Anyone here had turtles?

Question

Has anyone here had either a musk turtle or yellow slider turtle? If you have could you please tell me the basic information on them, e.g how big they grow, diet, tank size, lifespan ? If not thanks for looking at my my question ! x

Answer 1

my daughter (23yo) keeps 2 turtles in her bed room, they about 18 month old and as big as my open hand, they are at present in a 4 foot tank and eat any kind of meat cooked or raw,frozen turtle food from our local aquatic shop and also dried food like cat cruchies. she is moving out soon to her own house and they are going as well after the amount of time we have had them you would think that they could tell the difference between my fingers and the food!

Answer 2

The yellow-bellied slider is a conspicuous turtle that is
often seen basking on logs in ponds or lakes. In fact,
sliders can be found in just about any permanent body of
water in the Southeast. Sliders are large turtles reaching
10 inches in length; females get quite a bit bigger than males.
Adult turtles feed on aquatic weeds, insects, and carrion.
Slider turtles, like many species of reptiles in the Southeast,
have breeding seasons in the fall and spring. During the
breeding season, a male turtle will swim up to face a female and
wave his long fingernails in front of her. By caressing the female’s chin or creating water
currents around her head, he may entice her to mate. Several weeks after mating, a female
digs a hole with her hind feet and deposits 6 to 10 eggs in it. The eggs incubate for 2 - 3 months
and the young often stay in the nest over the winter, emerging the next spring.
These hatchling turtles are not much bigger than a quarter when
they come out of the ground. Many predators like to feed
on young “yellow bellies,” so the hatchlings hide in weedy
areas to avoid detection. The baby turtles eat insects and
other aquatic invertebrates, switching to plants as they
get older. Slider turtles grow slowly and may not reach
adult size until their 8th or 9th year.
Savannah River Ecology Lab researcher, Whit Gibbons, has
studied freshwater turtles for more than three decades and has
marked and measured over 10,000 yellow-bellied sliders. He has found that this species lives
for over 30 years in the wild. He is interested in the role sliders and other reptiles play in
wetland habitats of the southeastern ecosystem.

Answer 3

Yellow Musk turtles are Endangered Spices....Yellow Slider Turtles..........5 to 10 inches big ..... Young eat..... tadpoles.....dead fish.Older like some veggies and and meat items

Answer 4

For Austsralian long necks , you need to put a split level in your tank . The same as you do with water lizards ,and Anphbians .
You can probably buy a tank ready to go , from a respectable Aquarium out let , and they will sell you every thing your turtle needs .

If not cut a piece of glass the width of the tank , and about a third the length , about three to four inches above the bottom of the tank , secure it firmly in place , with acidic based silicon ,Construction grade .

Cut another strip of glass about three inches wide ,and as long as the width of the tank .secure it to the edge of your split level at about 30dg to allow the turtle to climb up on and half submurge himself , keeping his head out of the water and allowing him to rest .
You will need a Growlux flourescent light tube and hood . the Growlux provides three spectrums of light simulating sunlight , and allowing your turtle to produce Vitamin D .
You will also need an infared light bulb suspended with in your tank, to give the turtle heat , to warm its blood to keep it active and well .
You will need to filtrate the water . I would suggest buying gravel mats , that sit at the bottom of the tank . air is pumped down through tubes from the air pump you will have to buy . This causes the water to circulate through the gravel , causing the gravel to act as an active filter . cut the tubes off so they sit at water level .
You will need to buy water conditioner to neutralise the flouride ,from the tap water . You will also need to buy Biozymes , which are active bacteria , that live in your gravel . It neutralises the waist , this comes in powder form .
You will need to buy aquatic plants , rock or timber , for the turtle to climb up on .
It will probably eat meal worms mostly , a bit of blood worm ,some live fish , and some eatable weed .
Good luck with yor turtle
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Kevin

Answer 5

In India we do not as as per Hindu Mythology keeping turtle is inauspicious. Also it is an avatar of Lord Vishnu so we should not.

Answer 6

there is a site that you can go to toidentify turtle and care of them

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

nope

Answer 9

No not me

Answer 10

No, but I had crabs once !