Hi,
Recently I adopted FOUR NEW TURTLES from a friend who didn't want them anymore.
One is a female RES, one is a male YBS and one is male Southern painted turtle.
The RES and YBS get along great, but the little painted gets picked so I'm going to move to him with my original Midland Painted Turtle, who is much friendlier toward other turtles, and closer to my new little guys size range.
So all is great for my turtles and new turtle EXCEPT.... I haven't mentioned the FOURTH new turtle yet, have I? The one is so strange, and beyond anything that I have ever seen in a turtle, that it defies the aquatic turtle world.
He (assuming a guy, because of long tail and claws) is a grayish color all over. His shell has strange black lumps of color, and his head/legs/tail are decorated with light gray/yellowish/white stripes and spots. His claws are SUPER long and yellow, and his tail is long too... and I have NO IDEA WHAT IT IS. He sits and sulks on the bottom all day long, hardly ever coming up for breath, doesn't eat anything (even real meat, like chicken and pork) and I'm getting worried that something is wrong, he'll injure the others, or he;ll starve himself to death.
I have looked, quite literally, EVERYWHERE, and I have not found ONE lead as to what this turtle is. I uploaded one picture because it is hard to catch him swimming around. Let me know if you need more.
Thank you.
Recently I adopted FOUR NEW TURTLES from a friend who didn't want them anymore.
One is a female RES, one is a male YBS and one is male Southern painted turtle.
The RES and YBS get along great, but the little painted gets picked so I'm going to move to him with my original Midland Painted Turtle, who is much friendlier toward other turtles, and closer to my new little guys size range.
So all is great for my turtles and new turtle EXCEPT.... I haven't mentioned the FOURTH new turtle yet, have I? The one is so strange, and beyond anything that I have ever seen in a turtle, that it defies the aquatic turtle world.
He (assuming a guy, because of long tail and claws) is a grayish color all over. His shell has strange black lumps of color, and his head/legs/tail are decorated with light gray/yellowish/white stripes and spots. His claws are SUPER long and yellow, and his tail is long too... and I have NO IDEA WHAT IT IS. He sits and sulks on the bottom all day long, hardly ever coming up for breath, doesn't eat anything (even real meat, like chicken and pork) and I'm getting worried that something is wrong, he'll injure the others, or he;ll starve himself to death.
I have looked, quite literally, EVERYWHERE, and I have not found ONE lead as to what this turtle is. I uploaded one picture because it is hard to catch him swimming around. Let me know if you need more.
Thank you.
