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I've had my little squirtle for about 6 months and he is estimated to be about 10 months to 1 year old. He is 2 1/2 inches in carapace length. His shell is kind of pyramid shaped at the top but i heard that it is normal for musk turtles to look like that at his age. All the other parts of him...

Today while walking around doing my normal thing, I saw what i thought was a Box turtle. I now know that it is an Eastern Mud Turtle. I set it in a bowl of water so that he can open up and i can see him better. I am going to release him at a pond in the woods near my house. He looks very...

I will eventually buy a russian tortoise but for now i am focusing on things i need to buy for one. Can anyone name all the things i need for a russian tortoise? I have heard of some basic things i need to buy but I need to make sure i am getting all the things he/she will need so if anyone...

I currently own a musk turtle and an RES but I've been studying a bit on tortoises and I've decided that i want one. I want a tortoise that is very small being that I don't want to have a giant enclosure, but I also want a tortoise that is decently easy to care for. I am mostly concerned with...

Hi everyone! i was wondering if anyone is into social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and maybe wanted to talk about turtles and share pics of turtles and stuff like that. My instagram name is "that_ninja_guitarist" and my facebook is "adam calder" and my cover photo on...

My quarter sized RES's butt looks swollen and has a little poop on it. Should I be worried? Is he constipated? What do i do? Sorry for the low quality pics. I've looked at my other turtle and his butt isn't swollen like that.

Well if any of you have seen the topic i made earlier than you will know that I just got a baby RES. he's very active and bask's a lot but he won't eat. He doesn't even acknowledge that there is food there. Please help.

My friends dad recently caught a little red eared slider in a crawfish trap and my friend gave it to me since she knows i own a turtle. I know my 30 gal tank is not going to be big enough for him when he's older but he is much smaller than a quarter and looks like he just hatched so i will raise...

Well the title pretty much explains my question. I was thinking about getting one whenever I buy a 300 gallon pond/plastic tub. I live in Louisiana so they should be ok with the climate.

One of my tiger barb's just died :,( and I was going to flush it but then I thought "why don't I just feed the fish to my turtle?" Soooooo can I feed it to him?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXtbMDR49GU&feature=plcp Tell me what you guys think! :) [hr] Hmmm it doesnt show the link on my screen, incase i forgot to post it, here is the link of my turtle eating. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXtbMDR49GU&feature=plcp

Well i recently setup a fiddler crab tank and bought some algae wafers for my fiddler crab, i have a pleco in my turtle tank and thought "why dont i just give some to my pleco to snack on?" It says that pleco's love them soo i dropped some in and my pleco went after one and my turtle went after...

I recently got a suprise gift from my grandmother, she bought me some fish! I got this pleco! I got this crab (i dont know the exact species, but he's very small!) i got these assorted fish that i dont really know the name of. i got this bala shark which i am about to get rid of...

I heard something about putting some salt in the tank water to help keep it cleaner and keep the turtle healthier and i wanted to know how much you are supposed to add, and can you use regular salt or do you have to use special salt? Oh and can i use it in my musk turtle tank?

I've been looking at some loggerhead musk turtle pics and the ATP care sheet for them and I think I might get one but I can't find them online. I have checked kingsnake.com, turtlesource.com, and turtlesandtortoises.com but sadly no luck. Have any of you bought a loggerhead musk turtle online...

I was looking at my basking rock in my musk turtle tank a few days ago and happened to noticed that there were some white patches on it. The white stuff cannot be removed (I've tried to scrub it off) and you can't feel it, it's kinda like the basking dock lost its color in some places. Is this...

My uncle just gave me what i think is a 30 gallon tank and a stand for my hatchling/juvenile musk turtle, it was in pretty bad shape when I got it but I finally got it fixed up! The water is 8 1/2 inches deep. And the tank is 2 1/2 feet long by 12 inches wide. I will definitely be getting some...

I was thinking about getting a razorback musk turtle and wanted to know some facts about them like size, appetite, attitude etc oh and would it be ok to keep one with my common musk?

Today i picked up my hatchling musk turtle and he blew a bubble above water and i heard that was bad. It is the first time he has done it that i know of. Please help.

I have an inch 1/2 long common musk turtle and i feed him about 4 to 5 hatchling pellets a day. He doesnt show any signs of obesity, his stomach looks pretty skinny. He has grown a quarter of an inch since december 16th and is very healthy but is the amount of food enough or too much?. This...