Hi! Introduce yourselves here. :: Hey:)

[DavidY]

Have you had a chance to read the various guides on this website? You can find them by clicking on the links at the top of this page. There's everything you need to know to set up a very healthy and comfortable environment for your turtles. The one thing that I noticed from your description is that you mention you have a 100W heat bulb and a full spectrum bulb. Is the 100W bulb a regular light bulb, a basking bulb or a mercury vapor bulb or something else? And is the full spectrum bulb a flourescent bulb or compact flourescent bulb? Does it provide UVB (it should specifically say "UVB" on the package)? You should also check the temperature of your basking platform with a thermometer. The ideal basking temp is 88 to 90 degrees.

It's great that you're doing your research to provide your turtles with the best home that you can. Keep reading and asking questions. You may also want to begin a new thread in the General section.

[turtle.love08]

yes the tank is small, im working on getting a bigger one.
feed them together, they share the food amazingly, and im giving them turtle sticks that float, and strawberries.

[ptcake]

Hi turtle.love08. You are so lucky that your babies share food. I have a female and a male and the only way to feed them is separately. Otherwise, the female takes all the food. Six months ago, the male became ill...I think it was a vitamin A deficiency....puffy eyes, bubbly nose. He is now healthy thanks to ZooMed eye drops and sulfa dip AND lots of hand feeding. I still house the turtles together in a small tank, but not for much longer. I plan to move them to a larger tank in about six weeks and keep them together as long as they don't fight. I will continue to feed them separately, however. You inspired me to measure my turtles. I don't feed them too much. They munch on anarchis and red leaf lettuce daily. I feed them the sticks once every three days. The male is quite fussy and I have to be patient with him....the female eats everything and she would gladly eat my fingers if I allowed it. Looking forward to your pictures.

[turtle.love08]

Hmm, i migth have to try the red leaf lettuce. I feed them the sticks 3 times a day, and they love them i can actually feed them by hand, which i do if the female is feeling hoggish lol.

I have pictures,just not on the site lol. there so huge ffrom my digi cam, my boyfriend is going to help me load thema nd make them tons smaller hopefully lol. i still have to ask him:)

Thank you all for being so kind to me and helping me:) its greatly appreciated. cant wait for my babies to grow more!:) which is happening soon starting to shed more!

[turtleowner]

hi ! i'm new here!

[untsmurf]

How much are you actually feeding them? Because unless you are giving them each one or two sticks per sitting, then three times a day is probably too much.

[turtle.love08]

well in fact i do give them 1 each starting out and if they still come up to the top i give them 2. Then they usually dont bother with food. and i do that morning, lunch and dinner.

[Turtlelover123]

Welcome!!!