Whiplash4ever
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I've read several threads that give a wide variety of food that is acceptable to feed old Speedy (I didn't name him, so cut me some slack) and that's fantastic. However, I have NO idea where to buy any of that stuff. I'm being thrown into the new adventure feet first. A friend of a friend, for undisclosed reasons, is giving up on her turtle buddy, and rather see something bad happen to him, I agreed to take him in. I'm just now getting up to speed on just how massive this endeavor is though.
I plan on cleaning out a smaller room in the basement to house him in the winter. I have a grow light that's being repurposed (Don't ask/Don't tell), and I'm hoping that will be sufficient, but if not, please let me know sooner rather than later. I have an outdoor enclosure that used to house a snapping turtle, but I released him back into the wild two summers ago and since then it's gone unused. I can just fill in the small pond and it'll be similar in size to the room I'm going to use inside. My biggest questions are what to feed him and where to get it. Whatever it is I buy will have to be available through a pet store or grocery store. I can plant some of the things on the list I read, but that's going to take time that I don't have.
I plan on cleaning out a smaller room in the basement to house him in the winter. I have a grow light that's being repurposed (Don't ask/Don't tell), and I'm hoping that will be sufficient, but if not, please let me know sooner rather than later. I have an outdoor enclosure that used to house a snapping turtle, but I released him back into the wild two summers ago and since then it's gone unused. I can just fill in the small pond and it'll be similar in size to the room I'm going to use inside. My biggest questions are what to feed him and where to get it. Whatever it is I buy will have to be available through a pet store or grocery store. I can plant some of the things on the list I read, but that's going to take time that I don't have.