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I have had turtles all my life and about 2 months ago I thought I would buy some for my little brother to enjoy. So I went to Lee Watson (Chicago) and bought him 3 RES, a map, and a yellow belly. All seem to be doing fine except one. I bought them all at about an inch in lenght and all have doubled except for one RES. He dosent eat alot he lovesjust to sit around and bask but thats about it. All the others are about 2 and a 1/2 inches and are eating like crazy. They are all housed in one 30 gallon tank. Is there any thing I should be worried about or is he just a late bloomer? -Jason-

I think your first mistake was to get so many turtles. That many turtles in a 30gal is way to small (even now). You are going to need a massive tank for all of them once they get full grown. Your looking at like 250gal plus. But back to your question. Because there are more than 1 turtle in the tank they are having to fight for food, so looks like the little RES is at the bottom of the pecking order. He/She is probably not getting as much food as the others.
Chris
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Hey whats up, I'm Chris and I currently have 0.1 Midland Painted turtle, 1.0 Western Painted turtle, 0.1 Red Eared Slider, 1.1 Leopard Geckos, 1.0 Bearded Dragon and a 55gal African Cichlid Tank

I have a full grown RES and a painted in one of those black outdoor tubs on a stand inside heated and all. I dont think that they are fighting for food because I supply them with plenty I even put it right in front of him but yet he still dosen't eat. He will take a river shrimp every now and then but only takes one or to and thats it.