We got a turtle today, our first. From a friend.
He is a red ear slider I believe, although he has no green or yellow on him except his shell and lips, but people tell me they vary alot. He has jet balck and stark white stripes, and a very dark shell with a bit of yellow underneath. He also has yellow lips like he put lipstick on.
Anyways, Mikey is 13 years old and came in a 15-20 gallon tank
He has about an 8 inch long shell, and some fungus problems.
He has never ever seen sunight or even had UV, considering that he is relativly healthy, hard shell etc. And boy he is a pig, within an hour of being in his new 55 gallon tank he was eating squash and turtle pellets like a hog.
I am putting him outdoors this summer so hopefully that will help with the treatments for fungus!
marisa
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