Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 8:10 pm I have a few questions
My niece got a turtle and needed me to watch it until she was better able to care for him, that was two years ago. It is clear that he is officially my turtle now. His name is Toby. I have read about basic care of turtles but I am having some issues and I have a few questions. He is 7 inches, I have him in a 50 gallon stock tank with about 20 gallons of water, is this enough room for him? He doesn't bask very often and has a lot of algae growing all over his shell is that ok? I feed him turtle pellets and a gourmet mix with cranberries and mealworms but I can't get him to eat veggies, is that a problem? At this size should I continue to feed him every other day or is he ready to go to twice a week? He really doesn't like to be held and hisses when I try, is it ok to just not hold him or should I just keep holding him until he is ok with it? He has two lights a red one and a white one which one should go directly over his basking area? If anyone has any advice on these issues I would greatly appreciate it. I put a picture of him after I gently scrubbed most of the algae off his shell.