Urgent Care :: Vomiting turtle

[bentlie]

Recently my turtle has been vomiting in the water. He'll let out this hack in the water and then when I look, there's this giant cloud of sem-digested food and a creamy white liquid. What could be causing this? Is it dangerous?

Thanks

[missibsu]

Tell us more about your set up and what you are feeding your turtle.

[bentlie]

Water temperature 82F
Basking lamp and basking platform
Fluval 3 filtration
Reptile UVB fluo
Rocks (not gravel) at bottom of tank

ReptoMin floating food sticks staple diet
ReptoTreat Suprema and Gammarus once in a while
Live minnows once in a while
Lettuce

[cam722]

Vomitting can be a sign of overfeeding. What, how much and how often are you feeding your turtle?

[bentlie]

The what is in the last 4 lines of my previous message:

ReptoMin floating food sticks staple diet
ReptoTreat Suprema and Gammarus once in a while
Live minnows once in a while
Lettuce

I feed him once a day "as many as he can eat in 2 minutes"

[missibsu]

The amount of pellets or sticks you give your turt should be the amount that would fit inside his head if it were hollow. This doesn't include the neck. This should be done once a day for hatchlings and once every other day for older turts. My turts are about 10 months and I just switched to every other day. The lettuce and other veggies can be given every day. And he should be offered a variety of different greens, see the feeding list for more options.