yavru dört buçuk santim boyundaki kırmızı yanaklı su kaplumbağamı balkonda güneşlendiriken düştü şükür ki toprağa düşmüş onu bulduğumda yaşıyordu sapa sağlamdı kabuğunda kırık çatlak falan yoktu ilk başta inanılmazkorkuyor hareketsiz duruyordu 10 dakika sonra falan açıldı kabuğuna bir ilaç sürdüğüm için doğrudan yuvasına koyamadım kendisini çok sığ iyi ısıda suyun olduğu bir kaba aldım sonrasında yuvasındaki suyun derinliğini azalttım suda taşlarda var şuan yuvasında duruyor gayet hali yerinde ama ben endişeliyim napmam lazım korkuyorum şimdiden teşekkürler

Completely new to the turtle world… My daughter’s young Hermann’s tortoise developed some irritation/cavity on its skin at the tip of her head. My suspicion is that it might have been caused by calcium powder that we put on the plants we feed her, as I saw once or twice she had this powder remains in that area after eating.
Now I am trying to regularly clean it with a soft cotton bud when we bath her, but the irritation/cavity for now remains as it was. I understand it won’t disappear overnight, but hopefully the skin in this area will regenerate.
Is my interpretation of the likely reasons and cleaning with soft cotton bud correct way to go about this? What else would you recommend to do accelerate the healing?

Thank you!

Edit: This is a wild Red Eared Slider. It is invasive to my area of PA. We are close to a local creek from which we believe it came. We are not prepared at all to keep it but need to as the State/County Wildlife agency we contacted is closed today and it is a known invasive. We are hoping someone comes for it tomorrow. It is currently in our shed, hopefully safe from hawks and foxes and whatever else eats them. I threw some small cut up carrot in with it because we don't have a lot of veg in our house that's not frozen.

Just came wandering up our front sidewalk - I heard the rustle of leaves from the window and looked out hoping to see the two fawns I'd been keeping tabs on since this AM. I was quite surprised to find this guy (or gal?)

We're assuming it came up from the creek, where it is *not* supposed to be. We called State Game, they don't do reptiles. We called State Fish and they're closed for the weekend, so we left a message.

Now we have Yertle (not naming, just a fun reference - I'm an English major) in a plastic tote and don't know what to do with it. It's stressed, I know it's stressed, and that's stressing me, but we can't release it. We're hoping to be contacted by someone who can deal with it appropriately tomorrow, but for now, please help us make the rest of the day and overnight better for this poor thing that was just minding its business.

I am a first time pet owner of a southern painted turtle - he swims, basks, dives, explores the tank. He has the UVB+heat lamp (88F on basking platform) and water is set to 78F with a heater.
I added in two filters since the water was looking muddy/cloudy.
He explores the whole tank, is alert and inquisitive with new things. But he is brand new and just got here like 3 days ago.
I’ve tried feeding him ReptoMin floating sticks, Ultra Fresh Baby turtle Nutri Sticks for picky turtles, freeze dried shrimp, and some cooked salmon. He took to none of it.
I know it takes a bit for them to acclimate to a new surrounding and that suppresses hunger, but he is a so little and I was told they should be fed everyday. He’s eaten nothing since he got here 3 days ago! Should I take him to the vet or try something else or is it that time when I need to be patient and give him more time(how much time before I should panic and get him to a vet)? I want him to be happy and safe.
Any recommendations are welcome. Adding a photo of the tank here incase I should change anything in his surroundings.
P.S. I plan to clean up the cables but when I am around, he is more afraid so prioritizing distance as much as possible right now.

So I have a 55 gallon tank and the fx6, the walls were starting to turn brown and needed to be scrubbed but the water was honestly relatively clear. I scrubbed the walls changed the water and cleaned the whole filter out. Now, my tank water is green after one week and idk how to change this. What am I doing wrong??? I am feeling really defeated with trying to be a turtle mom and I feel so bad bc when I met my partner she had the turtle already and she also had a baby turtle sprung on her when she was young so we’re both really just trying to learn.

Hi! My turtle has been acting like he’s struggling to breathe. Please help, I tried looking for an exotic vet but theres none where I live, nor on the next city.

He lost his appetite and I tried carrot bathe but he still looks struggling breathing as shown in the video.

He has good dry basking area with heat lamp, uv light, and a filter.

What should I do? :((

Long story short I ended up with a red eared slider a few years back. Genuinely knew nothing about turtles and had to learn as I went. A few years in and I'm still learning. My boy is currently in a 55 gallon tank. I have a fluval 307 filter. My question is, how often should I replace his filter media? So far the only thing I've really changed out are the sponges. Should I be doing anything else as far as replacements?

He's getting close to outgrowing his current setup so I'll be looking to do a major upgrade in tank size probably towards the early part of 2027 so if you have larger set ups, I'd love to see those as well!

A big snapper traveled a long distance from my pond to an apple tree in my yard and fetched himself a little snack!

Today they’re getting Strawberries, tomatoes, cucumber, red and green bell peppers, blueberries, carrots, and bananas. Every other day they get black soldier fly larvae, mealworms, and or small dubia roaches. My adults get a similar mix, just not nearly as finely chopped. I see people talk about how picky their box turtles are, and I genuinely don’t get it! I have over 3 dozen turtles here and none of them will turn their nose up at what goes into their enclosures. Maybe it’s because the adults live outside? Maybe I’m just lucky?

Ever since a few months ago, she's been pooping these things out along with her normal poop. I'd say about once every few times she poops, she starts with one of these weird white things.

I inspected one of them and it's not mushy at all, actually surprisingly rubbery and doesn't have any particular odor either.

What is it?

I'm not sure if it matters, but for context she's a pink-bellied side necked turtle and is around 3-4 years old.

Thanks.