Turtle Care

[blazefire99]

So now I have two little red eared slider turtles, so anyone know how to take good care of them? I feed them some pellets, tomatoes, a bit of carrot (i think)
and some fish sometimes, any problems? (I know they will grow to be big)

[Akuma223]

I think what your feeding sounds good, do you have Uv light? Uv light is extremely important. Also how big is your set-up and what kind of filtration do you have?

[swolek]

Originally Posted by Akuma223

I think what your feeding sounds good, do you have Uv light? Uv light is extremely important. Also how big is your set-up and what kind of filtration do you have?

Yeah, this, and also what are your temps?

[Skits]

Be sure you have a good UVB lamp, and a hot basking spot. UVB for two turtles should be strong, I'd recommend a reptisun 10.0 UVB. I keep my turtles in a 90 gallon tank (they are 4 inches each). Be sure to have a good filter.

For food, calm down on the tomatoes as they have an acid in it that isn't too good for turtles if you're feeding daily, also it's a fruit and turtles should have fruit about once a month (as treats). Be sure to feed them greens daily (green leaf lettuce, dandelion leaves, turnip leaves). No iceberg lettuce as there is no nutrition in that. You could give them live guppies, minnows, apple snails..and crickets and mealworms once in a while. Also once or twice a week: carrots, kale, green beans, squash, etc.

You could check on here for more about diet.
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