Delmar R Slider (water turtle)

PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION COMPLETELY before contacting MATTS. Many of your questions will be answered below.<br/><br/>I'm an older adult male AQUATIC red-eared slider (RES) turtle who is available in the Baltimore/Timonium, MD, area. I eat Mazuri, Reptomin, and other brands of commercial turtle pellets, dark leafy greens, and thin slices of carrots. I won't turn up my nose at a piece of plain cooked chicken, either. I ONLY eat in the water.<br/><br/>I'm for adoption because my dad had to move. He had me for 28 years!<br/><br/>I'm around 29 years old, but I could live another 5-25 years! I'm full grown at about 6" long, so I need at least a 55-gallon aquarium, but larger IS better! A 100-gallon Rubbermaid stock tank would be great. My tank should come with a strong external canister filter or really good home-made filter (look up "Skippy filter" on Youtube), and a basking area under a heat and UVB light. A Rubbermaid or Tuff Stuff stock tank would make a good home, and those are cheaper than aquariums. A 100 gallon stock tank is great for me, and it sells for about $90 at True Value or Tractor Supply Company and "feed and seed" farm stores. In the summer, it would be great if I could live in a FENCED-IN, backyard pond (dug below the frost line so that the top won't freeze solid, if I'm spending the winter there, too). <br/><br/>Sliders can live for 20-60 yrs, and can grow to be 5-8" for males, and 7-11" for females. We need large indoor aquariums or ponds, a basking spot, and water filtration. Indoor ponds and aquariums require a haul-out spot, a.k.a. basking spot, a heat light over a basking spot, a UVB light over the basking spot, a high-powered filter, and usually a water heater. Outdoor ponds must be in an escape-proof yard or the pond itself must be escape-proof. If you have a backyard pond, the turtle can't go outside for the first time until the end of May, but can live year-round outside after that. Babies shouldn't go outside until they're about 3", so they don't become bird food. If using an aquarium, a good rule of thumb is at least 10 gallons per inch of turtle (straight carapace length). So, a 6" turtle will need at least a 55 gallon aquarium.<br/><br/>For ideas on how to prepare an aquarium or pond, visit www.turtleforum.com to chat with other keepers. Review the slider care sheet to learn more about caring for a slider. http://nebula.wsimg.com/ae4cb36565545a257b1ff6f17a885dc2?AccessKeyId=A3E784782F81D21389AD&disposition=0&alloworigin=1<br/><br/>A great e-book for beginners is Red-Eared Sliders (Animal Planet Pet Care Library) (available at Barnes & Nobles https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/red-eared-sliders-katrina-smith/1102168496?ean=9780793849246 or on Amazon).<br/><br/>A more in-depth book, for FREE download, is https://www.lulu.com/shop/richard-lunsford/captive-care-of-north-american-water-turtles/ebook/product-17551523.html<br/><br/>REQUEST AN ADOPTION APPLICATION from matts_adoptions@hotmail.com<br/>Please INCLUDE YOUR CITY AND STATE when contacting MATTS. An application will be e-mailed to you. Once completed, the application can be returned, and if approved, you'll then have to submit pictures of your set-up before picking up a turtle. We meet adopters in central locations such as near Fells Point in Baltimore, MD, Parkton, MD, and York and Harrisburg, PA, as we foster from our homes and do not have a central shelter. Shipping is possible if temperatures allow, if you're willing to pay for shipping, and if it's legal to have a slider in your state. We cannot place red-eared sliders in WV, VA, CT, FL, OR, or MT. NJ adopters are required to obtain a NJ permit AFTER adopting the turtle (the permit is pretty easy to get).<br/><br/>MATTS can show you ideas for making your own basking platform from PVC pipe and egg crate light diffuser.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Like turtles but can't have one? Want to help?<br/>1) You can share my profile on social media and share www.matts-turtles.org so people can take better care of their turtles and help wild turtles stay wild. You can also share our Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/MATTSTurtles/<br/>2) MATTS has educational fliers (photos) to share on social media if you email matts_adoptions@hotmail.com to request them.<br/>3) Share our "Monster You Made" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_935eZl84k on social media.<br/>4) MATTS also accepts tax-deductible donations at MATTS, P.O. Box 341, Highland, MD 20777, or through PayPal at http://www.matts-turtles.org/support.html<br/>Rescue is funded by donations only, and we find homes for over 100 animals a year.<br/>Thank you!

PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION COMPLETELY before contacting MATTS. Many of your questions will be answered below.

I'm an older adult male AQUATIC red-eared slider (RES) turtle who is available in the Baltimore/Timonium, MD, area. I eat Mazuri, Reptomin, and other brands of commercial turtle pellets, dark leafy greens, and thin slices of carrots. I won't turn up my nose at a piece of plain cooked chicken, either. I ONLY eat in the water.

I'm for adoption because my dad had to move. He had me for 28 years!

I'm around 29 years old, but I could live another 5-25 years! I'm full grown at about 6" long, so I need at least a 55-gallon aquarium, but larger IS better! A 100-gallon Rubbermaid stock tank would be great. My tank should come with a strong external canister filter or really good home-made filter (look up "Skippy filter" on Youtube), and a basking area under a heat and UVB light. A Rubbermaid or Tuff Stuff stock tank would make a good home, and those are cheaper than aquariums. A 100 gallon stock ta

PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION COMPLETELY before contacting MATTS. Many of your questions will be answered below.

I'm an older adult male AQUATIC red-eared slider (RES) turtle who is available in the Baltimore/Timonium, MD, area. I eat Mazuri, Reptomin, and other brands of commercial turtle pellets, dark leafy greens, and thin slices of carrots. I won't turn up my nose at a piece of plain cooked chicken, either. I ONLY eat in the water.

I'm for adoption because my dad had to move. He had me for 28 years!

I'm around 29 years old, but I could live another 5-25 years! I'm full grown at about 6" long, so I need at least a 55-gallon aquarium, but larger IS better! A 100-gallon Rubbermaid stock tank would be great. My tank should come with a strong external canister filter or really good home-made filter (look up "Skippy filter" on Youtube), and a basking area under a heat and UVB light. A Rubbermaid or Tuff Stuff stock tank would make a good home, and those are cheaper than aquariums. A 100 gallon stock tank is great for me, and it sells for about $90 at True Value or Tractor Supply Company and "feed and seed" farm stores. In the summer, it would be great if I could live in a FENCED-IN, backyard pond (dug below the frost line so that the top won't freeze solid, if I'm spending the winter there, too).

Sliders can live for 20-60 yrs, and can grow to be 5-8" for males, and 7-11" for females.