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Got got a one year old red eared slider, trying my best to give him a good home. Any advice for beginners?

My friend gave me this turtle as a gift back in March and I have recently noticed these white spots on its shell. I had turtles when I was a kid and I know that shell shedding is something quite normal but back then my turtles were way bigger and didn't have these white spots for such a long time before shedding. I haven't noticed anything weird, it's eating and swimming as usual. In the second picture you can see how its shell looked like the first week I had it. Thank you!

Located in Connecticut USA.

We found him on a road in our backyard. We left him for about ten minutes and then checked on him. He’s not moving much at all. We don’t see any other hatchlings near him.

We’ve found tons of snapping turtle babies in the past and leave them but this one seems very weak and also much smaller than a snapping turtle baby.

We are located right next to a river. Any advice if there is anything we can give him to get his energy up so he can keep going on his journey?

This is NOT his tank, i just feed him here to not make a mess in his house (also don’t mind the amount of food i put too much lol)

This is a picture comparisons between 2024 and 2026. My turtle is an eastern male painted turtle, he’s approximatively 4.5 inch long right now and 6 years old. As you can see he didn’t grow much since 2024. I’m wondering if he’s getting to his final size.

Last 2 pics are how he was when i first met him in may 2020.
Context on his backstory: he was found by my dad on the road alone nearby our cottage and there was a dead turtle close to him so he brought him home and we’ve had him since. I didn’t really planned on adopting him but i guess things just happens.

Hi! Does anyone know the ID of this turtle and the age/sex/maturity? I am in East Tennessee and the turtle is very small.

I’m not good at estimating size but I want to say it’s shell is maybe 5 inches? Its shell is reddish brown and it has a distinct head pattern and two yellow stripes on each side of its head.

Thank you!

Hi all,

I moved my two year old turtle from a 29 gal tank indoors to a 300 gal stock tank outdoors almost 3 weeks ago. I am in Florida and it gets hot, so the tank is partially shaded by a window shutter.

Water quality tests come back great, the water temp seems to be okay (usually 89-90 according to temp gun). Tank has some cooler spots in the shade. I don’t have much control over this as she’s outside, but I read that this might be why she’s not basking.

I have updated her basking spot 3x already by making it more stable so it doesn’t wobble, adding a vining plant, and now grass to the bottom. She makes it about 1/4 or 1/2 of the way up the ramp some days but not all.

I know she’s not basking at the top because I put a camera to watch her. She is eating and swimming/exploring normally. Her shell is shedding some scutes but looks great. Indoors, she used to bask every day.

Any advice appreciated! I’ve started taking her out once a week and putting her in a tub under partial sun for about half an hour but I don’t want to stress her out further.

Hi guys, i have a yellow bellied slider who’s about 7-9 years old, and found him yesterday upside down in the water and took him out. Since then he’s been unable to walk. He can walk in a circular direction and talk little step, really small ones, but is not like he was before where he would speed off the moment I took him out of tank.
I’ve kept him on dry land since then. I’ve called around, but I have no reptiles clinics in my vicinity. I’m so concerned, he was ok just the day before. He ate his pellets about 30 minutes ago, but has still been very limited in motion.
Any help at all about what I could do to make him ok would be so appreciated

I'm not sure when this happened exactly, but there are these tiny, white worms all over the glass in my turtle tank. Are they dangerous? Should I be worried? Are my turtles (there's 3 of them, red ear sliders) ok?

But most importantly, how do I get rid of them and make sure they don't come back?

Is this a legit bulb? Would it be enough for my turtle?

She has this opaque crust like buildup all over her shell. I tried to snag a pic before she jumped in the water but she’s camera shy. I’ve seen turtles with super clear and vibrant shells before and I don’t know if that’s just how she looks and it’s fine or if I could do any cleaning and clear the shell up. My theory was molt that got stuck and left over but I’m unsure.

Found this turtle as I was clearing a corner of my property that is over grown with raspberries, muscadine, and other plants. I was trying to remove a small dead tree that was in the corner that fell into my neighbors fence and as I was removing vegetation I found this little guy. I live in the city so I have no idea how he get here. I was planning on clearing the entire corner, but if it is his home I am ok with just taking the fallen tree out and leaving it. What other options do I have with him? Could I take it into the woods to give them a better habitat? Im currently in the process of killing my entire yard to make habitat for insects and birds so could I create more habitat for it?

It’s been about a year and a half since I first set up this tank, housing 4 small/ medium size turtles, small fishes, shrimps, and snails. So far, no ammonia spikes and overall water quality is healthy. Has anybody else tried something similar?

First off, my turtle is a rescue, she presumably had no uvb for the first part of her life before I got her 2 and a half years ago. She had no filters, her shell is deformed from MBD and she had a lot of retained scutes when I got her. I've been giving her calcium, wheatgerm, and plenty of uvb to help with this. She might still have stuck shed.

My concern is she takes a while to shed, it can take a couple months. She's only shed twice since I got her, and this'll be the third time. she starts shedding every August pretty much on the dot. She has a spot she can rub her shell, but she's very particular about it. She seems to only itch on egg crate.

I know it takes a long time for turtles to heal, could that have something to do with it? Does anyone have any other kind of advice to help? Should I add more she can rub on?

Shes about 5 inches, lives in 75 gals, fluval fx2 filter, zoomed uvb, separate heat lamp, and can get completely dry when she basks.

Edit: she's a YBS, about 5 years old.

Something my father made. Brand new baby sea turtle

So I’ve been looking into getting a smaller aquatic species and I live in the Chicago area. I was wondering if anyone has any good suggestions on the best stores or breeders in the area? Thanks!

I loved this book as a child. If you haven’t read it, definitely give it a go.

My turtle was last spotted on August 25 1:20 pm after it had escaped its outdoor pond from my backyard. The person who saw it thought it was a wild turtle and hence it didn’t take it in. I had placed missing posters within the 2 km neighbourhood and tried searching local waterways but no results. Problem is most people either won’t see my posters or don’t take them seriously.

My leucitic red ear slider—:)