There favorite foods are snails, cray fish, tadpols, fish, crab, worms, fly's, water bugs, algae, meal worms, frogs, and lobster. That's some of the stuff i feed my soft shell turtle and my panted turtles, but i have fresh water turtles cuzz ilive in Ohio so don't eat soft shell turtles cuzz they are cool. I have a little baby one that awesome.........................
The red-bellied turtle actually has a hard shell, as do all turtles. The shell of a turtle is made up of bony plates covered by a layer of keratin. This shell provides protection and support for the turtle's body.
Touch it.
With a net.
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Yes Turtles do have an exoskeleton, it is called a shell. Without the shell the turtle would just be soft and in danger. :)
not very big
You should take it to the vet because a soft shell is a sign of shell rot and needs to be treated or the animal will die. But give the shell about a week and see if it is hard and if not then take ur turtle to the vet
Soft shell turtle weigh about 8-10 grams when they are 2" in size. when they are about 3-4" these may weigh about 30-40 grams. Increase in Growth and weight are very slow in soft-shell turtles.
the turtle will get sick and die
you can feed it lettece or other soft and crunchy veggies .
The name "leather back turtle" comes from the turtles soft, leathery shell. Unlike most turtles, the leather back turtle has a flexible shell.
There are two ways, you can tell visually by seeing if there is any sign of wrinkles on the shell, and if you cant tell visually, then just lightly poke the shell. If it gives way a little bit, you know it has a soft shell.