Common keeping errors

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️

I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common things to avoid, with a brief reasoning why, I encourage anyone to do more in depth research on this forum into any of the points raised if your interested in doing so🙂

First up, inappropriate housing

Incorrect temperatures

Bad diets


Incorrect/dangerous equipment









Bad substrates








The wrong source of purchase/information


Not enough soaks

Free roaming

Dangerous cohabitation



Bad water dishes

Dangerous animal interaction



please do feel free to add any you think I’ve missed below!🐢💚

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Also just to add, some of these I didn’t even know were hazards myself before joining this forum! Most of the information on this thread, I’ve learnt from the amazing members here🥰