im new to the forums and have recently acquired my first reptile. Me and my girlfriend (another member of the forum) managed to rescue a RES from its previous owner who had kept her in a 10 gal. tank with nothing more than 2-3 inches of water (which had not been cleaned in what looked like forever, not heat source and a simple rock t sit on. I have a few questions toask so I can get things straightened out.
First, i want to ask anyone who might have a clue, how old the turtle looks, i was wondering because i need to adjust the turtles diet appropriately (i will have a picture up later tonight once my digital cam comes back from my sisters prom), because the last owner has had the turtle for at least 3 years for sure, but claims to have had it for 12. It looks much to small to be a 12 year-old, and it seems strangely healthy for the conditions we found it in. There seems to be some discolouration on the shell, but it does not have MBD, the stripes on the ears are still fairly bright, and she doesnt seem injured at all.
But since I do not have the pictures now, these questions will wait till a bit later.
But other than that, i was also wondering if it was normal for the turtle to be really afriad of everything. She always seems to be jetting around underwater bumping into walls, and sometimes spends so much time under the heat lamp that she totally dries out and wont go in the water till the lamp is turned off.
Also, for the past 2 weeks I've been keeping it in a 40 gal. rubbermaid i bought when i got the turtle. I'm buying a 70 gal. ASAP, im trying to find a good price so i dont have to wait till the next expo in september, and i was wondering if anyone knew if fluval is a good company to trust. Im planning to buy a fluval304 this week, but want to make sure its good enough for my turtle.
One more question, would anyone know how to introduce different foods to the turtle well? because she had never eaten anything but pellets, and still wont even though i've tried other types of feed, she doesnt touch any food but the pellets.
if anyone could answer even one of my questions it'd be greatly appriciated by me, and my RES squirt.
and btw, this forum is pretty great for information, and i plan to purchase some other reptiles, but they will all have to wait till i finish highschool and move out. because if i came home with a snake, both me and the snake would probably end up outside lookin for a home
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