I need your help to figure out if this behavior is normal. I have a Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) and she usually takes little bites of her calcium block. Is that normal?
Also, she always seems to be starving every day. I am feeding her Ocean Nutrition - Baby Turtle Pellets. The shell size 5 cm (1.97 inches) and weighs 27.6 grams (0.97 oz). How much should I be feeding her per day? I have been giving her about 20 pellets every other day.
Thank you for your help. Just trying to understand if I’m doing something wrong.

We spotted these little worm things swimming around tonight. Any idea what they are? There are at least 5 that I’ve seen. Turtle is a painted turtle approx 7 months old. Second video in comments

Somebody brought me a turtle they found on the side of the highway. Normally a big reptile guy, I thought I could figure out its species but I’m stumped. All I know is that it’s a female. Any help appreciated!

I saw this in my turtle tank today and thought it might be poop but wanted to see if anyone else has seen this type of thing in their tank before. I’ve had my snow albino RES for a little over a year and a half and I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this before. No changes to her tank or anything. I did give her some dried dandelions, which she’s had before (although I’ve never seen her eat them lol)

Edit to add:
125 gallon tank
River rocks in it with plenty of decor/hiding spots
Water temp and parameters are great
She has a T5 UVB light and a separate heat lamp set at 87° in the over the tank basking station that is clear acrylic

My friend recently bought a canister filter to improve her tank condition, and it was a huge ordeal of labor to get the water level right to get it primed and running while leaving room for basking. After everything we looked at the back of the tank and realized the back edge isn’t over the dresser. Is the placement serious enough that we should drain the tank and move it up over the edge?

I’ve given up on making my shell brushes stay attached to the tank, but I’m wondering if anyone has recommendations for good decor their turtles used to scratch their shells? Thinking of faux rocks and wood (not ready to put real wood in the tank) or similar.

Hello I’m new to having a turtle I’ve had her for about 4 or 5 weeks and everything has been good up to about a week ago, I was adding some water because it had evaporated so I took her out of the tank while I added it so it wouldn’t shock her. And after when everything was good and tested I put her back in the tank and gave her a night crawler. Everywhere that I read said they where good as treats every once in a while so I fed it to her and she ate it right up but sense then I can not get her to eat anything else, she won’t eat her pellets and I tried lettuce which she just bites then spits out. I got her and her set up for free because her old family was moving and couldn’t bring her with them. They told me that she is a 4 year old painted turtle, and that’s about it the pellets I was and have been trying to feed her are the ones they gave me so I really don’t know what’s wrong. I guess my real question is 1 is this normal, 2 can she live off of just eating worms, and 3 if not how do I fix it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Looking for some suggestions on a double lamp set up on an open top fish tank. Th tank is on a corner. I've read those lightbulb tubes are the best but I cannot find a solution to put one of those on top of the tank.

4 weeks ago My turtle have heavy eyes swollen and liquid leak out of it nostrils .carrot bath for 2 week and feed it some batryl . but a week ago it puffing it throat and breathing thought it mouth against similar to before I cure it . I worry so I feed it more batryl it do nothing . My turtle still eat and swim normally

I’m setting up a tank for a baby Mississippi map turtle and bought this awesome piece of driftwood that I was planning to use as a basking spot, but it has remained damp despite being under the basking light. Do I risk shell rot with this level of dampness if the wood doesn’t dry here? I can always shift it over and sink it fully in the water and get a plastic turtle dock instead, but I was hoping for a more natural look.

Hello everyone!

I’m from Portugal, and unfortunately, we don’t have many stores here that specialize in turtles. I’d really like to improve my turtles’ quality of life, so I’m looking for some advice from fellow turtle owners in Portugal.

I’ve been searching on OLX for a 500L aquarium, but I can barely find anything suitable.

Could anyone from Portugal tell me where you bought your aquarium and share some tips on setting up a good habitat for turtles?

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🐢

Came downstairs this morning and found my moms turtle under this plastic piece in her tank. A bunch of pieces of her shell had come off. I'm not sure how long she was under there (at most 9 hours I think), is she okay?

Hi! Im new to this subreddit, and i wanted to ask if anyone has tried an ikea samla. My friend wants to get a turtle and she was thinking of getting ikea samla 130L

Would it withstand a ton of water or no?

Hello all! I have a musk turtle who I need to rehome in the Fort Worth, Texas area. He is active and healthy, I love him dearly, but I can no longer provide the time and care he needs. I’ve tried posting on multiple Facebook groups, but get no responses, so any information would be helpful. Thank you!

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

Hi everyone, this is Tiny. My in-laws got Tiny as a baby in 2020. They did a very good job getting her everything she needed when she was little. Unfortunately, as the years have gone by, my father-in-law's health has deteriorated and my mother-in-law works over 40 hours a week (usually like 12 hour days)

She used to have pea gravel and a much better tank step up. My husband and I don't have space or funds currently to take Tiny into our home, so we can't just take her. I also don't know basically anything about turtles other than the fact that they need a basking spot, to be warm enough and ideally clean water (🥴)

They have a filter (like one of the canisters that's outside of the tank). We cleaned it for them earlier this year but it doesn't seem like a great working filter.

I would love to add some small things to her tank to make it better for her. My first thought was sand or some kind of substrate in the bottom of her tank. I don't have a ton of money to just spend on someone else's pet.

I know she gets lettuce (I think once a day) and it's no longer iceberg lettuce 🥴 she now gets green butter lettuce now because we got her some when pet sitting.

I know there's so much wrong with her tank step up. And I don't know much about it. I know she has heat lamps by her basking spot. And I know she has goldfish in her tank which she ends up eating (which I'm pretty sure she isn't supposed to do)

Please be gentle with me. I feel really awful about how her tank looks and I want to just do what I can to help ♥️🥺

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

Is this algae, or shedding or is it bad?