My baby RES

[BoCoMo]

thanks. I will give crickets a try. We have tons at out lfs. It says in my original post that the water is heated, and what filter is used. One of the pics actually shows one of the baby turtles basking. Yeah. I know how large they get, I have raised res before. You cannot see the basking light above, but it keeps that area 85-88 degress. Of course, I wash my hands after I handle them. I even have a bottle of hand sanitizer near the tank for after I wash my hands. LOL!!

I am very surprised at how much everyone knows about turtles. I think that is great. I will check out your turtles!!


Let's see,

I have turtle health conditioners, Jurassi safe, Tetra aquasafe, bitotize waste degrader, turtle eye drops, repti turtle eye drops, turtle vitamins, vitashell, and more. I have a cabinet full of medications if needed, and water conditioners that I use.

I just ordered some baby turtle food . It was pricy, but I want to see if they will eat it, I will try the crickets in a few days. I think they are like 12cent each for the small.

Thanks again.

lol - busted on not reading the thread thoroughly enough! Looks like you prep like I do - If you're going to be a bear be a grizzly is a common saying in our family (if you're gonna do it go all out) looks like your good to go Please keep updating, I'm subscribed :thumbsup:

 

[FISHSHROD]

Nice turtle my friend !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tropics007]

lol - busted on not reading the thread thoroughly enough! Looks like you prep like I do - If you're going to be a bear be a grizzly is a common saying in our family (if you're gonna do it go all out) looks like your good to go Please keep updating, I'm subscribed :thumbsup:

LOL!!! Thanks. The baby turtles you had in your pics are very cute.

 

[tropics007]

thank you.

 

[Moesmom]

My turtles are loving Snail jello now. It is also good to feed them most vegetables, mine love squash, zucchini and lettuce, but the always get the turtle pellets as the main diet.

Bocomo I would be interested to hear about your releasing your turtle and how that went. I might have to do that in the near future I live on a lake with res's basking on our dock, but I am worried about setting them free. I do fish minnows out of the lake and put them in their tank so they can get used to catching their own food. I also try to take them out in the yard a couple times a week to get them used to being outside.

 

[nikitanain]

Your turtles are adorable!

I think BOCOMO released the turtles in his private lake, releasing them in a public lake that is not owned by you is NOT recommended since they will eat all the fish in the lake which can cause havoc, and it is against the law....

 

[tropics007]

Thanks AC.

 

[BoCoMo]

Your turtles are adorable!

I think BOCOMO released the turtles in his private lake, releasing them in a public lake that is not owned by you is NOT recommended since they will eat all the fish in the lake which can cause havoc, and it is against the law....

Yes - I wouldn't recommend releasing them in any public waters, however they are native to Missouri and their range covers the entire state so chances are good you may find some RES's in the waters already

 

[BoCoMo]

My turtles are loving Snail jello now. It is also good to feed them most vegetables, mine love squash, zucchini and lettuce, but the always get the turtle pellets as the main diet.

Bocomo I would be interested to hear about your releasing your turtle and how that went. I might have to do that in the near future I live on a lake with res's basking on our dock, but I am worried about setting them free. I do fish minnows out of the lake and put them in their tank so they can get used to catching their own food. I also try to take them out in the yard a couple times a week to get them used to being outside.

Sounds like you have a great home for them

 

[Rbishop]

Cuties!