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I got the 2 RES hatchlings Friday, and now it is Wednesday and I still haven't been successful in getting them to eat anything.
I am feeding them in a separate container, the floating sticks...
My question is at what point to I become concerned?
Is there anything else that I can be doing?

Try offering real food like meat to get them started, then switch to turtle chow later. Also, if you move your turtle to a diff tank to eat, make sure the temps in that tank are the same as your other tank, and dont sit there and watch, give em some privacy ( I know its hard). At least till they start eating.
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Yea the first thing I fed them was small shrimp (from the petstore)... they loved it and when I brought them home (got them in NY, live in CA), they didn't eat anything. It was because my water was too cold since I didn't have a heater in it.

Once I got the heater they got very active and ate a lot and would eat pellets. Also I don't like the idea of feeding them in a seperate container especially if you just got them. They are probably confused of whats going on when you move them - especially if the water temperature isn't to their liking. So check the water make it around 70-75-80 (warmer if young, cooler if adult) and try getting them to eat first in the container their comfortable in

Thank You!
Going to the pet store tonight!
Poor babies are probably starving!