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so i now have this 2 RES w/c my sister just gave me. both of them eats voraciously when i feed them (pre-killed fish) at their aquarium but the water in it wont last a week!! i tried to put them into another container. the 1st 1 eats just well but the other is not touching his food.. so i placed him into another container but he/she still wont eat so when i placed him back into the aquarium and fed him IN the aquarium he was munching it like theres gonna be a food shortage or something... please help me with these guys.. is he sick or something? any suggestions?

I tried feeding my turtles in a separate tank when I first got them - they flatly refused. When I'm staying at my mom's for an extended period of time and put them in the slightly smaller aquarium I keep there, I have one who refuses to eat, even if I'm there for two weeks. They're highly sensitive to their environment. They absolutely get homesick, and they like to eat at home.

One tip, though - if you feed them live feeder fish, the tank doesn't get dirty so quickly. There is also one brand of turtle food that doesn't make the water murky - Nutrafin Max. Another tip - when feeding them turtle food, be sure to turn the filter off. Remove any food they leave uneaten, and then turn the filter back on - otherwise, the food will get into the filter and make the water gross.

the other RES still wont eat when i put him into another container... should i just continue feeding him in his aquarium?
is it normal for them to eat their shedded skin?
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