Terrapin Care

[Graham]

Spinach is not a good food for turts as it's high in oxalates, and young turts may not eat veg anyway, you don't say what species it is? Some species are carnivores and won't eat veg at any age.

Your best bet would be to get some good quality commercial pellets and feed it in the tank, try to find what it was fed on before you got it and use the same food.

Also, instead of adding to a sticky like this, you'll get more responses if you start a thread of your own!

[Princess M]

Hi I wonder if any1 can help me i have a turtle that I have had for over a year since I got her I have noticed that there is something wrong with her eyes it seems as tho she can not c properly through one. I got her out of her tank today and her left eye was swolen is there anything I can do to prevent it from getting worse? Does anyone know any vets that deal with turtles in the london area?

Thank you.

[Graham]

A single swollen eye is most likely an injury, treating it with eye ointment might be all it needs. There are lots of herp vets in the London area, but it's a huge area, where exactly are you?

Also you'd do better starting your own thread rather than adding to an old sticky.

[LilD]

I have my tank all set up for turtles, and i was wondering if i could use the stones from the beach as the floor off the tank they have been cleaned properly but i just wanted to ake sure before i put the in there? Thank you for the advice in this post it was very helpful xx

[LilD]

Sorry just noticed i put my post in the wrong thing x

[shropshire-vivs]

Originally Posted by Graham

A single swollen eye is most likely an injury, treating it with eye ointment might be all it needs. There are lots of herp vets in the London area, but it's a huge area, where exactly are you?

Also you'd do better starting your own thread rather than adding to an old sticky.

Seems like your fighting a lost battle here.

[daisy1]

Iv had a baby terrapin for 2 months will it be dangerous 2 put another terrapin in with it now?

[daisy1]

Graham can u pls answer my question iv had a baby terrapin for 2 months will it b dangerous if i put another terrapin in with him?

[ShaneLuvsMonitors]

Originally Posted by daisy1

Graham can u pls answer my question iv had a baby terrapin for 2 months will it b dangerous if i put another terrapin in with him?

Depends if there the same species some species of turtle arent as tough as others and are vulnerable to some infections others carry so id try and ID your turt first.

[Graham]

Is this sticky ever going to be locked to stop it turning into a long rambling post?