Red Eared Slider Turtle

Often, a turtle will keep its mouth open when it feels it needs to protect itself. Yellow-ear sliders will bite and their mouths are very dirty. Always wash your hands after handling your turtle.

Well, I have 3 and 1 of them used to bury itself too. So the first thing you should is try to keep a close eye on him and see when he buries himself, like after he's eaten his lunch (if that's the case then he is just doing to relax and enjoy the after food time, like mine) if not you should take him to the vet, and they'll tell you what to do. Don't worry, it will be fine!!!

Fairly easy though they are very dirty if you are thinking of one as a pet. They grow very fast and can get pretty good sized take up a lot of room. And I know that it is illegal to own them as pets in the state where they are native in the wild so be sure that they are even legal as pets in your area.

Yes, you can definitely take your RES out to play in the grass. But only in the summer, they need to be warm. Taking your RES out into the cold weather will make it sick. Make sure the grass isnt too high or it could irritate its skin. RES's love to hide under things like plants also, when taking your RES outside make sure it is not in the sun for an extended period of time, this could also irritate its skin.

Pond slider was created in 1792.

A tank appropriate for size, a screen top, a red heat lamp and a UVA/UVB bulb, and a place to get out of the water. (the basics)

First of all it's called Red-EARED slider. Secondly if you keep it home he shouldn't hibernate. Unless you really need it, then you have to keep the water always clean and provide the turtle with enough food. Red-Eared Slider should go into hibernation state when the temperature of air drops below 10 degrees. But still I advice you to keep him out of getting into hibernation.

No, they drink the water that they are swimming/living in.

No ! WHY would you want to feed a RES on something that is NOT part of its NATURAL diet !

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Anything u intake as alot is harmful, so yes it is harmful to the turtle. Just add a cuttlebone,and you dont haft to worry about anything.

you should have a red sliders tank between 75-80 degrees f

Their eggs are hard. Since ALL EGGS are hard

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Use a thermometer ! You, as a keeper, should know the temperature ranges suitable for a RES.

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Get some cleaning medicine at the pet store or take it to the vet to get your turtle cleaned up. Remove the leeches--you can just scrape them off. Dab the wounds with betadine, and then schedule a vet appointment. While you wait for your appointment date to come around, collect a fecal sample from your turtles. You can do this with a turkey baster or similar device, after they defecate in the water. Store the sample in the refrigerator (not the freezer). Take it with you to the vet. The vet will check your turtles for health issues, check the wounds, and then check the fecal samples for internal parasites. He will probably find them. If the turtles have leeches, they probably have internal worms, too. He will treat the turtles with worming medications to get rid of the parasites, and will probably send you home with more doses, and instructions.

Be sure you find a REPUTABLE reptile vet! Don't let a vet give Ivomec (a popular dog and cat wormer) to your turtles, Ivomec is toxic to turtles. Ask questions.

material items; they like a basking lamp with a dry dock to sunbathe maybe rocks but no pebbles because they might swallow them!

most fish will be eaten if you put them together but koi will be ok as long as it is about the same size as the turtle. ghost shrimp and other little aquatic organisms that are cheap to replace would also be nice but if you dont want them eaten then you would want one that your turtle will not be able to bit or fit in his/her mouth

ya they can but not a salamander with a snapper turtle the snapper will eat it

they can eat guppies and betta fish the betta fish will put up a fight sometimes they wont eat the fish and just leave the fish there for a tank mate if there is any amount in a tank together but if you put to many big turtles in a tank with little turtles the big ones will eat it

sucker fish can be kept with turtles aslong as the turtles have been kept with sucker fish in its early part of its life

For a baby? That's way too much! Turtles have no concept of when to stop eating, and in some cases, have eaten themselves to death. The rule I was told long ago and have always stuck to is that they should eat an amount of food equivalent to the size of their head each day. This rule has always worked for me to keep happy, healthy turtles.

If you mean swimming up to the glass and frantically trying to swim to you, he's trying to get you to give him food. It's too easy to give into his/her begging, but overfeeding it can lead to health problems. Small red eared sliders should be fed once a day and adults should be fed every other day.

Sure, they do it in the wild. If you have pet red eared sliders and geese then as long as the geese don't pick on the the turtles you will be fine.

Red Eared sliders are aggressive over food, territory mates, etc. Most likely it was due to that aggression. I would suggest separating the sliders and taking the injured slider a vet. Good Luck!