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the top pic is terror who sits and basks all day long

the 2nd is pin he is just loves swimming round looking for food

I'm not sure if the basking light should be that close? and the carapace looks a little funny... are they pyramiding? The basking dock should be a bit bigger, maybe the first one is hogging up all the space all the time, the second doesn't have room.
I would watch the lil pebbles , i would consider swtiching to bigger rocks at least bigger than their head
How big is the tank and what temperatures do you have?

pyramiding?whats that>

The turtle on the bask rock.. the carapace looks bumpy when it should be smooth. Pyramiding occurs when they are growing too rapidly due to overfeeding or various.

lynne361, not to sound rude, but have you read the site? There are numerous posts on pyramiding.

Here are a few:

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1398&highlight=pyramiding

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=682&highlight=pyramiding

Hopefully those will help answer your question.

hi,
as i am new to the forum ,i am still working my way through it,i am looking at Feeding and Nutrition at the moment,i do not spend much time on here as i work and have kids to care for.
thank you
do u want to se some close ups of the one on the rock?

Yes please just to make sure. Also, a full tank pic would do some good

Lynne I have read that pyramiding it irreversable.
I am worried about it with Neptune . . .*grumble*
he won't eat veggies YET *nods*

The younger the turtle starts to pyramid, the easier it will be to smoothen up. But yes, if it isn't treated asap, it will eventually stay

the one in your hand in the second pic looks kinda funky...have you had them since they were babies? Looks like he/she was either over fed or in cramped living conditions

Looks to me the size differs from the two pictures ..

i got them from a friend when they were about 12 months old,otherwise they would have been set free in the wild,teror is the biggest one,she will eats all the time if i let her,then eats what the other leaves.i feed them 2s a day- in the morning they have schildpadvour(dutch for turtle food,look like little dried maggot things,and in the evening they have prawns,squid, or meat,if i dont feed them when they want they splash all day long.
will post a pic of the tank later when i come home from work.
thasnk you all
x

at there age I would cut back to feeding them every other day. try to get them to eat more veggies, romian, red leaf lettuce etc.

as they get older they become more vegitarian and eat less protien

hi.
i have tried veggies,but they wont eat them,maybe its because they are used to meat,
if i leave them hungry then try the veggies do you think they will eat them i dont want them to starve.
thank you
lynne