Ok I have this aquatic turtle since last year, I am keeping it in a recipient big enough for her with a little water. I feed her with turtle food everyday. Her health seems ok.
BUT, recently I have found turtles walking around my backyard which are WAAAAAAAY bigger than her. On spring break I saw a huge ones putting her eggs in a hole, and yesterday I saw another one who was big too, and mine stays tiny and it's been months and months without growing to that proportion.
What's wrong? Is it the recipient were I have her that allows her for getting big?. Or is it the pellets?
2006-06-25 06:00:54 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
No, I didn't took her from the wild. I found it in my backyard, in fact I saved her life.
My mother found her was she was digging a hole to plant a tree. So she was under the ground in a pond.
2006-06-25 07:08:01 · update #1
To the Vet. I am not a dumbass. I am very sure the turtle is aquatic. I looked at her feet. She swims. When I found her she was burried under the soil in small pond of water. Because it rains ocassionaly at home and water can be found under the soil of my backyard. So she could have died anyway. I though it was a rock becuase she was covered in dirt. I am treating him better than ever.I plan on releasing her anyway. There is a current in my backyard.
2006-06-26 06:19:46 · update #2
oh and it's justs a river turtle
2006-06-26 06:20:32 · update #3
reptiles adapt to their environment. the recipient will keep her small unless you get a larger one.
2006-06-25 06:05:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Okay, I'm confused. Did you take this one from the wild???
If so, that can be very illegal depending on the kind of turtle and state you are in.
Problems
1) container could be too small
2) Most commercial turtle pellets do not provide adequate nutrition and you could be slowly killing the poor thing with malnutrition
3) Without knowing the breed, you are assuming its aquatic and not terresterial
4) turtles and tortoises eat very different things
5) inadequate light source. They need UV light to have a healthy shell and grow
6) It may already be an adult, since you don't know the species, its hard to know the adult size
Please take the turtle to a local veterinarian that feels comfortable seeing them.
-a veterinarian that sees reptiles
2006-06-25 07:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by rabbitwhisperer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aquatic turtles require a large area of water for one turtle, and a place to bask out of the water with UVB light. They need this to process vitamins. The water temp needs to be between 82 to 86 degrees. And use a large canister filter that has a flow of about 300 Gallons per hour to keep the water clean. When the flow slows way down change the filter media. Water turtles usually eat fish that are already dead, earthworms and try non breaded popcorn shrimp. There are several pellets available, if you use those they don't need as much UVB light as they contain chemicals to help process vitamins.
2006-06-25 07:52:08 · answer #3 · answered by whatshisface 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some Turtles grow slow. You may try some other foods around the house and see if she like them. We have given Turtles tomatoes, and lettuce and they seemed to like that. may try a small piece of Hamburger Meat, some aquatics like meat. Maybe a Minnow be a tasty treat to try too. Good Luck.
2006-06-25 06:06:53 · answer #4 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your turtle might have a growth problem or even maybe the turtle has stop growing maybe that is a big it is going to grow. i have a dog thaqt only grew a couple inches when we first got her like 2 years age and she is perfectly healthy! and it is better if their is smaller so they leave a smaller bathroom area too
2006-06-25 06:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by fallinpointegrl06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turtles will grow as big as their surroundings. If they are in the wild, they have ample space so they grow big. Try getting a very large aquarium for it. It will probably grow bigger then.
2006-06-25 06:08:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different kind of turtle! Not all turtles get that big. Yours may be his full size already. Find out what kind of turtle you have, and see how big he will grow. It sounds like you take great care of him!
2006-06-25 06:04:52 · answer #7 · answered by Samlet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different species of turtle mature at different rates.
Also they only grow as large as the environment will allow.
You may need a larger aquarium.
2006-06-25 06:05:07 · answer #8 · answered by Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turtles live for a very long time, if their health remains good. So im thinking they grow very, very slow. I had one for about three years, and he didnt grow once.
2006-06-25 06:04:46 · answer #9 · answered by destincole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Willys cynical thought for the day,
Turtle is an old (pre-sixties)? name for a clitoris. Why? Cause its head only peaks out when it's excited!
http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
2006-06-25 06:06:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The turtle will adjust to the size of the recepient it is kept in...bigger area - she will grow bigger!
2006-06-25 06:05:07 · answer #11 · answered by Pollyanna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋