Hello and thanks for reading my post!
I decided to get a stinkpot musk turtle; I don’t have him just yet. I’m in the “researching phase”. I was thinking of a bare bottom tank with a few river rocks for climbing scattered around. Someone said they’d get enrichment from sand.
Is bare bottom and river rocks okay? Or should I try a thin layer of sand and river rocks? The river rocks I found are 2-3 inches in size. The only person looking at the little guy is gonna be me and I’m way more interested in his welfare than how pretty his tank looks. (I decided against gravel on the off chance he could eat it.)
Also how much water should I give him? He’s gonna be a hatchling. Some people toss theirs into a full tank... Which research I did said for a stinkpot this isn’t okay. Others give enough water they can tip toe on the bottom on the tank and breath. Is a few inches okay? It’d be over his head but he’s going to have the river rocks stacked around in various places to rest above water and in the water plus a fake log I already bought for him.
Thanks so much!
(NOT MY PHOTO! Just thought he was cute!)
I decided to get a stinkpot musk turtle; I don’t have him just yet. I’m in the “researching phase”. I was thinking of a bare bottom tank with a few river rocks for climbing scattered around. Someone said they’d get enrichment from sand.
Is bare bottom and river rocks okay? Or should I try a thin layer of sand and river rocks? The river rocks I found are 2-3 inches in size. The only person looking at the little guy is gonna be me and I’m way more interested in his welfare than how pretty his tank looks. (I decided against gravel on the off chance he could eat it.)
Also how much water should I give him? He’s gonna be a hatchling. Some people toss theirs into a full tank... Which research I did said for a stinkpot this isn’t okay. Others give enough water they can tip toe on the bottom on the tank and breath. Is a few inches okay? It’d be over his head but he’s going to have the river rocks stacked around in various places to rest above water and in the water plus a fake log I already bought for him.
Thanks so much!
(NOT MY PHOTO! Just thought he was cute!)