Like the title says, I was gifted a very young and small red eared slider. Currently they're in a fish tank with pebbles that was given to me along with the turtle. So far I know that they need 80° water and need to be fed everyday and water should be exchanged once a month (more in depth information on this would be appreciated) and that they need basking spots with heat lamps. I'll be watching a few videos on how to take care of em but any advice from here would be largely welcomed.

Is this a box turtle? Somebody help me out today.

For those that have built their own basking areas with egg crate, what did you use to make the ramp connecting the water body and the basking area?

I am planning on DIYing an out of tank area not just a topper and was wondering how others give their ramps support? as there is no way that egg crate alone would support the weight of my turtle

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So excited one of my dream turtles he’s in his quarantine tank now before moving to his big new home !!!

selling africa sulcata tortise let me know if anyone is interested.

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I need help identifying this little guy. Going outside my house.

the filter for my turtle tank isn’t big enough as it needs to be double but isn’t, im working on buying a new one but those fuckers are expensive so yk, in time. currently have a fluval 107 and it’s been working fine for the most part but the water isn’t as clean as it needs to be for obvious reasons. what would you say is the best components to put in it until i can get a bigger filter? they need replacing regardless so i figure it’s better to maximise the output as much as i can

Hello, I own 3 full grown box turtles and this evening I found these 2 little guys in my backyard turtle garden. I’ve never had hatchlings before. How do I properly take care of them? — please note I didn’t take them out of the wild they are from my personal pets!!!! Thank you

Hi all,

Looking at getting my first musk turtle in a couple of weeks and am in the process of setting a tank up for it. I have a 55 gal to use that I plan on adding driftwood, sand and a few silk plants to and will fill about 1/3- 1/2 full whilst the turtle is young. Has anyone got any filter recommendations for a tank this size whilst the turtle is still small? happy to upgrade in the future when more water is added to the tank Thanks

Turtle Princess is my 15yo male eastern river cooter, i got him when i was 8 and have been doing my best with him care-wise ever since.

However, i didn’t know until recently that they need supplemented calcium in their diet. he appears and behaves perfectly normal and healthy (well. he’s very silly) my only concern rn is HOW do i get him to eat this stuff??

so far i’ve tried to put it in whole (without backing ofc) and broken up into litte pieces. he’s just not very interested in it. he’ll eat a little bit or nibble at it for awhile and then ignores it.

is there another way i could go about doing this? or perhaps another way to supplement his diet?

thanks in advance, i love him very much and it’s important to me that im giving him a spectacular life.

How much watt should a uva and uvb (all in one) blub have??

Hello,

I have a pair of juvenile southern painted turtles in a 75 gallon tank. There is a bit less than 25 gallons of water in it. I am running a Penn-Plex Cascade 600 which is designed for up to 50 gallons and turns over 175 gph. It works great for the volume of water I have. However, I’m raising the water level as the turtles grow, so I’ll soon need to upgrade. Can I go straight to a canister filter, or might that be too much suction for a small volume of water and two nine-month-old turtles?

Thanks!

drhauser78

Hello turtle community! I am a HS Science teacher, and have been housing a red eared slider in my classroom since the beginning of the school year. She was gifted to me from one of my students as the student was moving and could not keep it in her new location... My question is what do I do with her over the Summer...? Her tank is huge, about 120 gallons (and so is she) she is a 16 year old RES and she's about the size of a large dinner plate... If i were to set up a pond for her in my front yard... are there any best practices and what to avoid in order to keep her healthy and happy... thanks in advance for any advice you can offer...

I have some wood planks from an old bed lying about. Can I use them to make a ramp?

Also, is it safe to screw them on the basking area as long as they are not exposed or get wet? If not, any recommendations would be appreciated!