Red-Eared Turtles....Please Help?!

Well It Started With A Trip To My Friend Amandas House. Her Next Door Neighbors

had these 3 Red-Eared turtles they had bought in Alabama except they had only

just learned they could cause Samonella and they had little children who would

try to put the turtles in their mouths. To Get to the point They needed to get rid of

them and NOW before they went on vacation. So If I could'nt take them then they

would be fed to the seagulls . Well I Could'nt let that happen (I am so

addicted to lil animals) So The three turtles are all about 1 1/2inches in diameter

and in a tank with about 2 inches of water and a few flat stones to climb up on. I

have fish gravel at the bottom because it looked boring. They Gave me 'ReptoMin'

reptile food for them and it's pellets. ANY info on My Babies would be great and as

soon as I dig out my digital camera I will take some pics for yall. Oh One more

thing.....I Named the Largest one Tom, The Darkest and smallest one Sparky (Ha

don't ask my friend named him) and I Let my Lil sister name the last one because

she was sad because she did'nt have one so she named it Lil' Dude. My Name is

Scarlett and any info would be appreated! ~Scarlett

Hmm Within A Few Minutes I Will Be Posting The Pictures!

Here Are My Babies!

Turtle Times Go there and All your questions will be soon answered!

They deffinatly need a bigger home. Give them more water so they can swim to get rid of excess energy. You also need to make 'land' for them to come up and dry and bask. I use large patio bricks for this. make the water level about 1/4 inch down from the top of the highest brick. You also need a heat light for them to bask under while they're on land. (You can have this be a light that has UV in it if you'd like.) You also need a light of the swimming area, this HAS to be a UV light. Herps make Vitamin D through soaking up UV rays. usually the sun does this for them, but in captivity they need an artificial light that supplies the UV. Also get a heat for them. Keep the temp, ahh, in the mid 70's-upper 70's.

Also, you need to feed them a varried diet, they cannot be healthy on just the pellets alone. Feed them the following:
Earth Worms, Tubifex Worms, Meal Worms, Frozen Blood Worms, Small Crickets, Moths, (INSECTS!!), A piece of lettace every now and again, and finally the pellets to make sure they are getting all their vitamins.

Also, whenever you can let them out in the yard to romp around and get some 'real' sun. If you have anyother quetions, don't be afraid to ask.
Willie

Thanks FatDawg that was a helpfull link and thanks alot Willie I will be sure to make quite a few changes, thanks guys! ~Scarlett