Really need help with baby red ear slider turtles.?

You should fill the tank to twice the shell size; too deep of water can cause the babies, which are often not as good at swimming as their older counterparts, to become stressed if they have any trouble exiting the water, and it makes feeding harder because the babies lose the food on the botttom. Also make sure that the basking log is easily accessible to the turtles and stable, so that they will have no trouble getting out of the water.

Turtles and especially babies often do not eat their first week in a new environment, but they should start eating soon. To help prevent them from getting stressed do not handle them or alter their tank any more than is necessary.

Make sure that they are in at least a ten gallon tank with a filter rated for twice the tank volume, a basking rock or platform, a heat bulb over the basking spot, and a 5% UVB UV reptile light(necessary for shell development), because this is what they need to be healthy and happy. Really, the turtles should be in a bigger tank to prevent them from stressing and each other too much an competing. You will eventually need to put them in a tank that is over 100 gallons, so you might as well put them in a big tank now to prevent unnecessary future costs. The rule of thumb is 10 gallons per inch of turtle and yours could get over 10in long, but, as long as you do weekly partial water changes and the turtles are the same size, the turtles should be okay for now in even a ten gallon tank.

Offer the babies turtle pellets and freeze dried blood worms daily because they are reasonably healthy and I have had the best luck starting babies with them. Trying some live foods such as small meal worms, pinhead sized crickets that float on the surface of the water would be a good idea. Also offer them earth worms, dead minnows(if you don't mind too much), and possibly some aquatic snails that you can just keep into the tank. You can also put in live minnows to eat scraps, and they might eventually catch one. Do not feed them much, if any, vegetable matter and do not give lettuce, which has no nutritional value. The only plant matter you might want to give them is a few bits of duckweed or tiny strips of vitamin and mineral rich vegetables like carrot or asparagus, which is high in calcium. Also, do not give them much if any shrimp because, like blood worms, they are almost all protein with little or no calcium and they often contain too much salt.

They should eat only small amounts at first, but they should soon eat more. Signs of illness that would require a vet would be mucus coming from the mouth, nose, or eyes; lethargy (it is a good sign that they are climbing all over each other); a soft shell; or white or grayish discoloration on the shell that does not follow the pattern of the shell segments(scutes), which will shed as the turtles grow.

If one dominates the other, growing faster and out competing it for food, it will be necessary to feed them separately, but that problem is unlikely to arise soon.

Okay not to seem the mean guy here. But if your turtle drowns... Red eared sliders can hold there breath for about 20 minutes. They will not drown unless u make the rocks stick out and the rocks fall on them. The turtle needs warmth, sunlight if possible, if not then you need a basking light. they also need to get completely dry if they want to. (Make sure the top rock is above water is a simple way to do that) gravel is usually common to put on the bottom. it gives the tank a bit of ambience and allows the turtle to dig around a bit MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOUR TURTLE CANNOT CLIMB OUT BY ITSELF. RED EARED SLIDERS ARE NOTORIOUS CLIMBERS AND WILL EXPLOIT ANY OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE. basicly keep the top of the tank an inch or 2 above the highest point she can reach plus her overall length

Baby RES are born swimmers, out in the wild they swim in those giant lakes with no problems what so ever, they 2 times shell rule is the minimum amount of water that you should have, glass tanks are not usually a good idea for several reason, the main one is that RES don't understand what glass is and they will try and constantly try and swim Through the glass. The best indoor container for RES are those rubbermaid containers, they are not see through so the turtle will not get stressed out trying to swim Through the glass, and they are usually deep enough to put in a lot of water, baby turtles like to swim. now as far as not eating a turtle likes routine if their routine is disturbed in anyway, they will usually not eat for a while, a week or two or even more is not unheard as long as it is healthy this will not hurt it, if you are concerned about your RES and want it to eat, offer it live food, baby RES are carnivorous and like to eat live wriggly food. So offer earth worms night crawlers and fish, minnows are the best choice. Once it starts eating round out it's diet with those turtle pellets, and try some fresh greens as it gets older it will eat more greens and getting it started early is not a bad idea.

They need enough water to swim in and also dry land. They eat in the water, so put their food directly in. Sliders love crawling on each other to bask in the sun, so don't worry about that.

Hi,

Try a water test kit, to see if the certain levels of chemicals are ok.

Also check if the temperatures are right and they are getting the amount of calcium they need from their food and from a UV lamp.

Also, try live food such as small crickets.

Hope I helped! Good luck!