General Care Discussion :: Is Bully overweight?

[Sireen]

Hi, this is Bully my turtle, i got worried after watching several videos of old RES turtles who are 12 and 17years old and they seem to be the exact size of bully, is bully overweight? Ive had him for three years now and when i bought him he was very small! i feed him dried shrimps, sticks and vegetables, he never stops begging for food! Plz let me know! thank You!

[vear]

Bully is a female RES, not male - this is why she's bigger. In order to know if she's overweight you should take pictures of the meaty part, where her legs go into her shell. =) How often do you feed the shrimp? That shouldn't be a staple diet. You should feed sticks every other day in combination to veggies - shrimp as treats only. Feed her only as much as would fit in her head (if it were hollow) not counting the neck.

[Sireen]

Yeah i know she's a female but i just got used in addressing her as a male! these are two photos of her legs, i hope her body weight is normal! Thank you.

[Kemul]

Looks kinda obese. But since her shell looks fine, you just need to limit the feeding. Don't give in to the begging.

[Sireen]

I was reading about egg bound so i took bully out and felt her rear next to the legs where the meat part, i felt something, im not sure if its an egg, on both sides you can feel a bump or smth! How can i make sure there are no eggs? How should it feels if i touched her meaty part if she wasn't pregnant?

[azazeal]

you should feel the meaty part in front of her hind legs (not the tail part), and there you should feel some round hard things, if she has no eggs you won't feel anything hard.

[Sireen]

Thank u azazeal, it seems she doesnt have eggs coz i was feeling the wrong part:)