Hey all,
So a couple weeks ago a got an active, healthy Mississipi mud turtle from the pet store.
2 weeks after i got him I decided to get some wardley turtle delite shrimp, I wanted to see if he would eat
Something other than pellets ( not that I would stop giving him pellets. ) I gave him one which he ate in like 5 seconds,
He was pretty happy and more active than he was when we got him, so that was great, but after 5 days I decided to take him out into the house, well, not really, I got some paper towels, placed them on the floor then placed him on the paper towels, he was pretty calm, he walked normally, explored around and surprisingly respected the paper towel thingy, so when he reached the end of the paper towels, he went back the way he came, which was pretty funny
. when I put him back in his tank, he was still active until the next day, where he was just sitting there in his favourite spot, when he came out I gave him a pellet but he just ignored it, I swear he stared at it for a while but turned away. The day after that he was active again, but still not eating his food so I suspected he was just pretty picky. But today he is sitting on his favourite spot, only moving his head around, I try to feed him, he doesn't eat. He was like that before we got the fish ( I got the fish a week after the turtle ) and when I put the fish in the tank he was excited, chasing them around, he even ate the two pellets I gave him. Fast. Really fast.
So what do you guys think? RI ( he has no puffy eyes, no bubbles coming out of his nose or mouth so I don't think he has it ) or pickiness? More getting use too because I let him out?
I have a forty gallon tank because my turtle only grows up to 15cm, a UVB and UVA light, a basking platform, 2 artificial plants ( one is his favourite spot ) 3 rocks as underwater platforms which the fish like, a heater, water temp and a pretty good filter so I think that's a pretty good setup right now.
I'm thinking to feed him a live cricket, maybe it will snap him out of whatever he is doing just like I did with fish?
Ty
Fish keeper & Turtle know it all... Ish