3 month baby red slider turtle

by Berenice Castillo
(Austin,Texas)

I received two 3 month baby red slider turtles as a gift. I feed them floating sticks once everyday in the morning. But lately I have noticed that one is not eating and it is much smaller than the other one who does eat. He sits on a rock I have in the aquarium so I take him off and put him in the water and he will just swim right back to the rock. But I doubt it's cause of the water because I change the both of the filters in my tank twice a month and it's right by the window so it gets sunlight. Also it seems to always be sleeping and as I try to wake him up he only opens one eye. Than later on he opens the other very slowly and than he closes it and than he falls back asleep. He has also recently been making these bubbly clicking noises and he seems to be making them when he's sleeping. This has been happening for about 4 days so if you could please let me know what's wrong with my turtle and how I can help him get better would make my day. Thank you for taking the time to read this!