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Care of Turtles
If properly cared for, turtles can live for decades. Ask questions here about proper habitat and feeding to pamper your tortoise.
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are you putting your turtle into a separate tank when feeding him? sometimes this helps - but make take some time. i find it easiest to just feed my turtles in their main tank. maybe try "reptotreat" by tetra - they make dried, natural shrimp - maybe this will give your turtle the sense of something more "real" than the pellets but not as difficult as the minnows.
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Is it a girl if the belly carries high?
well i dont think that is true and i dint thin it matters it might be a boy
How do you get your baby pond turtle to eat?
i would advise you to feed them live food first if you caught it from the wild, things like beetles: thyre crunchy and delicious, or fish. it might take them awhile to get used to those pellet food from pet stores.
i have two other bigger turtles that eats pellets, so i put my baby turtle in the tank and make him watch the big turtles eat and then what do you know, he went to chase down a piece of food to eat too.
another good food to try is ham. they go crazy for it. never force feed a turtle, that's just cruel. or it could be that the turtle is just scared of you.. lol let your sister or someone else feed him =x
Where do softshell turtles live?
Spiny softshells primarly live in rivers, but they have been seen in large lakes. They typically prefer river bottoms with sand/mud bottoms with lots of gravel because they spend much of their time hiding in the gravel, stalking prey or staying out of sight of other predators. You also might find a spiny softshell on a sandbar, basking in the sun or laying eggs.
A turtle that is evil,
he makes plans to kill you in your sleep :)
sleep tight if you have a pet turtle ;)
A land turtle needs water to drink, but not to swim in. Aquatic turtles live in the water, but they need to come out of the water several times a day to dry off their shells. If they don't, the shell will grow fungus and mold and will become infected.
a red-eared slider turtles life span with proper care is between20-50yrs
What should you do when your turtle is not getting bigger?
If I were you I would want to call and ask the vet if you need to do something different.
If not then I would just feed it a LITTLE more not a lot just a little because you don't want it to get overweight, you just want to make it bigger.
Also, look up your breed of turtle and find out what size they usually grow to, to make sure you aren't expecting it to get bigger than they usually do.
Why wont my yellow bacck turtle come out his shell?
i noticed when i raised my water temp. to 80 the turtles statred coming out there shells.
Why do alligator snap in turtles have tongues like a worm?
To lure fish into striking range by wriggling it.
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What is another name for a land turtle?
Large sea turtles.
The seven existing species are Flatback, Green Sea Turtle, Hawksbill, Kemp's Ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead and Olive Ridley.
What does a stink pot turtle look like?
They're usually around 7 in. long, brown, and they look like a turtle... A better question is, "Why do you care?".
What do yellow bellied geckos eat?
The yellow-bellied glider of Australia primary feeds on eucalypt sap and nectar. It also feed on insects such as crickets; pollen from eucalypts, turpentine and banksia trees; manna and lerps; and honeydew (a substance secreted from sap sucking bugs which is then licked from branches by the animal). A yellow-bellied glider will very cleverly obtain the eucalypt sap by making a V-shaped incision with its lower incisors into the trunk bark.
Turtle- what is the length of a turtle?
4 feet
Actually it depends what type of turtle, how old it is, and if it is sick...
What is a turtles age in human years?
It's the same. In fact, even now, the "dog years" theory is being discredited.
That is weird have you googled it yet ?
Do you give your turtle a bath and if so how?
Get a small box (about the size of a shoe box) and fill it with luke-warm water WITH your turtle inside. If you put your turtle in AFTER you fill the box up, they will get startled, suffocate, and drown. If you are lucky, they will simply breathe deeply with their mouth open for an hour or so and not die. Make sure you soak them in for about 30 min. so as to allow the dirt on their body to loosen.
What do you need to build a turtle rattle?
An empty turtle shell, a stick, approx. 12" long and approx. 3/4/" diameter, for grasping & inserting into the shell, high density spray foam to fill interior of shell and anchor handle, about 4 small marbles or pebbles.
