AboutYexalen Expertise I am experienced with the care, lighting, heating, breeding, sexing, species identification, and general keeping of mostly aquatic turtles. I also have experience with tortoises and land turtles and can certainly research any question that I do not know the answer. I can not answer medical related questions as I am not veterinarian certified. I prefer not to answer questions on animals that you or somebody else has taken out of their natural environment unless the animal was in danger, ill, or injured.
Experience I have owned six aquatic turtles and have been researching turtles for several years. I have been on several question and answer sites under this category. I also have started up a web site focused on reptile care with a portion of it for turtles.
Education/Credentials I have been around turtles sense a very young age and always found them fascinating and because of that it has lead me to researching day after day, reading book after book, and finding endless amounts of web sites with information.
Question me and my friend both brought pair of small turtles yesterday from an aquarium. But to my atonishment the vendor didnt knew about the species of those turtles :(
so i've taken some pictures of it so that you can let me know about the species and give me tips for proper care and habitat for them :)
and the aquarium provide "taiyo turtle food sticks" to feed them, but those sticks are pretty large for these small cuites, so i need suggestions for it(how to feed them). Is it proper to feed them only on these staple food sticks or any other better diet is available for them.
can you please provide me with every possible information i can have, cause these living creatures are more than a pet to me.
Thank you,
Ankit :)
Answer Hello Ankit, those turtles are Red Ear Slider Turtles. (RES turtles) they are semi-aquatic so their home needs to be mostly water with a place for them to climb up and get dry. Like a large smooth rock or floating dock.
I will include a link to a site with proper care, feeding, heating, lighting, etc.
The turtle food sticks will be fine just make sure they are smaller then the space between the turtle's eyes. Cut them in half if you need to. There are many other things these turtles can eat but the sticks are fine for them as well. The link will go over some other food items that you can offer.
Here are a few links, if you haev any other questions let me know, I have owned 6 of these turtles through my life and currently I own two. So just let me know if you have anything else you want answered.
