I took in a red ear slider that had gotten a crack in the shell playing in traffic, and nursed it back to health. You think of turtles as slow, but I'd put a batch of minnows in there, and it was like a piranha frenzy; within less than a minute there would be a couple of heads and tails floating in the water. For a pet, I'd go for a box tortoise. Never had a slider bite me, but the tortoise is all safe and cute and all. This little guy might benefit from an overwinter in the house. You can find instructions online for a hibernation box, and you won't even have to mess with him.
No, they are not. And they can get big. The only two I've ever seen in the wild were significantly larger than dinner plates.Not the best tempered animals in my experience, taught my kids to leave them alone as they will snack on fingers like 1911ly said.
I figured it would be. I recall the Texas guy getting nailed for selling frozen bluegill.
I wonder why? They sure don't live in great conditions in the wild. When we kept them, they weren't difficult at all, we had a 10 gallon tank with a power filter. I just don't think they make great pets. When I was a kid, I kept a painted turtle in a big bucket in the garage, with a rock to climb on. We finally let him loose in a lake, but we had him for several years.That's why am selling it. It talked about having water filtration as a must.
They are property of the State of Indiana.
That's why am selling it. It talked about having water filtration as a must.
Actually swamps/wetlands are pretty much natures filter.. They are diverse habitats in which the system of organisms (from bacterium to plants) essentially break down/utilise many of the organic wastes that can be harmful to higher organisms (people/fish). Thats why people preach about local water quality when they try to explain the aspects of wetlands.Just a shallow bowl for it's water and change it every day or three. Have you seen the swamps they live in? Very far from filtered water.
Actually swamps/wetlands are pretty much natures filter.. They are diverse habitats in which the system of organisms (from bacterium to plants) essentially break down/utilise many of the organic wastes that can be harmful to higher organisms (people/fish). Thats why people preach about local water quality when they try to explain the aspects of wetlands.
I applaud the OP for letting it go because not being able to properly house it. As an aquarist I am always appalled at the level of care some people give animals, which is often borderline abusive.
The turtle has been liberated. My son brought him to the bus stop to show off and then I picked him up and dropped him at the edge of the pond. Lots of mud and cattails. Godspeed little turtle.
I found that out when I tried to get it notarized. She told me no way in shell was she going to stamp it since I didn't own it. I showed it to her in my hand and said look, it's mine, I have it right here. She said it scute, but her rules do not allow her to. I said fine, would you at least help me put my turtle in some mud? She slapped me, called the police, and I wasted my one form of communication on this post.
So I had to go before the sheriff. Snappy and I thought there was only two things that could happen at the sheriff. He could yell at us and tell us never to mess with turtles in his county again, or he could pin a medal on us for having such a strong cross-species bond in these tumultuous times. But when we got to the police station, there was a third possibility we had not even considered. We was both immediately arrested. And so on.
Also, that turtle wasn't big enough for the circles and arrows and the description on the back of the scene of the crime.