Hi! Introduce yourselves here. :: Hey:)

[turtle.love08]

Hello:)

Just recently a new turtle owner. Like 4 months of owning them.
Im Megg:)
and have 2 little red ear sliders named Romeo and Juliet.
just a little way to say hi:)

Cant wait to get to know all of you:)
megg

[ptcake]

Hi! Maybe we can share info...I have 2 babies!...one male and one female....I have had them for 10 months and they are doing well. I live in New York State. Where do you and your turtles live? Do you have warm weather year round? Looking forward to sharing stories about our turtles.

[turtle.love08]

The little ones and i are from Illinois, we get all types of weather so i keep them in a warm little corner in my room with lights n heat:)

My turtles are 5 1/2 months old today. Im thinkings its a male and a female not quite sure though. Im nto very turtle smart, just reading and researching as i go. They seem extremly happy lol. So which makes me happy:)

[DavidY]

Welcome to the forum!

[SpotsMama]

Greetings from Texas! So glad to have you on the forum. What size are little Romeo and Juliet? They sound like a lot of fun.

[turtle.love08]

hmm ive never measured them. lol. i really should keep a chart maybe?
Juliet is the size of my palm, and Romeo is so much smaller lol. I would say he is maybe 2 50 cent peices. not to sure. i will measure them and post on here.

[turtle.love08]

okay just measured the shells lol. squirmy little guys. lol

Juliet is - 3 1/2 ''
Romeo is - 2 3/4''

and both are 5 1/2 months old today:)

[SpotsMama]

Wow! They are growing fast!

Did you measure them like it says on this page? (Scroll down to close to the bottom of the page).

http://www.redearslider.com/anatomy.html

[turtle.love08]

yes mam:)

any pointers or tips i may need?

im redoing my tank tomorrow after looking everyones on here and mine totally sucks lol so im redoing it tomorrow.

[untsmurf]

Good for you. Romeo and Juliet are lucky to have someone that cares enough about them to do the research they need.

[DavidY]

Ain't this website great?

[turtle.love08]

yes it is!

im in turtle.love!!!!!!!

[megcornell]

What great turtle names! I'm sure they'll love their renovated tank, there's a lot of good info on here and pictures of creative tanks so you should have lots of good ideas to base your tank off of

[turtle.love08]

well i just finished my above the tank basking area today, its simple but thats to my boyfriend, its a lot better than i would ever make! lol.

My turtles love that im actually learning what to do lol, instead of filling the tank half way like the pet people i bought mine from said to do. (stupid people) this site is so amazingly incredible!

any ideas on what to do??

i have:
-2 turtles:)
-20 gal. tank.
-a plastic ex.large plant(they love to hide in it)
-an above the tank basking area(still iffy about it)
-a 100 w. heat bulb
-and a Full spectrum light.


am i doing it right or totally wrong? petstore guy said im doing excellent but what do they know.

[sean rose]

sounds liek you off to a goood start with having lighting but that tank is affuly small for two turts that size also anothe qeustion do you feed them in the tank or seperatly out of the tank in a different container and what does their diet consist of ?