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my terrapins are not eating! Help

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Question
my terrapins have not been themselves for 3 weeks now. I went away and left them in good care. But since i returned they are not as active and are not eating at all. i Would be ever so grateful if you could advice me on why this could be and what i can do to help them
many thanks
chloe

Answer
I'm sorry, but the quality of my advice really depends on the quality of the information I get. In this case, I don't know the species, sizes, habitats, diets, etc.

I can only assume that there is something going on wrong, but I cannot guess what it is at this point.

You can send me more info, or try an interactive forum like http://www.turtleforum.com

My generic advice is to review the species' care at a good site. Without knowing the species involved, I would point you to the good general-purpose site http://www.austinsturtlepage.com

Review the cares, diets, etc. and see if there is anything that can be tweaked. It is possible that the changes between habitats or cares messed them up- big changes cause stress.  The job now is to figure out the glitches and correct them.