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Care of Reptiles
No longer just the snake or lizard captured from your back yard, pet reptiles have become a major industry with exotics imported from all over the world. Reptiles are ectotherms and must back in the sun or find a warm spot to get warm and become active. Keeping reptiles as pets requires equipment, knowledge, and special care. To learn more about how to properly provide the needs of pet reptiles, come into our Pet Reptile category.
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It is a fancy term for tortoise, therefore sometimes you can keep them as pets depending on the breed.
Terrapins make good pets PROVIDED you keep their enclosure clean ! They live quite a long time, and are easy to care for.
Sorry Lauren9712 - terrapin is NOT a 'fancy name for a tortoise' they are COMPLETELY different animals. !
What types of fruits do baby turtles eat?
Turtles mostly eat every fruit. They enjoy fruit and other sweet things.
What are the different breeds of terrapins and what are they?
while terrapins are reptiles whyy dont u tipe it on the internet like i did i probably had the same prob like u and didnt no the breed of ur terrapin like i still dont know it but i just got over it u should to good bye kyle out
What if your yellow bellied slider turtle is eating its own poop?
There are two reasons one is to make sure it is not sick. The other reason is that it might think it is food. Make sure you have fresh food. If it still does it call a doctor it should not do that. Trust me I have a tortoise and it does not do that.
Why does your turtle have a chip on it's shell?
Take it to the vet right a away... you never know what it could be. A tumour maybe... Personally I would take it to the vet as soon as I could. Please take it to the vets. If you want any information on turtles healthcare or just turtles... please comment on my board and I'll tell you some information or give you websites. Hope this helped
Do Australian frilled lizards hibernate or migrate?
Almost all Australian animals do not hibernate. Only one Australian mammal species hibernates: the mountain pygmy possum, which lives in the Snowy Mountains and the alpine regions of Australia.
Do male turtles eat females eggs if they are not buried?
Our pet Red Ear Sliders often will start a nest hole & abandon it if rocks or roots make digging difficult.
Digging is done by the hind legs & our smaller turtle (6" long shell) will dig a hole 2 or 3" in diameter & 6" deep.
Our turtles will keep searching for new spots to dig for several days & we find ourselves following them for a few hours at a time. When they have a good hole, they lay 4-13 eggs, tamp them down, cover with earth & pack it carefully. They often repeat the act a week later. They choose different spots each time & vary between gravel, sand, lawn, garden, forest floor. They refuse to accept a nest box in the house.
Snapping turtles seem to prefer nest holes in gravel on the shoulder of roads. Sea turtles dig in sand beaches.
What is the definition for vomerine teeth?
these teeth are born on the vomer and are used for holding food. Volmerine teeth are found found in the front part of the frogs mouth.
A moon snail preys upon other snails and bivalves. It wraps its large foot around the prey item and then drills a hole through the shell of its victim.
How do you keep a frog as a pet?
Just like a hamster or lizard you find a cage and feed them. If you want more info go to www.animalplanet.com ^No offence, but that is misleading. Frogs require quite elaborate setups to keep them happy and healthy. A glass or quality plastic tank with a lid will be needed. It must be fairly large. A hood lamp is a must. The set up will depend on the species and its needs, but you can't just go and grab the nearest frog and shove it in a tank and chuck in a couple of insects and expect it to be happy and healthy. Food and vet costs can be quite expensive also. www.frogs.org.au has some very good information and the community there is very helpful.
How was the smartest man alive?
Chinese people are the smartest even if you compare to Albert Einstein. Nothing compares to china in working hard and doing their best. The Chinese people are intelligent. They eat everything they're suppose to. Their type of food is healthy (mostly). They work hard, play hard and everything hard. In the past the people had to work hard or they were gonna be demolished. They had to cook, and basically know everything to survive. That was in the past. Chinese people now are still smart. They eat everything right and balanced as always. They do things that other people can't do. They always try their best. Their culture is past down from many legendary people. Some maybe foolish, smart but the foolish ones turn out to be smart at the end. (You will see if your Chinese)
Chinese food is good xD.
Example: a 3 year old kid knows multiplication (real)
How much does it cost to keep a snake as a pet?
It depends which species. Initial set up - around £250 including the snake. Monthly upkeep - £20-40 depending on the amount of food and electricity needed to maintain the snake. Preparation and knowledge on the individual species - priceless !
Do aquatic turtles eat lettuce?
Common Snapping Turtles (Chelydra Serpentina) generally do not eat lettuce. My husband found a little guy about the size of a quarter 3 1/2 years ago dehydrated on a concrete slab...nowhere near water!! My experience is by trial & error. I was told they eat lettuce (supposedly loving Romaine lettuce), but mine has never eaten anything but high protein items. I have tried just about every vegie & fruit, fresh, dehydrated, you name it...he has NEVER eaten any. It appears that they are mainly carnivorous, that means MEAT! My lil quarter-sized snapper now has a shell approx 9" long. It appears that his neck/head & his tail are approx the same length as his shell. He is quite large, healthy, hardy, & happy. What have I been feeding him? I DO NOT LIKE BUGS OR ANYTHING GROSS, SLIMY OR CRAWLY!! Therefore, I went to a local pet store and purchased dried (dead) meal worms, broke them into 1/4" pieces and used a lil stick to push it thru the water right to his face...& SNAP he ate it. All these years his diet has consisted mainly of dried mealworms, shrimp, grasshoppers, crickets,etc. He also gets (mainly as treats a few times a week), real peeled shrimp, chicken(no bones), hamburger, roast beef, turkey, pork, hot dogs, lunch meats...as well as the occasional creepy crawly my husband brings him, like live worms, crickets, flies, moths. You get the picture. And this turtle loves me! Gets to the front of 'habitat' as soon as he sees me or hears my voice. Responds to commands...YES IT IS TRUE! They are VERY smart! He knows if he wants to eat he goes to the right front corner of his home. That is where he is fed. Most of his food floats, but if I drop meat in & it sinks to the bottom of the water, I just tell him "It's on the bottom" & he will dive for it. When he is done eating I immediately get a net and clean out any food or poop debris. Along with the filters, it keeps his tank clean, with only a partial water change once a week. He knows when I thru doing that...I get a toothbrush (with rubber & regular bristles on it) and he gets his shell scrubbed up and likes his belly and legs & neck brushed. He wiggles around trying to get every inch of him scratched. He also plays peek-a-boo. Ducks his head under foliage! Loves when I sing to him, opens and closes his mouth when I'm just sitting & talking to him. Plays with a floating ball and splashes around making a mess. This guy is awesome! I have never been bitten, however, I TAKE PRECAUTIONS & keep my fingers out of his reach. Really, just use basic common sense. Don't tap on the glass with your finger...it makes it look appetizing. "Mud-Puppy" lives in a 50 gal aquarium with enough water that he can completely submerge. He has large rocks that he lays on to bask himself under a UVA/UVB Daylight bulb, or just floats to expose his back to the light. Also has a UVA/UVB Night Light. Required for a healthy shell. Regular tap water has worked just fine.
Are water dragons good classroom pets?
I wouldn't suggest them because they grow pretty big (and are alot of $$$$money) they are hard to feed, plus they do bite. You should try a Green Anole, they are small (don't have teeth unless you consider stubs teeth) never bite and are easy to feed.
What do you feed a small wild frog?
My daughter just caught 2 toads from the wild, and we set up a cage for them and everything.
I just fed them ants and some tiny beetles - I have a bearded dragon too, and I sometimes feed them crickets and mealworms. (Dried)
Hope this helps!!!
Edit: If it's a British toad, return it to the WILD - ALL UK reptiles and amphibians are now PROTECTED species. Interference is punishable by hefty fine and/or imprisonment !
When do tortoise pee the most?
Once a month on every full moon because the gravity from the moon forces the wee out so it can fertilize it's nest to give birth to the babies.
So basially, 5 times a month everyweek each day at 7pm because that is the prime mating time for these sexy bastards.
What is the difference between red ear and red eye sliders?
There is no species called red eye sliders.
Voldemorts snake is a girl actually. By the sound of the snakes name, Nagini, which sounds kinda girly most people thinks its a girl. Plus the fact that Voldemort's "proto-body", the body he has during most of book 4 was from Nagini. Thats because it was hathed from a snakes egg, which is also why he looks so much like a snake.
But J.K. Rowling did say that the snake in the first movie that Harry set free was actually Nagini! BUT the snake kinda sounds like a boy :/
I'm still going to say the Voldemorts snake is a girl tho!
Hope I Helped!! :D
What is the life expectancy of a Russian Tortoise?
100 years.Giant tortoises are characteristic reptiles of certain tropical islands. They live, or lived until recently (some species are now extinct), in such places as Madagascar, the Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, the Galápagos Islands, Sulawesi, Timor, Flores and Java, often reaching enormous size-they can weigh as much as 300 kg (660 lbs) and can grow to be 1.3 m (4 ft) long. However, giant tortoises also once lived on the mainland of Asia and Australia, as follows from fossil finds in the Shivalik Hills in India. Today, the world's largest population inhabits Aldabra Atoll in Seychelles, where there are approximately 150,000 individuals.
These animals belong to the most ancient group of reptiles, appearing about 250 million years ago. In the Upper Cretaceous, 70 or 80 million years ago some already became gigantic and about 1 million years ago these reptiles reached the Galápagos Islands. Until 100,000 years ago most of the gigantic species began to disappear for unknown causes and only 250 years ago there were at least 20 species and subspecies in islands of the Indian Ocean and 14 or 15 species in the Galapagos Islands. From those, only one of the species of the Indian Ocean survives in the wild, the Aldabra Giant Tortoise (two more are claimed to exist in captive or re-released populations, but some genetic studies have cast doubt on the validity of these as separate species) and 11 in Galápagos.
They are one of the world's longest-living animals, with an average lifespan of 100 years or more. The Madagascar radiated tortoise Tu'i Malila was 188 at death in Tonga in 1965. Harriet (initially thought to be one of the three Galápagos tortoises brought back to England from Charles Darwin'sBeagle voyage but later shown to be from an island not even visited by Darwin) was reported by the Australia Zoo to be 176 years old when she died in 2006. Also, on 23 March 2006, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise named Adwaita died at Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata. He was brought to the zoo in the 1870s from the estate of Lord Robert Clive and is thought to have been around 255 years old when he died. Around the time of its discovery, they were caught and killed for food in such large quantities that they became virtually extinct by 1900. The giant tortoise is now under strict conservation laws and is categorised as an endangered species.
Although the first giant tortoise was discovered in 1535, the species was not scientifically catalogued until the early 19th century; no one actually managed to bring even a sample of the tortoise back to England because they found it so delicious.[1] Most early accounts describe only the taste of the tortoises.[2]
How big can leopard frogs get?
Females can grow up to aout 8-10 in. long, and males can grow up to about 9-12 in. long.
