My turtle is sad what could be the reason?

Question

you see when is sad

Answer 1

turtles don't get sad.  are you taking proper care of it?

Answer 2

How do you know he is sad, is he off his food, sleeping more than he is suppose to this time of year or what. If he is sad it may be because he is lonely, or because of a lack of variety in his life, get him a friend or change his surroundings see if it helps.

Answer 3

Needs a friend

Answer 4

Most turtles that you buy in a pet store have been captured from the wild, due to unsuccessful breeding in captivity.  I used to have 2 turtles, I bought them without knowing the sad fact that they were taken from the wild.  I had a lot of issues with my map turtle.  She tried to hibernate in her tank, stopped eating for weeks at a time, but the issue was it was not cold enough for her to hibernate in the tank.  Her brain though it was, but her body wouldn't let her.  She basically began starving herself, and her shell started to metabolize itself.  After a few trips to the vet with her, I learned that the best thing to do was to keep her tank light on a timer,...for about 16 hours a day, and feed her really good food, like fresh minnows.  

Answer 5

I agree, turtles don't get sad.

If it is behaving sluggishly, that is due to not being kept and/or fed properly. Perhaps you are keeping it too cold.

You need to read some books on basic turtle care.

Answer 6

Turtles dont become sad as long as you give them a proper care. they stay more active when they have a companion with them

Answer 7

how big is his tank, having fish to swim and eat and get exercise might  cheer him up..

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The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle. Remember 10 gallons for every inch of turtle. I have used kiddy pools and plastic pond liners from most nurseries and worked great.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA/UVB 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. These turtles in captivity do not hibernate their eating may slow down some but they will not hibernate.

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 in a few days! When I got these two 36 yrs ago all we had in back then  were goldfish to feed , so after 36 yrs and still going strong. They can eat goldfish!

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 worms, meal worms, snails, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, dragon flies and  anything that moves, but only as a treat.

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.