Or neither? Seen in eastern Costa Rica.

Hi everyone! It’s about time for me to replace my turtle’s UVB light. I currently have the Reptisun 10.0 bulb, but I want to switch to Arcadia bulbs. I’m stumped because I don’t know which wattage or percentage to get for him. Pictured is his basking dock situation, it sits above a 90 gallon tank. He’s a 24 year old River Cooter (his name is Chico, I’ve posted a lot about him on this sub in the past. 😌). Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

Our turtle was just swapped to a new tank because his old one had a leak and he's now yelling and making clicking sounds. The newest didn't start until after he was swapped and I don't know what's wrong so I figured this would be the best place to try to find an answer. If this says anything, the tank he was transferred into is smaller than what he was in before but he still has swimming room and a docking area.

I got two turtles and they live together, they don't fight but I need help finding everything they need, best tank, the best lights, etc. I want to give them a nice place to live, i also recently found an Arcadia Pro T5 UV-B kit which i’m unsure about and has options too but if there is better specifically for my turtles i appreciate the help thanks

I recently rescued a eastern box turtle and I let it walk around my house for a little bit a day, But it’s recently been trying to hide and Been in a Brumation state, Would it be fine to let him Brumate in my house?

So, I found this guy at a park. I've named him WINK. He was slow, swelled eye, and nose ripped open prob from a hook, he breathes odd but fine from the injury, he was extremely hungry when I first got him I'm assuming because he can't hunt well w one eye not working. I put him on antibiotics hidden in hotdogs and he's healed up well although still blind in one eye. I brought him indoors as my garden pond freezes in the winter at times. He just walks around and really isn't eating much, I'm assuming from partial hibernation mode as weeks before I pulled him from my outdoor pond he was eating less as the temps dropped a lot in the night time.

I put him in the tub for now every few days though he still will not eat there either or maybe just a morsel.

How can I get him out of hibernation mode?

This is the first year my pond froze completely on the top, that's why I pulled him indoors, wasn't anticipating nor ready for him to be indoors.

i recently rescued two baby eastern box turtles from someone and i wanted to know if it's possible to keep them housed together into adulthood. id prefer to only hear from people who have experience with eastern box turtles. right now my turtles are so small they fit in the palm of my hand and i'm not sure of eithers sex. i was told they'd bully each other over food but they were in a 10 gallon aquarium together before and were fed together. they're now in a 40 gallon and are fed separately and i haven't seen any bullying.

I have a 5 year old RES, and I have community fish tanks in the same room as him (he is solitary obv). My aquariums have lots of ramshorn snails that won’t stop reproducing. I don’t mind that at all, but if I take a few out and give them to him as treats/ hunting enrichment, is that alright? They’re parasite free and healthy, my tank is old and very established. I make him homemade food that has fish, pellets, duckweed, leafy greens, and calcium without d3 in it. Are the snails overkill with protein and calcium? Or are they good for him to have occasionally?

Is it scale rot or what?!?!

Hello my boyfriend's grandma found a turtle abandoned on the street. I do not have the resources or time to commit towards him but i am trying my best for what I can do now. I am looking for a permanent home for him.

Upgrading my turtle tank soon I want to use a substrate that is cheap and replicates mud similar to what’s at the bottom of streams and ditches. Any ideas of what I can use would be greatly appreciated.

I’m a pathetic turtle owner. I got him when I was around 12, a bit after my birthday as I was sorting out the tank and waiting for the ph to be right. Fast forward to now he’s around 5 years old and I think he deserves better. I really love him still, and I want to keep him but I don’t think I should. I clean his tank every 3-4 weeks, occasional plants in his diet besides pellets, and his shell has algae growing on it. I feel like I’ve failed him, and he needs proper help, not from some lazy teenager.

I’ve been considering this for a while, but also don’t have it in me to give him up. What should I do?

I'm trying to find a basking area for my turtle. But can't find one big enough for him. Please help

New turtle owner here. We have a blading turtle. He is just over a year old we are told. We have noticed when you flash a light on his neck it turns a pink color. (Like when you hold a flashlight up to your skin). When I looked it up online it was saying things about blood infections but he is moving and eating just fine. Is this normal or should he see a vet? Thank you to anyone who takes the time to answer

Our turtle tank has been cloudy for weeks, despite weekly 25-50% water changes and cleaning the filter about every 2-3 weeks also! I ordered API accuclear and it hasn’t worked yet. Our filter is the Penn Plax Cascade 1500. Tank size is 75 gallons. Lights can’t get thru to the water it’s blocked by a matt on the asking area. My husband and I are running out of ideas and getting frustrated and worried for our turtle!

Any advice is appreciated