Betafish305ca

I was just wondering if anyoen here had a pet turtle, or knew anything about keeping turtles as pets

thx

peacemaker92

I have 3 of them. They've been doing quite fine in my small lil' pond. I feed them live feeder fish every 2-3 weeks as treats. What type of turtles are you planning to keep?

deathtroll

I got one I'm working on upgrading it's home. what kind of turtle are you looking for or have.

MaddieLynn

I have a female 3 toed box turtle.

www.turtleforum.com is where I got a lot of my information on keeping turtles from.

Betafish305ca

thanks for the comments, an update, I found at my LFS that they have these turtles, now they are small.... but i'm not sure if they will stay small for long?

is there any kind of mini turtle?

Tony G.

Hello
I've had turtles all my life. My biggest kids right now are my Red Eared SLiders, i got them the size of a quarter and the female is 10" and growing... the male is like 6-7 inches. It really depends on what kind of turtle you want on their set up. I reccomend you start with the smaller ones.

Shawnie

wow you have allot of animals or want alot? between turtles, hermit crabs, and your fish, how are you able to do it all?

aquatic mouse

Shawnie, that's not nearly enough! I have 1 dog, 4 cats, 2 leopard geckos, 1 frog, and 5 fish tanks. I'd love to get a bird too!

Shawnie

I wasnt commenting the amount of animals and more on the amount of different threads Betafish305ca has started about all different kinds of animals recently..and wondered if they were all current or wants ...not the amount kept

I think we all have an array to go around

MaddieLynn

Here is a really good website that I learned a lot from before I got my turtle:

www.turtleforum.com

The smallest kind of turtle gets to be 4" long (and I don't think they are commonly available), so no, there's no such thing as a mini turtle, if you mean one that stays the size of a quarter.

Also, be careful, because a commonly available type of tortoise is the Sulcata, which is generally sold as a 2" or less baby but which will grow to be 25+ inches long and up to 200 pounds.

Tony G.

I totally agree with maddielynn
stay away from red eared sliders (aquatic) and the sulcata. they are the biggest in the pet industry

Betafish305ca

sorry, i don't mean to be so aniamls crazy... its just because of where i live now (somehwere falt), i can't do some of the hobbies that i use to do (skiing, rock climbing) so I'm looking into new hobbies, and its also something my brother-inlaw and I have in common.... I don't mean to have so many posts..... I just see animals, and wonder what the info is about them, and what people here think about them....

sorry

aquatic mouse

Nothing to be sorry about!

I like Greek tortoises. They're easy to care for, stay pretty small, and live a really long time! The one we had at work was really friendly. When meeting new people, she was shy for only about the first 30 seconds. Then you could pet her on the head.

crazedACD

It is illegal in the US to sell turtle hatchlings with a shell diameter of under 4". I've reported illegal sales with great success, one being a mall that was selling them with just a little turtle lagoon (sigh). Got that story into the news and the operation shut down . Other than salmonella poisoning and impulse buys, a lot of those guys don't do spectacularly well (some never start eating).

If you are interested I would look for an adult turtle. However, most get to be a decent size and would need a huge tank eventually or a pond or indoor pool...I think the rule of thumb is 1" of shell diameter per 10 gallons. Red Ear Sliders (very common) get to be about 10-12", so you are looking at a 100g tank eventually. I don't have turtles but wanted them at one point, but decided it was too much work/housing would be difficult. Just google general information, you'll find lots of good stuff.

hall

hey there we have a leucistic alligator snapper for about a year know got from a breeder somewhere (my husband knows) when the turtle was about a quarter size know he is about 4 inches long . he lives in an all h20 tank 50 gal. (yes i know he will need a bigger tank) (prob a pool) and rarely comes out . he does have rocks to climb out of the h20 but like i said never wants to. He its reptile pellets and rosie red fish . very cool and interesting pet !:-) Becky

oh we did the red ear slider thing man what a messy messy turtle i like clear water to see whats in the aqaurium and this pet just was not for me!
cudo's to all that have them !