Post your RES turtles here

[Pleco1415]

Show off your RES turtles and let's make this the longest thread in this category!

[MojoDaRott]

Nice turtle. He knows its picture time. Funny when my critters pose when the camera comes out.

What do fish say when they hit a wall? ...... Dam!

[jonathan85365]

my painted turtle taking a nap

[Pleco1415]

Originally Posted by jonathan85365

Attachment 230097 my painted turtle taking a nap

Nice looking turtle. Just telling you it's shell is pyramiding like my turtle's shell is. It means your turtle is has too much protein in its diet and it need more veggies. It's kind of hard to feed them veggies because all they ever want are treats. Btw is that a southern painted or eastern painted.

[jonathan85365]

It's a southern painted turtle and I have fed him lettuce a lot and a few times a week couple shrimp and then he has a lot if feeder fish in there and a pleco and craw dad and ghost shrimp it's an ecosystem

[jonathan85365]

He was originally from the wild it may of had it in the past but I'll lay off the shrimp

[Pleco1415]

Originally Posted by jonathan85365

He was originally from the wild it may of had it in the past but I'll lay off the shrimp

You only have to feed your turtle 3 or 4 times a week. I use to feed mine every day until someone told me about the shell problem. Pyramiding is permanent on the outside but if your turtle is still growing it may even out. You have to worry about its insides because pyramiding is like being overweight and it might affect there life expectancy.

[jonathan85365]

Oh wow I allways keep lettuce in there

[jonathan85365]

But I've been taking care of turtles for most of my life

[jonathan85365]

So he is about 6 inches I could feed him a piece of lettuce 3 times a week

[BLUEaquarium06]

Here is my older painted turtle, and here is my brand new red ear slider hatchling

Sorry those aren't the best pictures they're very active haha

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[jonathan85365]

Those are good

[fshfanatic]

Originally Posted by Pleco1415

Show off your RES turtles and let's make this the longest thread in this category!Attachment 228490

Nice turtle....I have an assam roofed turtle...il post a pic asap😊

[Coursair]

Lettuce is not a staple food..esp not Iceberg Lettuce, it has no nutritional value. Here is one care sheet http://www.theturtlesource.com/cares...ted_turtle.asp

They need a good variety of food. RES as well. Ours loved Anachris plants to eat also. You can grow it for them.


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