https://reptileprofy.com/community/turtles-forum/ ReptileProfy Discussion Board en-US Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:47:31 +0000 wpForo 60 https://reptileprofy.com/community/turtles-forum/is-it-bad-that-my-turtle-is-missing-some-claws-do-i-need-to-take-him-to-the-vet/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:03:06 +0000 He's a young (~5 inches) red-eared slider. He's missing 3 claws on one foot, 2 on the other and 1 on his front foot. The other front foot is fine. We've had him for two weeks. My gf got him from Petco where she works. He was dropped off by someone who didn't want him anymore. At Petco, he was put into a tank with 8 large turtles. That may have been when he lost those claws. We keep him in a 5 gal. tank by himself now. We just noticed this tonite. He doesn't seem to be in any pain, but I'm no turtle expert. He's eating (goldfish and pellets) and swimming fine. He's pretty active and feisty when we handle him. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

]]> Turtles Forum Donald Pierce https://reptileprofy.com/community/turtles-forum/is-it-bad-that-my-turtle-is-missing-some-claws-do-i-need-to-take-him-to-the-vet/ https://reptileprofy.com/community/turtles-forum/how-can-i-train-my-turtles-to-eat-fish/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 08:09:16 +0000 I have two yellow ear sliders that are about a year and a half old. They are happy growing turtles, can have been raised mostly my the floating food sticks and shrimp. I read that turtles like to eat small fish so i got them little gold fish to eat, but they haven't eaten them yet. Its been about 3 weeks and nothing yet. I want them to enjoy the fish, but I don't know how to make them eat them, lol. Should i try to feed them less in hopes of them biting at the fish? They chase them around sometimes, but no bites.

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