Red-eared sliders again?

Question

I used to have 2 baby red eared sliders i loved having them and have always been a turtle lover.It was all good in the beginning but after about 3 months they got sick,started acting weird and never eating i took them to the vet he said they looked fine and sent me some medicine and stuff for their water after about a week they died it was very sad.And now a few months later im left with a lot of turtle food,tank etc...I feel like getting new ones but im scared it will happen again since i dont know what caused the problem...i used to take very good care of them.What do you think i should do?Could you tell me why they might have died?

Answer 1

You sound like you take really good care of turtles so i think you should get more. Just monitor their environment closely (temp, water condition, etc.)  just in case.  Once turtles get sick it is very hard to get them healthy again.  Your baby turtles probably just werent strong enough to fight the sickness off.

Answer 2

Packerfan was wrong, Koolio was right, Red eared sliders get gigantic with good care, and are very loving pets.First of they are very HIGH MAINTENENCE, and i mean that. Turtles can not live inside of a tiny container, they need a 50 gallon tank, at least. Only get one turtle, they are not social at all with eachother when they get older, they will constantly fight and would get suicidal, start off with a baby male res, they only get to 10 inches regularly. If you can not get that big of a tank right now then for now you can use a huge rubbermaid container filled up with clean warm water 3/4 of the way. ( i recomend you get all of the supplies BEFORE you adapt the turtle!) The water should be 75-82F, that can be achieved by buying a water heater at the petstore, along with a water filter. Water filters that are best are canister filters, like the Rena xp3 filter which costs $200, but filters very well. Do buy a filter please, even a cheap one at $25, is better then none at all, since turtles are extremely messy and p**p-ful (haha). On top of the water you need 3 things, 1. a basking dock ( buy a large size zoomed basking dock). 2. you 100% need to buy a basking lamp+bulb, you buy them separatly, then s***w the bulb in ( 50 watts) and shine it on the basking dock over a mesh hood( cut a hole out of it and place the light there!). 3. This is very important, you need a uvb light. It is a long thin light, you need to get the actual lamp+ the long skinny bulb. Reptosun 5.0 is the best bulb( together costs $55). Shine that onto the basking dock as well. Turtles need these together because they use the uva for heat, so they stay warm ( the basking site should be 90-95F, not colder) and they need the uvb rays to metabolize calcium and vitamin d3 for a stronger shell ( like you need it for your bones!) The diet for the turtle should be reptomin pellets ( and other nutricuos pellets!) crickets, mealworms, bloodworms, shrimp, and krill. All of this is found dead at the petstore!;) They also need vegetation, get kale, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, and collard greens. Drop all of the food in the tank once a day, and remove any leftover bits after a few hours. By the way ALL of the protien food ( dead food, that was alive once) should be dusted with a calcium supplement ( powder) and you need to get a cuttlebone found in the bird aisle of the petstore and drop it in the water for him to knaw on, keep it there for a while (month) until he eats all of it, then get another. Once all of these things are done your turtle will be pretty happy!-

Answer 3

omg thats so sad. NEVER go to that vet again if you get a new turtle. All I can say it it could have a been a virus from anywhere. Or it could have been malnutrition. If you only feed them turtle pelets thats why. RES need 50 % of their diet to be greens, 25% meat and the last 25% to be turtle pelets. Good luck, and if you get new ones, i suggest not getting res cuz they grow to 2 feet long and need to live in a pond. If you get new turtles, i say get musk turtles, they get about 5 inches long. Anyway, good luck with whatever you do. =)

Answer 4

Koolieo vegan your an idiot. res turtles can get to be 1 foot long not 2 and usually get up to 8 or 9 inches. dont say dumb things anymore it makes you look like an idiot.