Feeding and Nutrition :: Baby RES wont eat help

[djjoni2]

I put them in a feeding tank (bucket) and i give them some pellets (sera raffy p) and i put some gammarus in the watter also. And i put some ham in the water also. Bradley is eating the ham and i saw that abrams eat some pellets

[TurtleGirl1985]

Hey guys i have a bit of a problem with my 2 RES babies.They dont want to eat and one is hiding all the time and doesnt want to bask at all.I got them 3 days ago.I have a heater a filter and a basking light (not UVA/UVB).The temperature is always 27 C (80 F).I try to feed them dried gammarus and sera brand pellets.I think that the problematic turtle is scared out of its mind .The bigger turtle is 3.5 centimeters (shell lenght) and the smaller (problematic one) is 3.2 cm. Oh and about the UVA/UVB lighting is the Exo Terra Sun glo lamp (150/75w) good? Im thinking of buying it.I hope you give me some advise

The basking area should be 90-95. I Had a baby RES that was like that to didnt want to bask but after 4 days of getting used to the new enviroment Peanut started eating and basking. And a few weeks later i got another RES baby and the same thing happened not eating and basking but after 2 days Butter started eating and basking and now Peanut and Butter love each other they bask together and sleep together, follow each other in the tank and hang on the plants together

[djjoni2]

Hey guys good news. I just recieved my order : reptisun 5.0/zoo med's hatchling formula/and a can'o'mini crickets . I put my turtles in a feeding bucket along with a couple of crickets and some zoo med pellets. They dont pay much attention to the pellets but they eat the crickets. I let them sit in the bucket for 1 hr. Oh and i can see that both are basking but abrams is still very scared of me and when i come in the room he jumps out of the basking dock xD

[TurtleGirl1985]

Yea mine do the same thing I think I have only got one pic of them basking since I have had them

[steve]

I put them in a feeding tank (bucket) and i give them some pellets (sera raffy p) and i put some gammarus in the watter also. And i put some ham in the water also. Bradley is eating the ham and i saw that abrams eat some pellets

Don't give them ham.

[djjoni2]

Yeah i stopped the meat im givving them only pellets and crickets right now theyre both eating the crickets but no interest in the pellets

[steve]

They will eventually, just don't give in.

[djjoni2]

Hey guys urgent problem need help. My 5yr old Res rocky is not eating. He doesnt eat anything and is only basking. I tried to put him in the water but he just climbs back on the basking dock.Hes benn only basking today and is doing nothing else. Usually when he sees me he jumps from the dock and swims toward me and "begs" for food. But today hes been doing nothing. I came to the terrarium and he looks at me and nothing i even showed him the food can and no reaction. Usually when he sees the can he goes crazy but today nothing .

[steve]

How long has it been since he's eaten? Any other symptoms?

[djjoni2]

Well he ate for the last time on the 5th of september and this morning hes not eating again im going to take him to the vet today. He has never behaved like that. Oh and i pumped up the temperature of the tank to 84-85. But he doesnt go in the water. And my other turtle remi is perfectly fine and theyre in the same tank.

[djjoni2]

Oh and there are some white lines (like powder) on top of the head near his eyes oh and hes shedding his scutes

[djjoni2]

[steve]

That's just mineral/calcium from the water. I wouldn't keep them that warm. Honestly, if you think one is sick you need to separate them. Have you noticed any injuries?

[djjoni2]

I havent noticed any injuries. He's eating now and behaving like before. I think i know why this happened. On the 6th of september i was cleaning theyre aqarium and i think that my sister played with rocky. Shes still young and doesnt know that turtles dont like to be touched very much .

[djjoni2]

Hey guys. I just got 4 baby guppies for my turtles . My first intention for them was to give them as food for my turtles. I put them in the terarium with the babyes. Brad tryed to eat them but i think that theyre too fast for him xD . Now he doesnt bother to even look at them. Oh and i also got a ph testing kit ph up and ph down (all from JBL) and i also got enriched with calcium and vitamins food (calcil-JBL). I read on the net that the ph should be arround 6-8. The water that i use is usually at 7-7,5 ph .I got it down to 6.5 thats ok right? Peace