General Care Discussion :: Red ear slider making whistle sounds

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Ok Ranger has been making these weird whistle sounds when he pokes his head out of the water. They sound like the whistles that somtimes come out of a human nose when it is kinda clogged.
At first it was only a few times but now its happening almost everytime he pokes his head out of the water. He never dose it while he is basking its just when he pokes his head out of the water.
Please someone tell me what this is.

[untsmurf]

does he swim lopsided or have bubbles come out of his nose? what's your temps and setup like?

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

He dose not swim tilted or have bubbles comming out of his nose. The only time i see bubbles is when he slides off his basking rock and into the water then he makes 1-3 bubbles from his nose. His tempeature is usaully 80-82

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Forgot to tell you my setup
I have a water filter cleaning his water 24/7 very good filter Marineland Hot Magnum canister filter. I have a turtle dock in there for him to use. A UVA heat bulb above it. I have a UVB rod but notthe fixture yet.
I have some rocks at the bottom of his tank there pretty big about nickle sizes so he can't eat them.
Im planning on getting him the UVB fixture but don't know where any suggestions?
Also im going to get him a heater soon

[steve]

Would you say he's a little overweight? My female RES is a bit heavy and may occasionally make some light whistling sounds when she pokes her nose out of the water.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Hm i don't think he's overweight but how can i tell if he is?
I feed him commerical food pellets i sometimes try to feed him vegetables but he dose not like them.
And i only let him eat for 15 minutes for once a day sometimes i skip a day and not give him food

[steve]

Follow the guidelines on this site about feeding -- especially pellets since the directions that come with those are usually to vague.

http://www.redearslider.com/pellets.html

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Ok thanks!
What other kind of food should i feed him? im planning on buying some worms crickets and shrimp for him but he never likes to eat vegetables romaine lettuce, green beans, or tomatoes what should i substitute for them?

[graceandmalu]

well my turtle loves red leaf lettuce. for protein I feed my turtle gut-loaded freeze dried crickets.. loves it. it takes a while to understand exactly how much to feed your turtle. I usually do a light sprinkle of pellets, and then maybe 2-3 crickets and a small piece of lettuce. on days when I don't feed her I might give her a treat of a grape or carrot.

look under the forum "Food and Nutrition" and also look at the food guidelines on the website.

[graceandmalu]

ALSO this forum post might help with getting your turtle to eat its veggies:

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17486

(turtle jello shots)

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Im pretty sure my turtle will love those jello shots (hes a drunkie lol jk)
Should i be able to find all of that at wal-mart and any other stores that sell food?

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

My turtle started to make the whistle sounds a few minutes ago!!!
What is this!! im really worried about him they are louder and he dose it allot more often now.
Please someone respond, im debating wether to take him to the vet or not but even if i wanted to my dad would just say leave him alone for a lttle while and walk away. What can i do for him? my dad is willing to take me to the petstore to buy minor things for him (nothing over 20 dollars)
Please reposnd quick i don't want whatever is wrong with him to get worse.

[steve]

Is the whistling noise coming out of his nose?

[Snowboi]

He is breathing, my female RES is doing the same all the time, just breathing.

[vic021]

does he have his mouth open cuz he might be trying to hiss at you