my 3-4 month (i think) old red ear slider had never eaten while in my care. I get him/her (too little to tell!) in mid august, and recently got correct heating and a larger enclosure. he was still not eating pellets, vegetables, crickets, mealworms, earthworms, tuna, chicken, eggs, cat food, or dog food... i tried everything! so i bought fluker's repta-aid herbivore emergency-aid and have been mixing .5 grams with 1 mL of water and 2 soaked pelets, occasionally adding repto-cal. i feed it with a syringe, the kind with no needle attached, and he eats it pretty willingly. i have been doing this for three days now, once a day, and i notice a huge improvement in energy and happiness. i always make sure i allow him to be in the water between squirts in order to let him swallow and if he gets too stressed i leave him alone. my question is, is this safe? he still isn't eating on his own and i don't know what else to do.
oh, and by the way, he's about 1.5 inches, although i've never measured with a ruler or anything.
