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I wouldn't keep any aquatic chelonians with painted woods, as juveniles/adults are highly terrestrial, and even hatchlings need shallow water. If you had a large outdoor enclosure you could keep something from their range that might be compatible. TheTurtleRoom's website...
Yes, they do when I put it back it swam right behind a log and I would walk right past it, no telling how many I have walked by while looking for them.
Yesterday at 2:26 PM (9/10/2018) I discovered a baby Flattened Musk Turtle, (Sternotherus depressus) in an undisclosed location in Bankhead National Forest, AL. The way I found it is because it was in between a branch and a rock underwater, and I looked closer and seen it was a turtle. Flattened...
I was looking through my pictures and remembered that I didnt post these pictures of my Eastern box turtle, Sage, so I thought I would go ahead and post them. I took them on May 31st, 2018.