[aSnakeLovinBabe]

hey shanley, I can help you out diet-wise. My friend Al breeds turtles for like, a living. You can feed that little guy just about anything he/she will eat. Keep in mind that a varied diet is key! Small fish, insects, and little worms are great. If he will take it, you can also use the filets of fish you feed your garters. You can also use shrimps of any kind, which you can find freeze dried or frozen at most pet stores. The pellets are okay to feed sometimes, but I am not fond of commercial diets for reptiles. especially the iguana foods which most of them are made from corn, which is something they don't even digest!

Also, I didn't notice in you picture whether you were using a light bulb that gives off UV radiation or not. If you are not, please get one asap!! Without UV, baby turtles can suffer serious consequences. Growth will be stunted, and without good strong UV doses, they have no way of getting any Vitamin D, which commonly leads to Softshell in turtles, where the hard shell actually becomes soft and spongy.

Anyways... your little red eared slider is adorable!! you have a really nice setup for him...haha too bad he will outgrow it in about a year and a half :P A good healthy red eared will reach about 10 inches, possibly larger? I used to have three and they got SO tame so quickly! little buggers would eat right out of my hands.