Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:12 pm turtle not eating?
I've had a RES for about 8 months now. He (or she) is about four inches long and lives in a 55 gallon aquarium with a filter, heater, basking platform, etc. The water temperature is about 78 degrees F, and the basking area is about 90. The basking platform is new (I just made it- it sits on top of the aquarium with a ramp in the water) and I haven’t seen him go up by himself yet. I had to go out of town for 4 days, and I left him two kinds of commercial pellets (for juveniles and adults) and mealworms and a piece of lettuce (even though he doesn’t eat lettuce). He normally doesn’t eat as much as I give him anyway, but when I got home, he hadn’t eaten much or at all. The pellets were moved (I took a picture before I left), so I think he’s been up there. He seems healthy and normal, but I don't know why he wouldn't have eaten for four days if the water temperature was warm and he didn't feel threatened (since he had the house to himself). Any thoughts? Should I be worried?