You will get much advice as to how you need a huge setup with elaborate equipment. Your little turtle bowl, although much scorned by many keepers, is just fine FOR NOW, but think of at least a ten gallon tank for later. Make sure your turtle is at least 75 degrees F (preferably higher) and, at first, offer red worms (AKA leaf worms) that are cut into small pieces. Alternatively (and I hesitate to mention this) buy feeder guppies from your pet store, crush them, and rip open their abdominal cavity. Red ears can't catch active guppies and need the extra smell. THEN start offering (a little at a time) Reptomin that has been prewetted to soften it. That first bite is critical - after they get used to it, they will take it dry but soft texture is critical for the first few times. This from a guy who has raised hundreds of juveniles.

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