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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.
1,706 Questions
What are the weight classifications in boxing?
WHEN BOXING WAS AT ITS BEST:FLY WEIGHT,BANTAM,FEATHER,LIGHT,WELTER, MIDDLE,LIGHT HEAVY,AND HEAVY WEIGHT. 8 IN ALL.NOW IT IS RIDICULOUS FLY, SUPER FLY.BANTAM,SUPERBANAM,FEATHER,SUPER FEATHER ON AND ON.TOTAL 16. SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES ARE ONLY A FEW LBS.
strawweight / minimumweight / mini flyweight (105 pounds limit)
light flyweight / jr flyweight (108 ibs)
flyweight (112)
jr bantamweight / super flyweight (115)
bantamweight (118)
jr featherweight / super bantamweight (122)
featherweight (126)
jr lightweight / super featherweight (130)
lightweight (135)
jr welterweight / super lightweight (140)
welter (147)
jr middle / super welter (154)
middle (160)
super middle (168)
light heavyweight (175)
cruiserweight (200, although 10 years ago the weight limit was 195 except for the wba who had the limit at 190 ibs)
heavyweight (over 200)
Most turtles do not eat snakes as most of them are vegetarians. Snakes do not eat turtles either because of their hard shell. However, snapping turtles are omnivores and will gladly eat any snake they can catch in their tough, powerful jaws.
Can a red ear slider turtles eat celery?
Yes, but only in very small portions and not very often. Celery is a little to high in oxalates for turtles to handle on a regular basis.
How much do rats cost at petsmart?
I just bought a female for $10.99 at Petsmart.
Depends where your from. Roughly $9-$12 with females being cheaper.
How many years is 5 years in turtle years?
1 turtle year = 16 human years
5 turtle years = 80 human years
The female turtle will lay the eggs and the male comes along and fertilizes them. The female turtle will lay eggs even if there is no male turtle around.
Food yellow belly turtles eat?
Here is a link for nutrition of turtles, if all else fails call the vet or the pet store to find out what they eat.
Can you take your pet turtle to India from Dubai?
Yes, but the turtle had better be a strong swimmer - it's a long way.
What does it mean when your red eared slider ears are orange?
it means you will be dead within 10 hours and should be taken to the vet as soon a possible
How many egg does a western pond turtle lay?
An average pond turtle lays about 8 eggs but they can lay as few as 1.
Which turtle have a very soft shell?
The most common in the pet trade and captivity are the smooth softshell (Apalone mutica), the Florida softshells (A. ferox) and the eastern spiny softshell turtles (A. spinifera spp.), whose natural range extends from southern Ontario and Quebec, through the northern U.S. from Montana, Wyoming and Colorado east to New York, Vermont, and south to Georgia and into Florida and Mexico.
A. mutica are pale-medium brown, the males with more dark spotting than the females. The A. spinifera spp. are medium brown with darker spots and blotches on their shell. A. ferox hatchlings have a dark brownish carapace with blotching markings on the shell; these markings tend to blend out into a more uniform dark brown color over the carapace. The hatchlings also have a yellowish-orange stripe around the outside of the shell and along the face. On the A. spinifera, the markings are fainter, and the carapace's leading edge is lined with small spiky projections.
The softshells truly have soft shells: in fact, their shells are mostly thickened skin. As such they are much more vulnerable to injuries from rocks and bites than are other hard-shelled turtles. They are highly aquatic, spending most of their time under water, often buried under the sandy or muddy river or lake bottoms with only their long probiscus topping the surface. Like many aquatic amphibians, softshells respire through their skin as well, thus are particularly susceptible to impurities in the water.
Softshells are found in a variety of waters: lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, even ditches. Some species are quite aggressive. They are carnivores and as such are able to render some very painful bites should they be so inclined. In some parts of their range, they are an important food item, especially the larger Asian specimens which may reach 36" in length.
Due to their aggressive tendencies, especially if overcrowded, they should be kept single or in pairs. Pairs should be monitored closely to assure that one is not attacking the other; bite marks on the fleshy carapace or plastron are one indicator, and severe injuries have been inflected on their sensitive noses, as well, from aggressive conspecifics.
Softshells are very shy around humans, and often will not come out much when any are around. Food intake must be monitored by looking to see that food offered disappears and that feces appear regularly. When kept in a home they should be in a low traffic, low noise area.
What to do if you find baby turtle alone?
Take it in or if you can't just give it to a local animal shelter that u trust or give it to a pet shop
I'm sure they can but an aquatic turtle would prefer collard or mustard greens or aquatic plants.
What is the smallest size a turtle can be to lay eggs?
That depends on the species of turtle, because each species reaches maturity at a different age or size. For the smallest species of turtle, the speckled padloper tortoise, they can lay eggs when less than 3.9 inches long.
Can a marble go in a cage with a turtle?
I think if a turtle is big enough it can eat the marble .and that wouldn't be healthy or safe for the turtle so if the marble is small and is with the turtle the turtle could defenitly eat it so,no.
