General Care Discussion :: leaving turts for a few days

[cheech&chong]

I have to go out of town this Friday and won't be back until Monday. My roommate is never home so I can't count on him to look after Cheech & Chong. He might come by maybe once during that time and feed them.

So, I'm asking: I'm assuming they sell some kind of timer switch I can plug the lamps into so they turn on and off by themselves, right?

Also, I could probably leave a nice piece of carrot on the clip for them to eat while I'm gone, after all, the turts can go without food for a couple of days.

Right?

[SpotsMama]

It's fine for you to leave them for a couple of days. A piece of carrot in the clip would be good. And yes, you can get a timer at a hardware store like Lowes or Home Depot. They have both expensive ones and cheap ones - the one I got was only abou $5 and it works fine.

Ask your roommate to look in on them when he happens to be in and if there's a problem - turtles fighting, filter not working or something - come on this site and we'll try to help.

[sillyleisl]

Maybe something tasty too like Anacharis would be nice. My girl LOVES it. I leave her for a few days every now and then and she's been fine.

[Safdar]

Yes i would put an anarcharis plant and a few rosy reds

[marisa]

A few pieces of cuttlebone would be good as well.

[urbancleopatra]

Yeah I do the same every weekend. I feed them right before I leave on friday and put in a copule sprigs of anachris, a piece of fruit, and extra chunks of cuttlebone. The lights are also on a timer. The minute I walk back in the door sunday night I see a couple of bouncing turtles ready for some pellets!

[Safdar]

Aww adorable

[cheech&chong]

Cool... I'll do that, I've never fed them anacharis so this should be the time to try it.

Thanks!

[ACF&RESLOVER]

Mine love anacharis, but it can be messy. They tend to rip it apart while they are eating it and it can clog up some filters a little quicker than normal. I only feed it as a treat when I know I'll be changing the filter shortly.

[cheech&chong]

Well, I came back and found the turts doing just fine. They ate all of the rosy reds except for one, the whole piece of carrot I left and the anacharis completely vanished... only the rubber weight at the bottom is what's left of it.

All good!

[SpotsMama]

Sounds like the turtles had a ball!