Need Help With Id And Care Of Rescued Turtles

[fishnovice]

Need urgent identification and care instructions to keep these guys alive.I just got 3 turtles which were about to be dumped in a freezing cold dirty brackish canal. DESCRIPTION - Shell bout the size and shape of an individual steak and kidney pie, dark shells with yellow horizontal bands like tiger stripes. Head, neck and legs have thin bright yellow stripes

Figured that althugh my conditions may not be ideal, they are a million time bettter off with me and have a good chance of survival. They came with a 2ft tank and a flat piece of slate on 2 rocks as a resting platform. No idea as to their species, age , sex or how to care for them.The only care instructionsI got from owner were
1.They are coldwater and should be kept at 77degrees -that's warmer thanmy tropical tanks!!!
2.They were fed on ham and guppies (no way, I love my guppies)
3.They bite -charming

I filled the tank with warm tapwater to a depth of inches. No idea what to feed them

 

[star4]

Hard to say without pics, but I would guess a false map or mississippi map turtle from the yellow banding, they are tropical and do need warm water, an area to bask with a basking lamp. Guppies are not an ideal turtle food, I would suggest untill a positive id is made you are safe with any turtle "sticks" available from most pet shops and prawn. If possible get a pic and I will try and help id them for you, poor guys.

 

[fishnovice]

Hard to say without pics, but I would guess a false map or mississippi map turtle from the yellow banding, they are tropical and do need warm water, an area to bask with a basking lamp. Guppies are not an ideal turtle food, I would suggest untill a positive id is made you are safe with any turtle "sticks" available from most pet shops and prawn. If possible get a pic and I will try and help id them for you, poor guys.

Thanks I'll google map turtles. I'm on a very low budget (not working with lots of fish to support)and have no transport. No petshop within walking distance so sticks are out for the time being. Any cheap readily available alternative turtle food can get from Tesco?

 

[mixmaster jay]

Hard to say without pics, but I would guess a false map or mississippi map turtle from the yellow banding, they are tropical and do need warm water, an area to bask with a basking lamp. Guppies are not an ideal turtle food, I would suggest untill a positive id is made you are safe with any turtle "sticks" available from most pet shops and prawn. If possible get a pic and I will try and help id them for you, poor guys.

Thanks I'll google map turtles. I'm on a very low budget (not working with lots of fish to support)and have no transport. No petshop within walking distance so sticks are out for the time being. Any cheap readily available alternative turtle food can get from Tesco?

whitefish/whitebait. or the seafood cocktails mussels, prawns, squidrings put these are all high in protein and should only be classed as a treat once they are on a stable pellet food.