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Post Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 3:14 am   Sluggish turtle!

I have3 YBS who have all been perfect recently but ive noticed one of them has recently become quite sluggish, hes only 3.5 inches big and is just under a year old. Ive had him the same time as one of the others who is absolutely fine, lately he just seems to swim about slowly by hisself and when it comes to dinner time, hes not as quick to eat as the other ones like when he takes the food its quite gentle and slow compared to how he use to be! He use to snap the food away of the surface. He also just sits in the corner of the tank floating!

I have proper set up for them with all the correct lighting etc. water temps and basking temps kept at same temps throughout the day varying between 1 or 2degreees.

Thers no signs of obvious illness and hes the only one doing it. hes still in perfect condition and hes still eating and swimming and basking. Im not massively worried just yet, im just really curious as its not his usual self!

Ive spent some time reading other topics and things which is where i usually get all my answers from but this time i couldnt seem to find too much.

Any advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
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Post Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 5:32 pm   Re: Sluggish turtle!

They can be moody sometimes, hopefully this is an example of it. Maybe see if he responds the same way to treats?
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Post Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:39 am   Re: Sluggish turtle!

good news he seems better today #:) swimming around more! he snapped those bloodworms right up! wouldnt let the others touch the block of worm. sorry for starting a thred about this! i didnt realise turtles got moody lol!
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Post Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 1:19 pm   Re: Sluggish turtle!

Never hurts to ask :)
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:19 am   Re: Sluggish turtle!

Yeah moody is right!!! Sometimes they play all night, other times they lounge around all day, one day they love Reptomin, the next day they snub their nose. Sounds like you did the right thing (checking the basics and just keeping on eye on things). Glad he's back to normal (bet his tank mates aren't so happy, though. Now they have to share the food again) :wink:
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