General Care Discussion :: First time shedding

[1tdawg]

I noticed my yurts started shedding! Is there anything new I should start doing? He's only a month old.....

[marisa]

A month old (difficult to know if you don't know when he hatched) is rather young to be shedding. Is he growing quickly? If so, what is his diet? How much is he fed at a feeding and how often?

You needed do anything for shedding. Just make sure he has ample opportunity to bask.

[1tdawg]

I took some advice from a fellow member by subtracting a week from the day i got him. He basks alot anyways. As far as ggrowth he has grown not very much maby 1/8 inch in shell legnth maby 1/10. im feeding him approx. 10-15 pellets a day. And if i dont ill give him that 1-2 rosey reds. So i think hes decently fed

[steve]

That sounds like a lot, how big is he now?

[vear]

wow yeah, 10-15 pellets does sound like a lot. If he's 1 mo. old he's probably only an inch or two?

[marisa]

That's a lot of pellets for such a young turtle, even if you're giving Reptomin Baby...

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

10-15 pellets is to much for a baby RES. Not even my 4 inch RES eats that much.

[1tdawg]

Well now im giving him 10 and btw he rarely ever eats them all. How much should i feed him?Also I just took a measurement....... 1 1/2 inches. Is that normal?

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

10 pellets for a 1 1/2 inch turtle is way to much try 4 maybe? Or less.

[marisa]

What brand of pellets are they?

[sagoy]

As what I've read so far, a huge chunk of people like to feed their turtles by estimating the amount and comparing it with the size of the turtle's head, amirite? My baby RES are just 1.6 and 1.75 inches and I just give them 3-5 pellets a day, because I used to feed them 10 pellets a day and I noticed some small lumps in the front of their carapace (i think if I continue feeding them 10 a day it might cause some pyramiding) and some flab coming out on their hind legs when they tuck them in.

[turtle man]

wow! thats alot of pellets, I feed my 3 or 4 inch turtles, 3 wardley pellets a day.
your turtles will always beg for more, that doesnt mean you should give in.
I say put your overweight turtle on a diet, give it a 2-4 pellets depending on the pellet size.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

A 1.6 and 1.75 inch RES should only get 3, 5 is still too much for them.

[1tdawg]

I'll try 2 do 5 per day they are reptomin baby.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Oh I thought they where the regular reptomin. Try 3 or 4 of those.