HOW CAN I TAKE CARE OF AN Red Eared Slider?
Red-Eared Slider “Ideal conditions in captivity * High water quality. * UVB light. “Full spectrum” and reptile UVB fluorescent lights are not equal substitutes for direct unfiltered sunlight. Even UVB heat lamps or mercury vapor lights are not proven to be equal substitutes for direct unfiltered sunlight. However, these two latter bulbs produce higher levels of UVB. UVB from sunlight and artificial UVB light is filtered out if glass or plastic is between the bulb and the basking area. * Hibernation or brumation is not possible indoors at room temperature. Twelve hours of light per day prevents hibernation. * Mature female turtles can lay infertile eggs without mating and may continue this for an entire first season even with mature males in residence. * Dystocia (egg binding) is potentially fatal and is the inability to lay eggs due to tank confinement with insufficient or undesirable land areas, shell deformities or nutritional imbalances. * Groups of turtles should have sex ratios of
