baby softshell not eating

Found a baby softshell in my pool and am
keeping it in a (very clean) circular shallow
goldfish bowl (2.5 gallons I'm guessing).
Turtle is barely the size of a half dollar piece.

Bought it several ghost shrimp, and dropped in
some ReptoMin baby turtle sticks, and I even broke
them up a bit sometimes despite their small size.
Just doesn't seem to est anything, despite being
relatively active. What does anyone recommend?
Feeder guppies? (Hard to find here in Boca; anyone
know where to get those here?)
Thanks in advance.

Maybe can make him feel more secure by letting him hide in some soft sand. It may be stressed out. The pool water may have affected him a bit as well.

Or you could let it go.. That set-up will kill that baby turtle in a couple weeks... Soft shells are pretty cheap. If you want one, study up on the tank size and filtration requirements and go buy one..

If you get it in a proper tank set up it will be just fine. It is probably stressed out. I would suggest trying to feed it frozen blood worms (thawed of course). Just give it a couple weeks and it will start eating

He started eating after about a week and is eagerly consuming as much baby ReptoMin as I give him(or is it a her?)
So doing well now.
Thanks for the advice.

By the way how do I tell its gender at this age?

You cant!! They have to be older. Here is a link to help http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Art...softshells.htm Also Im going to suggest you look at this care guide, http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Car..._softshell.htm Once you start reading the requirements for enclosure you may not want to keep it. Direct quote from care guide "Recommended size for a single adult Apalone spinifera would be a 75 gallon aquarium as a minimum (90 or larger preferred) for a male. We don’t recommended large females be kept in conventional aquariums. They are too large & active and require extreme amounts of space. Stock tanks are an option, with a minimum requirement of 400 gallons (600 gallon or larger preferred). This will provide adequate swimming space & assist the filtration in maintaining good water quality. For additional males, we recommend adding a minimum 75 gallons of tank space per additional turtle. For females, add no less than 100 gallons of space per turtle.

With these space recommendations you may consider a swimming pool. Be sure you get one with great structural stability."

Just stuff to think about for the future

Maybe sand substrate can make him feel safe.