My turtle has not been basking. It’s been 2 or 3 days. She hasn’t been doing anything out of the ordinary but that. Is this normal?

Finally upgraded my girls UVB light to a ReptiSun T5 10.0 uvb

I dont have much access to stuff to create a huge turtle habitat but I try my best within my budget tho. I found this cool Black Pond Turtle with yellow spots idk how old it is there was this dude selling it in a shopping bag it was probably smugled and bred in captivity i thought maybe i should give it a better chance at life but bro isnt eating nor basking nor swimming he just walks on the syrface and if i put him outside he runs away from the sun and idk just roams all around my garage. hasnt eaten in 3 days im a bit worried no greens no boiled meat not even fish food the colourfull tiny balls wut do I do? I have a big tub with a water filter pump. it has some rocks in which he can climb if wants to bask during the day time he doesnt have any UV lamp or anything coz i couldnt find one locally and online it was too expensive. i make sure his water temp is between 70-80F. what can I do to make his stay better😭.

Attached are pictures of my girlfriends red-eared slider, she doesn't understand how reddit works but wanted to see if anyone could help her

"This is an approximately 1 1/2 year-old red eared slider. They are a tank alone, and they have never suffered any known injuries or illnesses and have overall been a very healthy turtle. Her energy is still normal, she is still sunbathing, swimming around, moving fine, and is in no way lethargic. Her appetite is also still really good. A few weeks ago, I noticed that her shell was shedding when pieces stared lifting and I know turtles can shed their shells, but as a first time turtle owner, it concerned me a bit, but everyone said it was normal for them to shed their shells as they grow. I noticed tonight that part of the rim of her shell has lifted and there is this white Discoloration by the rim of her shell where it is lifting up and I’m concerned it is shell rot and not normal shedding. Does this look like normal shell shedding or is this shell rot?"

Wnated some advice on co-habitation between two baby Rlorida Red Bellied Cooters, both male. Is it okay for them to be in the same tank? Full disclosure the turts belong to my boyfriend's brother's gf but I've read it's better to house turtles alone because they can become aggressive with each other (trying to convince them to give one to me [I also think I could take better care of them but we wont get into that]).

So someone is giving away a yellow bellied slider, I bought a starter kit from Petco, 40gallon tank, a filter that is also a resting spot, a wide lamp and a more focused lamp (only one bulb tho) a container of food. Is there any care books I could get to help care for one, and is there anything else I need to get before hand?

Got him in a much larger tank now. I feel like he liked it better when he could just stand on the bottom and poke his head out. Almost looks like he’s struggling now to get his head above the water.

So I bought an Fx2 filter about a month ago, when I first got it automatically cleared my turtles tank. But, I’ve had it running and pimped my fx2 with more filter media because it started not to do the best job cleaning the tank. I do about 30% water changes every week or so but her tank is still cloudy and a green tint. Is it because of the sand in her tank? Is there anything else I can do to prevent this?

How can I stop my turtle from destroying the plants, I got some plants for my turtle today and this is the first time she ever had plants in her tank. She keeps digging them up and chewing at the base not even eating them. I have put rocks and drift wood around them but she still digs them up. Will she stop eventually or just keep at it, she only attacks 2 plants and leaves the other 3 alone

I recently purchased the elevated basking loft and my current light bracket which holds the heat lamp, is not able to reach up high enough to get on top of the loft. So can I just set the dome lamp right on top of the loft if I put a lower watt bulb in it?

Thank you for helping.

I recently brought a couple plants for my turtle tank, I washed the plants first to check for snails and found only 3, if I did miss some and they start reproducing how can I get rid of them

Hey guys, so i spent the entire month of December building an above tank basking platform (that is the size of her tank if not a little bigger)! It costs me hundreds of dollars 😭 but it was worth it because my girl can now have a 2 story apartment.

I have her in the garage so she has two heating/basking lamps (just in case the temperature drops) & 3 water heaters (for the same reason) in her tank. This is also the reason i put sweaters in her basking area so that she has a place to cuddle up and get warm. I have since taken those out because temperatures have risen. I also have a UVB lamp but i will be upgrading her shortly to Reptisun t5 5.0 uvb (but i have to figure out how to set it up). I have also upgraded my filter to a Cascade 1000 canister filter (its not the raggedy filter pictured here).

Another thing, the final huge upgrade will be increasing her tank size from this 55 gallon to 100-150 gallon tank. I am currently saving up to buy that (and i know i will have to adjust her basking platform accordingly, so it may be some time before then).

PLEASE BE KIND LOL

My turtle loves all the dried foods but I'm hesitant to feed with them because I feel like they're mostly just fat. How often should you offer these to my 10yo turtle?

Anybody have a large turtle tank (around 70-75 gallons) large enough to fit two grown Red Ear Sliders around the Walton County Georgia area? I’ve had the same tank for mine for years and they’ve outgrown it. I can’t afford to buy a new one and one of them keeps trying to break out of it. Thanks in advance 🙏🙏

Hello everyone I just got this critter cage for a steal and I was wondering if it’ll hold that amount of water it mesures 35 3/4, 18, 15 tall it says not to fill with water so I didn’t fill it but I’m worried it’ll leak.