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I come home and find these little guys along with a letter from my grandmother... Just to be sure, these are red eared sliders, right? I'm 99% positive they are.
Here's one of them
Here they both are near an open window...
Here's the thing. The good thing is that they're tiny now so I don't need a large enclosure right away, but I can't afford to get a 20 gallon tank and a UVB bulb for them right now... What can I do for them? I have heat lamps, but there's no way for me to put it on them and so I can't heat their water... she got them from a lady selling them in these tiny containers with just a tap of water in it. Here are a few questions I have for the time being.
1) Like I said, I have no money to get them a large tank and water heater right now. What can I do for the time being? I'm planning on moving them to a larger container for now and getting them out of this small one.
2) I have Mazuri tortoise diet as well as tortoise grassland food, can they eat these? I have a sulcata tortoise, which is why I have these available. If not, what can they eat? I can supplement it with calcium.
3) Like I said, I have a sulcata and he has a UVB bulb inside his tank. Would they benefit from it if I keep their container next to his tank? It's warmer there too.
4) If I were to leave them next to an open window, would I need a UVB bulb at all? It's not sunny outside right now, but I still have them near an open window.
I'll probably have more questions later. For now, I have to find something to put them in and a way to heat them up..
Here's one of them
Here they both are near an open window...
Here's the thing. The good thing is that they're tiny now so I don't need a large enclosure right away, but I can't afford to get a 20 gallon tank and a UVB bulb for them right now... What can I do for them? I have heat lamps, but there's no way for me to put it on them and so I can't heat their water... she got them from a lady selling them in these tiny containers with just a tap of water in it. Here are a few questions I have for the time being.
1) Like I said, I have no money to get them a large tank and water heater right now. What can I do for the time being? I'm planning on moving them to a larger container for now and getting them out of this small one.
2) I have Mazuri tortoise diet as well as tortoise grassland food, can they eat these? I have a sulcata tortoise, which is why I have these available. If not, what can they eat? I can supplement it with calcium.
3) Like I said, I have a sulcata and he has a UVB bulb inside his tank. Would they benefit from it if I keep their container next to his tank? It's warmer there too.
4) If I were to leave them next to an open window, would I need a UVB bulb at all? It's not sunny outside right now, but I still have them near an open window.
I'll probably have more questions later. For now, I have to find something to put them in and a way to heat them up..