Hi! Introduce yourselves here. :: Hi, my name is Yana and I recently got 2 baby turtles <3

[Arisu]

Arisu=She

And I agree with untsmurf- taking out the larger one and leaving the room should work. Leave some pellets in there and the little one should be less scared to try to eat. My smaller turtle is like that too- he'll ONLY eat when NOBODY is watching him. Likewise, I have to peak through a crack in my door just to see him eat.


Good luck!!

[TurtleLover_S&B]

Welcome!

[yan4ik]

I have got a 2.5 gallon for feeding, so I guess I can feed them separately. And yes I have a very cute background around 2 walls. I do have 2 lights in the basking area, the UVA and the other I guess warming one. I also have a big light that my bf gave me. it's got that aquatic light or w/e (i'm kinda bad at this) and I only turn it on for 6 hours, and the other main light is bluish. And for the night everything but one blue neon turns off.
Thank you guys very much for the tips about the diet and how to get the little one to eat! <3 You`re super helpful, the last thing I wanna do is harm my sweeties ))
Oh! And I picked the best names today, I`ve been browsing all day! So I came up with Lola, for the girl and Poop for the boy (he does poop a lot lol). Tell me if u like em! <3

[yan4ik]

Aaww I`m glad I`m not alone with a scaredy-turtle ))

[untsmurf]

The uva and the heat lamp can be the same one, just a regular house bulb. Is the bluish one a UVB bulb? If not make sure and pick one up.

[yan4ik]

Yep, that's exactly how it is, it's all in one lamp heat and UV, plus that big light I have is UV as wellso it covers most of the aquarium.
The eating isn't really happening for the small one
I've tried separating them but they seem to really miss each other, so I'll be feeding them together. And they hate veggies by the looks of it Oh this really sux I want them to be very healthy and happy.
Like...I'm watching him trough the door crack and he's just sitting there on a totaly opposite side from the lettuce! I've also tried giving them bananas, apples, strawberries, cucumber skin and nothing! :'(

[ScrewZoo]

They'll accept veggies when they're older.

[yan4ik]

I hope. Okay today I asked my bf what his light does. So the white light is florecent, compact light and the blue light is aquatic, it's not UVA it's just like a light...Umm and yeah the blue neon is just a night light. My heater is also a UVA tho, so I'm good

[untsmurf]

And one of them is UVB?

[yan4ik]

No, just the heat lamp has UVB

[untsmurf]

Do you know the brand name of all your bulbs?

[yan4ik]

No I don't. When I got the turtles I also got a light, filter, food, screen, basking thingy and vitamins. The guy that was helping us suggested the heater that I got saying that it's got both the UV and heater, which is what I need. I'm not sure about the brand, I threw the box out a long time ago and it says nothing on the light itself
The other light I got has no heater or UV, the brand is 'Coralife'. It helps vegetation to grow better, as well as live rock. It's got a full gamma of light, so it's pretty much the closest thing to real sunlight.

[yan4ik]

Big light (not the heater) Got 3 different lights - compact light (which is a floresent compact light, it's like ur regular florecent light but in a larger amount, so it's much brighter), then it's got actinic light (the bluish one) and this light stays on all day till they go to sleep. And the blue neon turns on at night

[yan4ik]

Ths is what the blue one looks like:
http://www.petsmart.com/graphics/produc ... 82t400.jpg

And when it's on:
http://www.mikesreef.com/images/timeline/Pict0144b.jpg

And the heater/UVB looks somewhat like this:
http://www.reptiledirect.com/halogen.aspx