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I have been looking for a while for something my small mud turtle can hide under and have unfortunately not found anything. Anything I have found uses unsafe materials, the paint chips, there's sharp edges, or it only comes in one size that doesn't work. I just need a simple cave or something he...

Yesterday I saw a hole in my Florida red belly cooter's skin, between her back leg and tail. Near that I know she had a scrape from my other one's nails by accident, but it had been healing for a while. I thought it had reopened so I went to clean it and saw a clean hole in her skin that was...

I have a Florida red belly cooter and on her foot between her toes I found a weird pimple thing. Thought it was a piece of food so I tried removing it but after that stuff came out of it. I've never seen this problem before so I'm unsure if I should go to the vet. I only squeezed it a little but...

I have a couple month old striped mud turtle and offer as much of a variety as I can in his diet but I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to balancing the diet. Most people feed pellets or sticks and only a small amount of insects or greens, but mine refuses any commercial food (unless...

I currently have a 10w UVB light for my mud turtle's 30g tank, and was wondering if that was enough. He really enjoys hiding so he doesn't always receive enough of that light. I had thought about getting a higher watt light, but after some research I've heard I don't need to. Is there also a...

I have a baby mud turtle and for a while I was using a mix of some top soil, fresh dirt from outside, and a small amount of sand as substrate but after a while there were too many springtails so I changed it to aquarium sand. I am not looking for a bottom to fill with water, so the mixing with...

I have a two month old striped mud turtle and have been doing lots of research on their diet but despite that mine only likes a few different foods. He gets dried bloodworms, some shrimp, mealworms, and small amounts of fresh sardines, shrimp, and tilapia. He refuses to eat any kind of green...