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Baby Ornate Turtle Help

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HELLO EVERYONE NEED SOME HELP ON BABY ORNATE TURTLES I HAVE ALWAYS HAD ADULT TURTS NOW RECENTLY DECIDED I WOULD GET A COUPLE OF BABIES AND RAISE THEM UP I GOT THE FIRST ONE 2 MONTHS AGO OFF K.S. I GOT IT THOUGHT IT WAS A HATCHLING IT WAS THE SMALLEST TURTLE I EVER SAW THAT TURTLE EATS GREAT AND IS NO PROBLEM THEN I ORDERED ANOTHER TURTLE OFF KING SNAKE THIS WEEK I GOT IT YESTERDAY IT IS LESS THAN HALF THE SIZE OF THE OTHER TURT APROXAMENTLY THE SIZE OF A QUARTER THIS LITTLE GUY IS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO GET IN OR OUT OF THE FOOD BOWL AND THER ONLY 1 INCH DEEP THAT SIT DOWN IN THE SUBSTRATE THE TURTLE SEEMS TO WEAK TO DO ANY THING I DONT SEE HOW HIS SKINNY LEGS CAN NAVAGTE HIM THROUGH THE TANKTURTLE HAS BEN SLEEPING ON TOP OF THE SUBSTRATE SINCE I GOT IT THE FIRST TURTLE DOES NOT SEEM TO LIKE THE NEW TURTLE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WANTS TO EAT THE NEW TURTLE OR AT LEAST THE LEGS IT HASENT YET BUT IT SURE IS CHECKING THEM OUT ANY IDEA OF WHAT I CAN DO FOR MY NEW TURTLE TO GET IT TO EAT
 
im guessing you have ornate box turtles. call the person you got the 2nd baby from, box turtles dont eat for about 2 weeks after hatching, thats when they absorb egg yolk. What are you feeding them now? try useing some small meal worms they will be attracted to the movement. also try soaking your little guy in some warm(not hot) water, he might be dehydrated. I have breed box turtles for about 4 years and there are always some that just dont make it, ornates are hard to keep , and hatchlings are even harders, also try useing a heat lamp might get that little guy moveing around, well good luck, I hope everything works out for you.
 
THANKS FOR THE ADVISE I USE A FLORESENT UVB BULB AND A HEAT LAMP I HAVE SMALLWAX WORMS BUT WILL PICK UP SOME MEAL WORMS
 
i heard htat meal worms arent very good for baby turtles cuz they cant digest the exoskeleton... im not sure if this is right, but i just felt i had to post that. my turtle is still just a baby but is definantly not as young as yours, he never really ate much when i first had him till i showed him a poor helpless worm squirming around his food dish.
 
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