Pet Turtle Care : Care of Aquatic Turtles As Pets

by Lucas_Walker on February 7, 2010

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1 superkillen100 February 9, 2010 at 5:08 am
2 Damiboy1289 February 12, 2010 at 6:38 am
3 adamannodmini February 15, 2010 at 10:56 am

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its kinda sad that you said you’ve been doing htis for over 40 years and you have yet to figure out how to proberly filter a trtle tank. that water is gross. you need more tan a 5 gallon bucket and it wouldn’t hurt to have a skimmer, water agitator, airiator or anything else that will make the water not be stagnant.
you shoud be ashamed.

4 bluetrilobite February 16, 2010 at 6:07 am

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i’d like to know HOW you knew the turtles were happy and enjoyed being handled?

secondly he is referring to red eared sliders (not all turtles, there are some species that won’t bite easily). i had 12 and they were all ready to bite anytime.

a question for you:
would you be happier living in a 3 by 2 meters room/jail (9 by 6 feet) or in a house with a garden?
same concept works with animals?

5 bluetrilobite February 18, 2010 at 9:37 pm

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i agree with this guy.

i had 12 of them over a period of 15 years.
when i started i had 2 and i kept them in a tank for the first 2 years, after which i moved them outside in a pond.
simply because they can survive in fish tanks doesn’t mean that they’re happy in it.
it’s just too small and they also require direct sunlight for proper shell formation.
an outside pond also reduces the chances of them getting sick and/or spreading the disease.

6 52cmercer February 21, 2010 at 10:31 pm

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uh mr know it all, i have had turtles bigger than that and they loved to be handled and never EVER bit. Also you don’t need a 300 gallon pool to keep a turtle happy.

7 blackzip661 February 22, 2010 at 3:56 pm

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i no right they are great pets to me

8 blackzip661 February 23, 2010 at 1:09 am

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i have 2 of those they have red cheeks bequite i hate it wen people try to make me turn against them wut kind of care for turtle guy are u i hate this

9 runescape99cooker February 24, 2010 at 10:52 pm

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everything you just said is a load of shit

10 runescape99cooker February 27, 2010 at 11:24 am

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i have 3 fully grown males and there fine in my 90gallon

11 paintball4freak March 1, 2010 at 9:41 am

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What the fuck? Ive got an 80 gallon tank with 3 full grown female sliders and theyre happy. They make fine pets. this guy doesnt know shit

12 sicilianotoronto March 4, 2010 at 4:24 am

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I think they make tanks big enough, just don’t try to shove 5 turtles in them! 2 is the max! and try to find the biggest (especially widest) you can.

13 Darcy1992xx March 6, 2010 at 7:14 pm

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this guy is an idiot!!! not what he would call pets!! i hav 2 of dem n dey are soooo freindly evri time i walk in the room they swim up to me n let me hold dem for hours!!

14 runescape99cooker March 7, 2010 at 7:54 pm

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i have two yellow belly sliders and they are perfect pets. u only dont like them because u only like small turtles

15 SnApPyDude486 March 9, 2010 at 1:58 pm

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yeah u can change the habitats overtime

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