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Here's how it looks now!

Yeah it's all one Yeah it is all one big piece of wood. All natural no varnish and no glue. It had been weathered for quite a while too Although it did have a little colony of ants residing in one of the crevises but they have since moved out....

Get in the car. Fill it with your kids (or grandkids if the case maybe) and head down to the woods or lake or river or swamp etc and get them searching for a good old lump! Set a prize of burgers and ice-creams all round for finding the best there is to find! No need to buy it man It occurs...

It's the same here mate. Probably cheaper than the USA but here is the thing.... I found it! Outside an old woodworking shop that closed down 2 years ago. Surplus to requirements The people who were there just told me to take it lol. I think they expected me to take everything and clear the...

Really nice to see a happy ending like this @Yvonne G and he looks so happy now.

Haha Thanks mate ... Yeah I doubt it will be a rare one it cost him around ¥80 = about $12 give or take ...

Hi Guys My friend just got this turtle here in China. The guy told him (in Chinese) it was a Helmet turtle (direct translation from Chinese to English) I don't have much experience with muddies but I think it may be an Eastern Mud Turtle ??? What do you guys think ? @cdmay :)

Oh right Yeah I never really thought about it in that way before. Very valid point about different terrain in the wild as they forage, sleep, eat and rest. Thank you for a most enlightening answer Tom!

Oh I didn't know that about romain being high in vit A thanks @Markw84.

I actually think that when we are looking into substrates we should really be asking the animal and not the pets hop. Do some research and find what it's natural habitat is then try your best to emulate it. Grass, hay, soil, sand, peat.... All depends on your animal and its natural habitat .. Right?

PS.... There is always the pellet food which you should maybe consider as her staple diet...

Romance lettuce.....! NONE! It have zero nutritional value! It's 95% water. As @Yvonne G pointed out RES are totally carnivores. They love chicken and duck even pork. They will eat fish both live or dead PLEASE THOUGH DO NOT GIVE THEM GOLDFISH! they will also eat crustations shrimp, clams...

I've heard all about this impaction risk which has often got me to wondering where it all came from? See I'm quite a practical thinker and I see things that maybe others miss. Allow me to share my thoughts on what I've understood about substrate, namely sand and the term impaction. I first...

What about for Turtles ?

Really is strange

Really ! Oh ... All I get is....

Hi @Moozillion You could try drying some salmon then powdering it into dust. Get her out onto dry land and dust the kelp or whatever greens you have for her with the powdered salmon. In a similar way you would dust the vit A/B powder and calcium ect. Failing that you can try dubia...

Hahaaaha Brilliantly put :D

Hey whats happened to www.TheTurtleRoom.com? I was reading the sticky thread "What to Feed Aquatic Turtles and Why??" Clicked this link... http://theturtleroom.com/blog/2012/04/27/commercial-foods-benefitsuses-staplessupplements/ And it took me nowhere....!

This also... http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/shellrot.html