his water is kept at 78-80F, he has a strong UVB lamp and a UVA basking lamp with a turtle dock ( the basking temp is about 90F ), he has an awsome water filter, i mean i take care of the damn thing oh so well that if he dies its all on him. And what do the idiots at the pet shop say, oh maybe he's just full, it takes about a week or two for him to get used to his new habitat, just like when they told me that useing small pebbles as substarte was good....ummmm no, he can eat that and cause trouble within his body, i got large smooth white rocks/pebbles...very large...the store is Laguna Beach, CA's Petco. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME AN EXPLAINATION AS OF TO WHY A PERFECTLY HEALTHY RES BEING KEPT UNDER THE MOST PROPER OF CONDITIONS WOULD NOT WANT TO EAT?!?!?!?!?!