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its gonna get cold in a few days ,but my lil RESs are poor feeders so far ,NO to pellets NO to swatted flys,YES to diced shrimp,NO to Romaine Lettuce,they are pastels, maybe weaker than normals,they are inside for the winter but will be outside come Springtime,what foods to try???

Feed them baby crickets, wax worms, try a smaller pellet like zoomed hatchling pellet, and bloodworms usually work.

You might want to consider leaving them inside until they are a couple years old and not have them hibernate. Keep them at a cozy 75-80 degrees F with a electric heater. One for humans works well. Keep offering a wide variety of foods too! Good Luck!

What's the water temp. and the basking temp?

Gettin cooler!!!!!!!LOL as we type tis a nice eve in N. Fl.the quarter/half $ size babies are cool at night and warm in da day w/ basking

if they eat the shredded shrimp you might try other dead stuff, maybe crickets, earthworms, mealworms, superworms, nightcrawlers, crayfish, minnows. they also eat fruits and veggies, maybe it's the color they like, mine doesn't like the color red, why knows why, but just doesn't. try lots of different things until you find what they will eat. some will eat anything while others will only eat a few things. there is a lot more things you could feed it so dont give up! you could try feeding:carrots, grapes (they like to play w/ these in their tank), squash, zuccini, peas, greenbeans, apples...

thanks , im gonna dig thru my superworm wheat bran for small superworms and i have bloodworms growing outside in some fish vats how to seperate them from the mud ? i have a syringe w/ a tube ill try

that should work, but you can buy bloodworms in little cubes at a store, they are really cheap too. make sure you are using a uba/uvb light and dusting food wit a vitiman/calcium supplement also. good luck w/ the little guys! they are ADORABLE when they are that age.