it depends on how big your terrapins are. if they are small little terrapins, about 0.6m x 0.4 plastic "tank" is enough. if its very big, you should give them freedom and let them walk at home WHEN YOU ARE AROUND. or else they will run away.
What kind of turtle is it? Turtles like painted turtles and slider turtles should be fine. But turtles like musk, mud, or soft shell turtles would have trouble reaching the surface to breath. Do some research on your turtle and find out what their habitat should be. Deep or shallow.
I have mine together in the same tank and they are fine so I don't see why not.
how long do mud turtles live?
Yes adult mud turtles are often hunted by alligators.
yes
Mud turtles are Semi-Aquatic turtles. Even though they spend much more of their time in the water compared to Sliders, Painted and Map turtles, they do come out on land to bask or to travel to a new area.
no turtles do not hibernate in mud I think I would look it up in case I might be wrong but I don't think they do
I have a mud turtle and I've had her for about 8 years. She lives in a tank of mostly water with a small spot for her to get out under a heat lamp. She does like to get under things sometimes (when she was younger I'd find her buried under the rocks) so they do like to hide sometimes but no they don't have to live in the mud.
Tortoises, box turtles and mud turtles are all found in deserts of North America.
no and yes
yes, they are. although I would not recommend turtles as a good kid pet anyway. if you are going to give your child a turtle, mud turtles are a good beginner turtle. as are box turtles. I have three turtles, a mud turtle, a box turtle, and a spotted turtle, and I am 13. Although it is also a question of how responsible you or your child is.
They mate in the summer