I have had my red eared slider for about 4 months now. When I bought him I was unaware that the small shop was doing so illegally. He was roughly the size of a half dollar maybe slightly smaller. At first he ate nothing and I was pretty sure he was dead at one point. Thankfully I waited a while before "disposing" of him because after repeated "prodding" i was able to get him to finally move. Now he seems to be healthy as can be. My questions are 1) do I need to have separate drinking water aside from what he swims in? 2) He doesn't seem to be interested in any sort of vegetation that I try to feed him. He loves the pellets that I give him and the feeder guppies. Is his lack of eating vegetables a problem? 3)I am still unsure of what a healthy amount of food is. The bottle of pellets told me to feed as much as turtle would eat in a 2 hr period. Well, my turtle appears to be hungry constantly. If i put guppies in there he will devour 12 in a matter of hours. what is a healthy feeding regiment? 4) I have been giving him guppies about once a week (12 at a time) and for some reason he wont eat one of the fish ( i can tell that its the same guppy based on the funny red spot on his head) At first i thought it was because the fish was to quick but I have noticed that the fish will swim right next to him and the turtle will pay him no mind at all. Has he made a friend? Is this highly unusual?

Okay I think that's all the questions that I have. Thank you in advance for all answers. My email is adeadendriot@aol.com or you can just post in response here.

Gayle

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