Painted Turtles

From what I read they are pretty widespread and found in 48 states and 18 Canadian states. Depending on the type they like different things. Eastern painted turtles feed on dead or injured fish. While western prefer plants and animals. The midlands one likes vascular and non vascular insects. The souther likes both plants and animals. They like fresh water like ponds and lakes. Animal protection laws prohibit the petting of the turtle and permits are needed.

the male painted turtle wiggles it's nails in front of the female turtles

Turtles have both. They have an interior endoskeleton like humans and their shell counts as an exoskelton.

A very long time, in this fact it can go without eating for 5 months. The because is.. ..... They have a very strong ability to do that. As baby painted turtles are you know,babies. Their parents go off to find food in search of it for days!

I have researched the same question and I read that painted turtles can only procreate with other painted turtles. Red eared sliders and painted will try to have sex but cannot reproduce

Painted Turtles are semi aquatic. They are happy to swim, but they also need to come out of the water to bask under UVA/UVB light and completely dry off.

Because they do not have saliva, they also need water to eat in or they won't be able to swallow their food.

If you need a basking platform for your turtles to bask on, you can head over to a local pet store and find one or check out an online store for a discounted price.

Painted turtles usually have horizontal stripes running down their neck. Snapping turtles are drab in color. The maximum size of a Painted turtle is 10 inches. The maximum size for a snapper is between 20 and 30 inches. Snapping turtles cannot withdraw their heads, whereas Painted turtles can close up almost completely.

they hatch from 72-80 days after theyve been layed

Painted Turtles do hibernate in the wild if the temperature is cold. They will burry themselves in the mud at the bottom of a pond, lake, or river for a long time. In captivity, they shouldn't hibernate if they are kept indoors because their body senses that it is still warm and it is not the time to hibernate.

Painted turtles...like many other turtles are simi-aquatic. Which means that they require land and water. They need some place to swim and they also need some place so they can get out and dry off under a heat lamp of some kind.

That depends on the size of the turtle and the size of your tank. If the turtle is the size of your palm or smaller then fill the tank no more than 2-3 times his height (as if he were standing all the way up on his back two feet). If the turtle is larger than that you can fill a tank up to around 2 feet deep. Make sure the turtle has a spot where he can get out of the water easily to bask under a light.

Not very deep the first one she lays is about 3-5'' deep.

yes, is the short answer. but there is a lot more to it than that

turtles hibernate during the colder months of the year. it may not be eating as much as usual, if at all, and sleeping more than usual because it has gone into hibernation. this is usually nothing to worry about. if you're still concerned about your turtle, don't hesitate to take him to the veterinarian.

Painted turtles are omnivores, meaning they eat a mixture of animal and plant material. Younger turtles eat more animal protein than adults, though. Juveniles should be fed daily, but adults can be fed every 2-3 days.

Turtles can be fed a mixture of prepared commercial food and fresh food. Special food formulated for turtles can be used, but this should not make up any more than 25% of the total diet. Another 25% of the diet should be made up of meat, and can include fish, earthworms, crickets, waxworms, cooked chicken or beef, and aquatic snails. Young turtles can be feed smaller items such as blood worms, shrimp, dapnia and krill. The remainder of the diet (up to about 60% of the adult diet) should be made up of fresh greens, vegetable, and fruits. Good choices for greens include collard, mustard and dandelion greens, lettuce (avoid iceberg since it has little nutritional value), carrots (tops are fine too), squash and green beans. Fresh fruits can be given too, like apples, bananas and berries.

You should feed your painted turtle about every day but not too much or your turtle can get sick.

Turtles can stay under water from one hour to five hours depending on the species, water temperature ect.

size is not an accurate way to tell age of a turtle do to the fact that if the turtle is kept in poor conditions ie without light in a very small enclosure not eating correctly or if it is sick... but from my opinion a quarter sized turtle is about 5 weeks old.

all turtles have too bathe in the sun it keeps their shell healthy and makes them feel relaxed just don't give them 2 much light or they'll die if they have been in the sun for too long their eyes will be hard to open up or they may appear wrinkly and overwhelmingly dry.

In a shallow fresh water pond that has lots of vegetation

Yes a eastern painted turtle is a water turtle, you can tell by it having either claws or webbed feet on their back legs

This is very bad! Your turtle is on his way to dying): they are not supposed to get brown spots on the bottom of their shell): soryy get a new one and make sure its not painted! they live longer (:

Eastern Painted Turtles reaches up to 7-8", though natural intergrades with Midland Painted ancestry can get larger.