My turtle now not eating after I come back from vacation
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:29 amHi all,
Urgent help needed!!! My turtle, Parker, used to be very hungry around food at all times but now he shows no interest and no aggression for food. Before he would even try to open his mouth when I showed him the sticks through the tank glass. I only fed him every other day with reptomin sticks, carrots or turtle shot jello. I went away for 2 weeks and I had to set up an automatic feeder to feed my turtles (4 in total). The timer on the machine can only be set for how many feedings per day, so I'd set up once daily with reptomin sticks. Now after I've come back from vacation, my Parker won't eat anything at all, and he wasn't like before where he sometimes would be biting my finger when I gave him food. He would only eat the shrimps but barely. My suspicion was the other 2 turtles who are more aggressive towards food might have eaten all his food when I was away, so he got used to it. I now have separated those turtles into another tank just to be safe. But Parker still won't eat any much for these 2 weeks. I have thought about the temperature was one reason, but I have put in the heater now since I came back but he still won't eat. What do you think has happened to my Parker? I'm really worried. Everything else seems ok about him, he still goes up to the rock to bask every day. He just won't eat anything other than munching on the calcium piece time to time and the shrimp.
P.S. recently I have moved Parker and my other turtle to a bigger tank, but it has been a week, and he didn't eat even before the move.
Urgent help needed!!! My turtle, Parker, used to be very hungry around food at all times but now he shows no interest and no aggression for food. Before he would even try to open his mouth when I showed him the sticks through the tank glass. I only fed him every other day with reptomin sticks, carrots or turtle shot jello. I went away for 2 weeks and I had to set up an automatic feeder to feed my turtles (4 in total). The timer on the machine can only be set for how many feedings per day, so I'd set up once daily with reptomin sticks. Now after I've come back from vacation, my Parker won't eat anything at all, and he wasn't like before where he sometimes would be biting my finger when I gave him food. He would only eat the shrimps but barely. My suspicion was the other 2 turtles who are more aggressive towards food might have eaten all his food when I was away, so he got used to it. I now have separated those turtles into another tank just to be safe. But Parker still won't eat any much for these 2 weeks. I have thought about the temperature was one reason, but I have put in the heater now since I came back but he still won't eat. What do you think has happened to my Parker? I'm really worried. Everything else seems ok about him, he still goes up to the rock to bask every day. He just won't eat anything other than munching on the calcium piece time to time and the shrimp.
P.S. recently I have moved Parker and my other turtle to a bigger tank, but it has been a week, and he didn't eat even before the move.