Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:44 pm Hi new here
I was given a baby turtle for my daughter for Christmas. My daughter named him Gumbo and he's about the size of a fifty cent piece. For right now he's in a ten gallon aquarium with a small internal filter, a nice size dock he can climb out on if he wants to, a heater, a plastic plant that was given to us with him and that he likes to push himself underneath and move around the tank, and some large pebbles instead of gravel, he's got a uvb bulb that I added in place of the regular light that came with the tank, and a few real floating plants that he's basically eaten all of. I feed him mostly pellets though I put some romaine lettuce in the tank daily for him as well, there are a few guppies in the tank but I think he's a little small to care or catch them. I'm still really new to this and feel like I have a lot more to learn about caring for this little guy. Any tips or suggestions are more than welcome.