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What should I feed my red ear slider with shell pyramiding and how often?Also which heat lamp would you recommend?Picture 1 or 2?How many watts should I get for the heat lamp?
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I have a ball python about 1.5 years. She was such a good eater and now I’m lucky if I can get her to eat every other wk. she doesn’t appear to be loosing weight and seem healthy but I don’t know why she isn’t eating much. She also hasn’t shed in a m
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I keep getting conflicting info on feeding red eared sliders. Some articles say 75% of the diet should be leafy greens ONLY (no fruit unless you want turtle to have diarrhea) and 25% commercial turtle food. (NO "people"food like meat or chicken) This
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