red ear slider turtle question

[monkey_trouble]

Ive bought a red ear slider turtle lately. and it has not been eating seldomly or not at all. ive tried feeding it blood worms and pellets. i take it out of the tank to feed it as i dont want the water to get dirty. should i get a feeding tray? bought it on jan 19 so it has been approx 2 weeks since i got it

[k2damax]

Do you have dry land + uvb for it ?

[Araaadi]

From what I remember, they prefer to eat in the water so they could use the water to swallow the food. When i owned one, I had a small feeding tank where I'd put him in and a coupe feeder fish or pellets. Just took him out after like 20 mins.

[rsx]

Most of the time, stressed animals especially when they are in a new environment tend not to have an appetite. I'd give it some time. And yes, I agree try to put some food in the water.

[NNT]

Red ear slider is one of the toughest pet so dont worry too much. RES dont eat much in winter and my RES stop eating when temp drop below 5 degree or so and i havnt feed them since Nov/Dec and they are still fine.
Make sure you remove all the unwanted food if its in the tank for more than 10 minutes.

[heisenberg]

mine eat in water, and wont eat outside of water. that might be it. they like soft food i guess. never fed them anything else than pellets really. some lettuce once but they didnt eat it