Care Sheet for TurtlesAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 0 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 10/10/2009 |
Main Category: | Aquatic/Land |
Sub Category: | Turtles |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Lukas 1141 |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Red Eared Slider |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Painted turtle
Map turtle
Yellow bellied slider
Musk turtle
Red bellied turtle |
Sexing and Characteristics: | SEXING: A male turtle will have thick long tail while a female has a skinnier tail.
CHARACTERISTICS: Turtles have a hard shell with somewhat webbed feet. They have no teeth, but they have a beak which is used for piercing the skin of its prey. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | SUBSTRATES: I highly recommend SAND. gravel will work fine, but the turtle might eat it and die. if you want you don’t need anything in the bottom of the tank.
WATER: The water should have no chlorine of salt in it. If your water has that in it then you should get water conditioner from the pet store. |
Lighting and UVB: | LIGHTING:provide a lot of lighting. you will need two lights; one for basking and another for the UVB.
UVB: you will need sufficient UV rays. use a UVB strip bulb to cover the entire length of the tank.
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Temperatures and Humidity: | TEMP: basking temperatures should be in a range of 87-105. i recommend 90-100, because the warmer the turtles are the more healthy and active they are. water temperatures should be around 70-76. remember:THE WARMER THE BETTER
HUMIDITY: how humid it is doesn’t matter very much but try to keep it under 70% If its too humid their shell will rot. |
Heating and Equipment: | HEATING: you will need just a normal house hold bulb for your heat lamp. you will need a water heater to heat your water.
EQUIPMENT: you will need very good filter for turtles. if the filter is rated for 30 gallons that filter will be able to filter ten gallons for turtles. |
Caging Provided: | I have a 20gal tank for one baby (1.5 inches) turtle. I have UVB rays and a heat light. My basking area is 100 degrees. I have about6.5 inches of water for him to swim in. I have provided him with a zoo-med turtle dock. |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Meat: crickets, mealworms, bloodworms, earth worms, freeze dried krill, and wax worms. (only feed them these rarely)
Plant: lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber, apple, strawberry. (feed this food about one a month)
Pellets: use pellets as your staple diet. i recommend the ZOO-MED BALANCED DIET. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | SUPPLEMENTS: optional. If you use them follow the instructions on the container. |
Maintenance: | Once a month take out all the water and change the filter pads. put in clean water.
Once a week do a partial water change. |
Some Words on this Species: | These are wonderful pet to care for and are fun to care for too, but they cost about $150+ a year and require a lot of work to keep happy and healthy. If you are up to the challenge,GREAT!!
Have fun=) |
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