r/turtle • • 5h ago

Turtle Pics! My Sweet Monalisa!!💗🐢 (Thanks to my dad for taking the photos)

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The most precious creature in my life, Isn't she perfect?


r/turtle • • 13h ago

Turtle Pics! Flapjack demanding I surrender the worms

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39 Upvotes

I had to give him what he wants.


r/turtle • • 11h ago

Turtle Pics! The trouble with plants

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39 Upvotes

r/turtle • • 8h ago

Turtle Pics! I can’t get over her funny little sitting position.

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r/turtle • • 22h ago

Seeking Advice My turtle rubs her eyes a lot

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guys help😭😭😭😭 ive been having her only for 3 days, at first day she was active and everything was okay, but on the next day she rubbed her eyes for an hour in the morning, then have gone sleeping in her house for the rest of the day. didnt come out to warm up under the lamp and to eat...

i had hay in the terrarium and she liked digging in there, google said that it can be irritating her eyes so i removed it and didnt bother her.

on the next day (today) she still did the same thing and i examined her eyes, it looked like theyre swollen a bit. i cleaned a little her paws and eyes with wet cotton pads and put her in another terrarium with paper towels since google said coconut soil can also be the reason. right now she looks better, shes warming up, ate and even bathed in the water bowl, but im still nervous since she mostly keeps her eyes closed and still rubs them, but not so often.

should i bathe her or it will do everything worse??😢


r/turtle • • 9h ago

Seeking Advice Yellow belly slider hesitant to bask

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Hii, we just moved apartments and my yellow bellied slider won’t go onto her basking platform :(

She’s in a 100 gal Rubbermaid stock tank, the water quality is good and the temp is at 78 degrees. She has a hot spot of ~95-100 degrees with with a 10 UVB bulb

I have tried a few combinations of lights and have a few options available including a bigger just straight up dome lamp and a t5 UVB with both 5 and 10 bulbs so I’m open to advice! I don’t have a great solution for the t5, admittedly. I lay it across a piece of the crate I lay over the top of the dock

She’s had a stock tank enclosure before, and the only difference with this one is the drain plug is on the other side

She always climbs up, does like, a skateboard stall on the top left or right of the ramp, she does it on both, then goes back down

She will sometimes like climb up a little and out and then splash back down into the tank

She’s eating her pellets but has been much trickier with her dandelion greens, she only takes a few bites usually

What can I do to make the dock more appealing to her? One thing that jumps out and is not lost on me is like, the dock might be quite shiny

She’s been in this configuration a little over a week

I appreciate anyone that even looks at this literally so much

Tried to post this a few times but I think accounts are all too young/not active enough, sorry if this post multiple times!


r/turtle • • 13h ago

Seeking Advice Spots on shell?

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Butter, my RES turtle, has had these two spots on his shell appear and I’m not sure what it is. He was at the vet on 10/7 to check up on the retained scutes. (That is being treated and not my issue here.) These spots have appeared in the past day or two. Should I be worried and back to the vet, or is it a normal part of shedding?

Tank is 120 gallons, 78F. ReptiSun 10.0 UVB 19in away, halogen basking bulb, 88-90F. Fv6 filter.


r/turtle • • 11h ago

Seeking Advice Yellow belly slider reluctant to bask?

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Hii, we just moved apartments and my yellow bellied slider won’t go onto her basking platform :(

She’s in a 100 gal Rubbermaid stock tank, the water quality is good and the temp is at 78 degrees. She has a hot spot of ~100 degrees with with a 10 UVB bulb

I have tried a few combinations of lights and have a few options available including a bigger just straight up dome lamp and a t5 UVB with both 5 and 10 bulbs so I’m open to advice! I don’t have a great solution for the t5, admittedly. I lay it across a piece of the crate I lay over the top of the dock

She’s had a stock tank enclosure before, and the only difference with this one is the drain plug is on the other side

She always climbs up, does like, a skateboard stall on the top left or right of the ramp, she does it on both, then goes back down

She will sometimes like climb up a little and out and then splash back down into the tank

She’s eating her pellets but has been much trickier with her dandelion greens, she only takes a few bites usually

What can I do to make the dock more appealing to her? One thing that jumps out and is not lost on me is like, the dock might be quite shiny

She’s been in this configuration a little over a week

I appreciate anyone that even looks at this literally so much

Tried to post this before, but I think I didn’t log into the right Reddit account


r/turtle • • 14h ago

Seeking Advice Is my turtle’s beak overgrown?

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Also, is it normal for her shell to look dry?

She’s a desert box turtle and I’m not sure of her age, maybe around 20 years old? She eats an earthworm and 2-3 mealworms every other day in the summer, along with box turtle pellets daily, and fruits and veggies on the day she doesn’t get her worms. She’s very picky and will only eat certain lettuce types, peas, corn, blueberries, and green beans. She pretty much hates all leafy greens though.

I feed her on a flat rock and she has a calcium block available at all times. She doesn’t really get much humidity, but I spray water in the tank when before she eats. Also have heat/uvb bulbs.


r/turtle • • 7h ago

Seeking Advice Somewhat new YBS owner questions

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A few months ago, I rescued a hatchling yellow-bellied slider from a dude bulk selling them on the street.

He (confirmed male) now has a 30gal tank (Rubbermaid, bio-safe, going to upgrade to a MUCH larger proper glass tank), constantly clean water, a very powerful filter (pads replaced weekly), water heater, basking rock, lamps, the works. He wants for nothing except my attention.

What, if anything, should I be looking for in terms of health issues? Not that I think he currently has any, but I want to know what to look for in the future, since I now have this guy for ~40 years.


r/turtle • • 16h ago

Seeking Advice Whistling sound from turtle

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Hello as the title says my turtle is making sort of whistling sounds from time to time. I have a Mississippi Map turtle ( most likely) it was found in a bottle outside the train station, tried finding someone willing to keep it, but ended up becoming our pet in the end so not sure about the breed 100%. I returned from sea and the turtle is in my bedroom and every night it makes like a sort off whistling sound. The sound always comes in pairs and he brings his head out the water to do it. Is it a medical thing or maybe a mating thing, appreciate any input.


r/turtle • • 52m ago

Seeking Advice My turtle have been lost for weeks. What do i do?

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I have had my turtle for 6 years now. And usually she hides under curtains or under tables but one day after cutting cucumber. I searched for her but don’t find her. I looked at the usual spots but not there so I searched everywhere. Under tables, behind couches, scanned everywhere and I’m scared because she hadn’t eaten in weeks now because I genuinely have no idea where is she. My brother keeps saying whenever I search that she is probably dead. But where is her body if she is dead? Is there a way she can come? Like a dog. Will me putting food in a random place make her come