Feeding and Nutrition :: Baby RES

[Emily]

I am getting two baby red ear sliders. I need to know what to feed them. I have a bigger one, and feed him the pellets and fish and lettuce, but what should I feed the babies? They are so much smaller.

[cam722]

you can feed them the same things. Just use baby sized pellets .. Reptomin sells them. I hope you're planning on quarantining the babies and not putting them in with the larger turtle for their safety and the health of the larger one if they have any diseases.

[steve]

try here as well:

http://www.redearslider.com/index_nutrition_1.html
http://www.redearslider.com/index_nutrition_2.html

[Emily]

yeah, the babies will definitely be quarantined, but the larger is being released back to the wild. My brother hooked him while fishing and brought him home, but I don't think he's happy. So, we're going next weekend and releasing him back to his home where the fish are plenty. He's got algae all over the back of his shell so he's still pretty well camoflagued. I wanted to get something to replace the hole he's gonna leave, and the babies are it. ^_^ Thanks for your help Steve and Carol

[RESCHIU]

I have a friend who has two big RES and her roommate let her took care of her two baby stliders, and a few weeks later, two baby slider's tail were alll gone , luckily two babies were still alive.... I'm not trying to gross out any body, it's just important never to put big one with smaller one....

[marisa]

Yes, you're absolutely right. (Welcome. )

[Emily]

I definitely won't be doing this, the bigger turtle is in a tank outside, whereas the babies are inside. The big guy has a heater, and a filter, and a dock, and has partial sun in the mornings. So he's pretty well set up. But as soon as it gets warmer and stays warm, he's going back to the wild. He's been munching out on guppies, and diff greens, and veggies.