Just got a turtle....?

Question

What temp should the water be?

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Answer 1

Turtles are fine with about any tempature. They are really hardy. You do not need a heater. Unless you live in a cold state. There water should be just room temp. Water temp. doesnt hurt them. What hurts them is if you dont clean out the tank. You want to clean out the tank at least once a week.

This is part of the answer but does help
Turtles do shed their shells, when they grow you will soon notice that its arms and legs are shedding. This will not affect the turtle in any way. Your turtle should be eating normal and doing its normal activities. The only different that you may notice is that it may be scratching its head with its feet. Because some turtles don’t like the shedding on there heads. Because it does tend to get in there eyes. Do not peel off the shedding. Let the turtle just grow normally. You will see the turtle peel allot while its a baby. Baby turtles grow fast. Map turtles get up to about 8in. So you will be going through some upgrades of tanks. OR just get one big tank. Some people go for the rule of 5gallons per inch of turtle. You want to have the water at least 2 times the length of its body so that it can get exercise. Map turtles are more of bottom turtles. Meaning they hang out on the bottom of the tank. Don’t be worried if he stays down there. Map turtles don't grow as fast as other types of turtles. My Red Ear Slider grew 4in. in 3 months. But my map only grew about 2 1/2. Some turtles do like little friends in their tanks you can decide on if you would like another turtle for your map to play with or not. You just have to think about one thing Tank size for when they get big. They do live for a couple of years. You can mix different types of turtles together. Just don’t put snapping turtles or soft-shells with the map. They are known to be aggressive. You may get some alge in the tank or on the turtles its best just to rub it off. I don’t recommend chemicals that treat alge as they might harm the turtle’s shells. Or if you get a snail the turtles will eat it. Or if you get a pleco ( alge eater, aka sucker fish), As some people will tell you its fine to get one with turtles as they are armored and the turtles cant harm them, that’s not true. When I got my turtles I had also gotten a pleco because I was told nothing would happen. Well Plecos have soft bellies so your turtles can kill them if they bight the bellies. I guess I found out the hard way. 3 months later my pleco was upside down eating the alge of the basking platform and one of the turtles bit his belly. Also plecos can some times attach them self’s to turtles which some times can harm the turtles. You can have fish in the tank to clean a little but don’t get to used to them. as they will disappear. The turtles will eat them.



Some common turtles to choose from:
You may mix only Red Ear sliders, maps and yellow bellies together. Don’t mix, snapping or soft-shells.
Red Ear Sliders~ they get up to 12in.
Map Turtles~ 8in.
Yellow Belly~ 12in.
Snapping~ I don’t advise on getting for beginning turtlest. They are aggressive.
Soft Shells~ Look Cool But another turtle that I don’t advise on getting for beginners. Soft shells and snapping turtle do get huge you can not get more than one or mix with any other turtles.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

water temperature should be set at 21c

the area under teh basking lamp (assuming you are looking after him properly and have one of these) should be around 28c.

you really should have looked this up before getting your turtle.
its questions like this that make me think that you dont have a water heater, a UV light, and a adequate filtration system aswell.

i hear to many people who think you can just keep them in a bare tank like they used to in days gone by.

Answer 4

Different species like different temps, but 75-80F is common.

http://www.austinsturtlepage.com

Answer 5

my turtles water is like 70 ish. but i have a reptile lamp.

Answer 6

76-86 degrees

Answer 7

If it was a RES then 75 degree

Answer 8

i just got rid of one this morning,the turtles head was popping out

Answer 9

Boiling,after 30 mins.tastes great on crusty bread !

Answer 10

try this website it might have the it in there http://animal.discovery.com/guides/reptiles/turtles/aspets.html