first his old setup: when i first got Remy he lived in a tank smaller than a 20 gallon but larger than a 10 gallon, im thinking 15 gallons. he had less than an inch of water in his tank, which was filthy and smelly. it was COLD, absolutely no heat source for it, well, there couldnt have been, the water was way to low. Oh, by the way, Remy is about 4-4 1/2 inches long. Remy had no way to get out of the water and lived on tiny gravel, about as long and wide as a 1/3 of a pellet. he had no lights.
since i got him: Remy now lives in a 20 gallon tank for the time being. i know it is too small but it is bigger than what he had before and it is all i have until i get my new tank. he has a heater now, the water temp is 77-78 all the time. he has a basking area i built him but he doesnt use it for that, he just hangs out under it. but at least he feels safe, and he gets some use out of it
. he has a heat bulb that i had as a spare, but not a UV light at the moment. I am at my mom house now, but a few days ago i took him out for about 20-30 minutes outside for some sun. he seemed to enjoy it. I also put a water conditioner in there for him. and i water changes every week. not ful ones, but i remove some water and replace it with clean.
Remy eats reptomin pellets. i try to offer turnip greens on a regular basis but no luck yet. i have also noticed that he seems to have passed several of those pieces of the gravl he lived on, im not surprised he ate some. the original color was blue, this was brown, (im guessing it just got a little 'coating')but the exact same shape and size, and makes that scraping type sound when it moves across the floor like gravel does. that has to be what it is. im just glad he is passing it safely.
Remy is shedding both skin and scutes right now. im wondering if its no just coincidence that he shed about 2 weeks after having beter conditions or if the warmer water etc. has let him shed.
On my DC trip even though there were 4 people in the house noone thought of putting more water in the tank and it was almost gone, exposing the heater. i cleaned it up and filled it back up. it is fine, but im going to call them and make sure someone tops it off this time.
Remy is a lot more active in the past week. he comes out from hiding and swims around a lot more now, he is much happier.
thats it about him for now, i will keep updating, hopefully shorter next time, seeing as though i dont have t run through everything again.
Sara&Remy
