Care of Turtles

"Unfortunately, you can not tell the age of a turtle by it's size. Turtles grow depending on how big their environment is."

Actually, no. A red eared slider does NOT grow to their environment. If you feed it, it will grow. If not it will, obviously not grow then die. But there is no way to tell how old a RES is unless you hatched it or know who hatched it. It does not matter how big it is. Some owners over feed or under feed their turtles so there is no way determining it by size either.

There's no need to 'protect' them. Snakes wouldn't eat the turtle eggs anyway. The only species of egg-eating snake - eats small bird eggs - not reptile eggs.

No. Possums have no interest in harming desert turtles or any other living creature.

However, there is a misconception that "possums" are the same as "opossums". The two animals are quite unrelated. Possums belong to the family Phalangeridae, while opossums belong to the order Didelphimorphia. In North America, the term 'opossum' is often shortened to 'possum', but the animals remain quite different species. There are no true possums in America.

If the question refers to "opossums", opossums are omnivores and will eat both animal and vegetable matter. They are also predators of other animals like birds, lizards, rodents and even tortoises if they are small enough for the opossum to kill.

They don't, at least not immediately. But if placed on their back they often can't flip themselves back, and since they can't move they'll eventually die of starvation, dehydration, exposure or after being attacked by some other animal.

then kill it because the black thing has a deadly disease that can kill you

I have 12 year old Red ear slider turtle. He is comfortable with temperature between 21C to 23 C. When he's sick, you can increase the temperature to 25 C. When he's comfortable with the temperature, he's more playful and very active. When it's too cold, he gets to be more passive.

Water ,heat source ,food ,lighting are about it.

tortoises are good pets because they are very spiecial and nice

Turtles without a shell look like a big blob because under that big hard shell it is just mosh... so it just looks like a blob without a shell. I hope i answered Ur question well.

sometimes red eared sliders like to eat krill .when i got my red eared slider i first gave it pellets and it wouldnt eat but then i bought krill and my turrle loved it!!

Turtles have to go to the surface of water to breathe so if they get caught in underwater fishing nets they will drown.

Toad egg's feel like those water crystals in the dollar store and if you put them in water they will grow really big and they are hard to handle. Toad eggs have usually a black eye in them also known as the hatchlings in there

Hope this answered your question

Usually a male turtle is sexually mature by age 4 or 5. Usually a female is sexually mature by age 5 or 6.i think that you really need an older turtle if you want it to have egg's.

It walks away.

No, seriously. Putting a turtle on its back causes gravity to act in the wrong direction on its organs. It is very uncomfortable fore the turtle, and can lead to death. How long do you think you would last if someone hung you upside down by your heels, with the weight of your intestines and other organs resting on your diaphragm and lungs?

Think about it.

The claws of the male are very long, they have a slightly concave plastron (belly-shell), have a long slim tail and are generallly smaller. Females have short claws, flat plastrons, a short stumpy tail and are generally bigger.

turtle because there homes are part of there life

No, exotic animals are wild. That means they are not very tame and may be aggressive as they are used to the hard life in the wild. Also, many exotic pets die in captivity, so help them by not supporting the exotic animal market! :)

Depends on the animal. The person above is wrong. Exotic means not indiginous. A lot of fish and plants are exotic.. are those hard to care for?

It isn't called breathing but they can absorb oxygen through the mucus membranes of their rectum. It is possible for the turtles to sustain an oxygen supply for an extended period of time through this process.

They crawl onto the backs of Canadian geese while they are feeding in the fall before migration. The geese actually benefit from this symbiotic relationship because the baby turtles eat the ticks off of the goose's body. Thus resulting in healthier flight endurance, because the ticks are parasitic and greatly reduce blood flow, ultimately this can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

yes, every living thing pees and poops

Hi.

The temperature for turtle tanks should be 70 to 80degrees.

The best temperature for turtle tanks is 75~80 degrees.

If you want to get more advice about turtles, feel free to email me. My email is: kate216@hanmail.net

The Kleinmann's Tortoise is native to Egypt. It is very small, about five inches long.

That depends on what type of turtle you found. Some turtles (such as snapping turtles) are dangerous and probably shouldn't be handled. Others (such as red-eared sliders) are harmless and make decent pets. Make sure you know what kind of turtle you have and what will be required for you to take care of it. In most cases it's better to leave wild animals in their natural habitat. They are happier there. red eared sliders have a a yellow bellie and a red stripe where their ear should be, if it has a yellow belly and not the red ear, it is most likely a yellow bellie slider both are good pets, if it doesn't meet that descripion then you should definitely not keep it. If it does you might not want to keep it though, it might have parents who will be very sad if they lost their child. Think twice before plucking one out of your pond and calling it your pet.

Turtles, snails, crabs, clams, oysters, shrimp, mussels, and eggs have shells because the creature can't protect themselves and Tom Fernanders otherwise many predators would simply attack the animal and eat it.

The best thing to do is to call a Vet that deals with reptiles, just to make sure that everything is going okay and that you won't have to do anything special for the eggs. Good luck and God Bless:)