How long can a red eared slider turtle go without eating?(please answer!!!!)?

Question

How long can a red eared slider turtle go without eating?

Answer 1

It depends on his condition was when you found,caught or bought him. A healthy slider would take 2 weeks with no food or water. A sicklly one less than a week cause his sytem has already been starved of vitamins and proteins and calcium.

The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA for 8 to 10 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also.

Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always.

Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they p**p allot.

Total Body length: 5-8" average, up to 12 inches max. Life span: 15-25+ years

Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about  3” across.

You need a good filter system! Gravel larger than they can swallow.

You need to feed them feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows for protein and calcium daily drop 20 or so in the tanks and watch them disappear!

This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!  They sleep at the bottom of rivers, streams. lakes or ponds or your tank to avoid predators like coyotes,  foxes, owls, hawks, possums, raccoons and even some wide mouth bass.

TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium. it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that’s fine!!

They can have garden worm, meal worms, crickets, flies, crayfish and  anything that moves!

They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.

You probably already know that they get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, blowing bubbles from their nose, Swollen cloudy eyes means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google ‘vegetables with Vitamin A.

Contact the “www.anapsid.org/societies, for a turtle vet /  rescue in your city and state

I wish you luck.

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Answer 2

I have two, and was told to feed them every second day. If you are going away for awhile its best to have some one to feed it but you can cut up carrots and leave them in the water if your stuck. And the carrots don't dirty the water either.

Answer 3

check this site out it has everything you need to know about the turtle  such as improper foods will make them not eat for a while and some foods like lettuce are empty foods and provide no nutrients http://members.petfinder.org/~NS17/Red-E...

Answer 4

It varies with age and temperature. Although young ones should be fed once or twice a day, they may not want to eat for a week or two, especially if they are in a new tank. Adults should be fed weekly (summer) to monthly (winter) but can go for longer periods without major damage.

Answer 5

I agree with peek praying 4 my Mom.