It seems that she's been feeding Sid twice a day: pellets and shirmp. :S
She keeps the water a bit chilly (70-72 degrees F).
She's only been changing the filters (over the side filters) and doesn't do water changes.
And now Sid has started to lay eggs in the water.
Mom says that she's been acting restless for months. So in short- I'm very worried. Perhaps today Sid might be making the two hour trip to move in with us. We're going to build her a nesting area and see if we can get her to lay the rest of her clutch, but we do have K-State's Vet hospital around the corner if need be.
As far as the rest of Sid's health goes- she seems healthy. She's never had any issues at all. I'll post some pictures of her when she gets up here. I'm afraid her shell may be a little pyramidy, but if it is then it's not awful and she's going to be getting a drastic diet change with us. She might be a bit pudgy too. :S
The great news is that when we get it ready for her she has a new 125gal tank to move into. Currently we're working on plans for building a ATBA and the wood stand needs restained and varnished.
Our other turtle, Korma, lives with us and we just rescued her from a garage sale the other week. The tank she was living in was awful.
She had no filter, tons of gravel (most of it was large, but there was some small), murky, smelly water, and no lights (of any kind), no real basking area and it was a "turtle tank". I'm not sure if she was just like this for the garage sale or how long her tank had been in this condition... It was just the dirtiest tank I've ever seen (tons of old scutes floating around).
Korma is actually a healthy turtle despite all of this so I don't think the kid had her very long. Unfortunately she's still staying in the "turtle tank" but we've cleaned it up (bare bottom), bought her a new filter, lights, and basking place. We've been keeping a close eye on her and she appears to be a very friendly and laid-back turt.
The current plan is to keep Korma quarantined for a while and watch her health and such. Hopefully we would like to introduce the two ladies and see if they get along. They're both similar size (Korma may be a year younger than Sid). Sid hasn't had a turtle buddy since she was a hatchling though, so we're aware that they may not get along. If not, we may split the 125gal in half if they can't share or maybe check out Craigslist again.
We're planning on taking both of the ladies to the vet sometime just for a check-up, but I was wondering what other peoples' take on the situation may be. Sid's makes me very sad, but hopefully we will be able to rectify that in time. Korma is a complete joy.
It's a shame that she has to stay in this small tank until the big one is ready.
Picture's soon! I promise!
I'm sorry for the novel- there's just a lot of info, ya know.
