Comments on: My Red Eared Slider Turtle Won’t Eat-Possible Reasons & What to Do

By: Anuska

Anuska — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 18:39:06 +0000

In reply to Sam. No… I bought them on Oct 14 and still they didn’t eat anything

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:13:29 +0000

In reply to Anuska. Have they start eating? If yes then how many days they didn't eat?

By: Kelly Davies

Kelly Davies — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 20:50:36 +0000

In reply to Anuska. I forgot to say,try them on greens as well. I started giving mine rocket,they loved it,even the poorly girl.

By: Kelly Davies

Kelly Davies — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 20:47:06 +0000

In reply to Anuska. How old are they? Mine were very young,you could still see the mark under their shell that had been attached to the egg. They don’t eat a lot when they are very young. My post is old now. Sadly my small one died :( I tried everything,but nothing I did helped her (I called her a girl) she got worse,was like she couldn’t swim,breathing problems,infections in her eyes. Her brother (I call him the lad) is still absolutely fine,growing fantastic. Maybe try other food. Make sure that is small enough for them.

By: Anuska

Anuska — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 13:18:13 +0000

In reply to Kelly Davies. I m new owner of 2 little baby red sliders, it’s been 13 days they haven’t eat anything, i bought everything they need lights, heat different type turtle food . All the time they are sleeping. I m really worried about them now

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 01:49:06 +0000

In reply to Lucy. Hi , im having the same issue with my turtle . I was wondering what you did to resolve it . It's really stressing me out , i just want her to go back to normal.

By: Ijaaza EL-Nuwaubun

Ijaaza EL-Nuwaubun — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 15:47:16 +0000

My two baby red eared turtles I had for 6 months. Male & female. Both are very active. Except last week the male was inactive and unresponsive. I put him in a different Tank For 2 days But he did not survive. I believe he may have choked on his dried food. I could not recognize the problem.

By: Stasy

Stasy — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:46:30 +0000

Hello
I got my baby turtle a week ago, and she doesn’t eat nothing, and she becomes more sleepy than a couple days ago, and always basking… I tried a different food, 2 types of pellets, dried shrimps, feeder fishes, live mealworms, vegetables, and nothing didn’t works…the only thing I saw, that sometimes she go to drink water and swim a little, but since I put a fish in tank she stop swimming too…the water temperature is always around 77-78 , backing area around 85, water clean and using filtered water…please help me…I started to worry about her health…because I also noticed that she started to touch her eyes, but they doesn’t seems like inflamed, but I got a drops and use it daily, but after that she right away going to water and starting to wash her eyes 🤷🏻‍♀️

By: liu Emma

liu Emma — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:47:38 +0000

Hello, I have a baby red ear slider for 2 month, my turtle is very active but I noticed it does not eat. Unfortunately so, my parent won’t allow live animals to try to feed the turtle nor a heater (we live in a area where it stays a moderate temperature or my turtle will go to sleep) so I’ve mainly made a diet comprised of pellets and vegetables? It looks healthy to me and is very active while I take it out to bask in the sun. What’s the problem and what can I do?

By: Evy

Evy — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 02:36:07 +0000

My turtle has RI & we brought him to vet. He was given 7 days of antibiotics (injections) and starts to eat on Day 8. But then it stop eating again & always resting. We bought him back to the vet & this time he was given another jab of multivitamin. Still refusing to eat & move. I tried everything I can – change the water every 2 days, keep the temperature at around 85-86 F, put a drop of vitamin in the water whenever I change the water & make him exercise by removing the basking dock.