hey everyone -- first post here. i'm so glad i found this site, the board has been quite helpful and i look forward to contributing myself as well!
anyways-
I've had a couple of baby RES's for about a month now, and i've got turtle paranoia. I'm constantly fretting over the temperatures in the tank, whether or not one of my turts is eating enough, whether or not they're happy (lol), but most of all .. when i come home at night and they're apparantly sleeping, i freak out and think that they are dead. i end up turning the lights on and reaching in there to stir them up just to make sure that they're still alive!

The thing is, at first I had three turtles, but one was obviously premature and had an extremely soft shell from day one. I tried giving it hydro-life drops every day but it eventually died

This m ight be the source of the paranoia ... but i find myself worrying about these little guys so much that i think it's getting in the way of me just enjoying them! i'd like to rest easy thinking that they'll be okay the next morning, but i just cant help but fret constantly over their well being. any advice? sorry for the long post!