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If it is a very small, baby turtle, they may try to capture it and eat it. But I don't think they have enough bite force to break through a baby turtle's shell, so once the turtle retreats inside, there's not much they can do.

Once the turtle grows to an adult size, I seriously doubt the cats will try to mess with it. They definitely cannot bite through an adult turtle's shell. And adult turtles can -- and will not hesitate to -- bite, and they can bite down very hard. If the cat is bitten even once, it most likely will never go near the turtle again.

When I first got my baby turtle, my cats definitely showed an interest in her. Enough of an interest that I was a little bit afraid for the turtle's safety. But once she got a little bigger, they lost interest. Now she is a fully-grown adult turtle, and they pay absolutely no attention to her, unless I take her out of the tank and let her crawl around on the floor. Then they will cautiously approach the turtle, but in more of an investigatory way, not a predatory way. They don't try to attack her.

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