we had 5 painted turles, keep them in our unused bathtub, in 2'' water with a
few rocks. they seem to eat the turle food we got them frm pet store...but they
arn't happy, 3 have passed away what can I make the tub into to make them
happy?

I would take the surviving two back to the pet store asap. Or call a vet and
ask if you have a turtle rehabber in your area and turn them over to the
rehabber.
Then I would do a lot of research before trying this again.
Turtles need extensive filtering to be kept inside along with heat lamps and I
think I a UV light.
Outside they need a nice large pond with a healthy filter attached, a safe
place to bask for hours and hours every day. They need a safe way to enter and
exit the pond. They need a wide variety of natural foods and specialized turtle
chow if that is not available. They eat specific things during certain times of
their lives, young turtles eat more protein than older turtles.
They need to have a hole kept open in the ice during the winter.

we had 5 painted turles, keep them in our unused bathtub, in 2'' water with
a
few rocks. they seem to eat the turle food we got them frm pet store...but they
arn't happy, 3 have passed away what can I make the tub into to make them
happy?




kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Make sure they get temperatures that keep them feeding, 70f to 90f day
range is comfy
Sunlight is quite important, however a bit of shade is too, to avoid
excess heat
Making sure the water does not become polluted is rather useful...
A diet of plants and live food will be a good perk
A casualty rate as high as 3 out of 5 dead, that is not good

Checkout this forum for turtle keeping tips, uhuh?

http://www.turtletimes.com/Forums/

Regards, andy
http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html

(WilsonKKW) wrote in message ...
we had 5 painted turles, keep them in our unused bathtub, in 2'' water with a
few rocks. they seem to eat the turle food we got them frm pet store...but they
arn't happy, 3 have passed away what can I make the tub into to make them
happy?

thank you all for your concerns,, taking them to pet store

"WilsonKKW" wrote:

we had 5 painted turles, keep them in our unused bathtub, in 2'' water with a
few rocks. they seem to eat the turle food we got them frm pet store...but
they
arn't happy, 3 have passed away what can I make the tub into to make them
happy?

Sorry for the three that have died. I think that load is way too high for
that size container. Turtles poop tons and need very excellent filtration.
If you keep the tub, you should provide more water and an island for them to
sun bathe on. Mostly though, you need a real filter. IMHO, even two turtles
in this environment may be too many.


San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.



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thank you all for your concerns,, taking them to pet store