No for both the questionWelcome, do you have some kind of heating or light source that might be to close to his shell? Is the shell soft?
Ok, but whenever we put him in water he start paddling fast so unsure of what to do we just take him out. How much time we should keep him in their ? He never sleeps when he is in water.It's a soft shell turtle and dry, get it into water and it will be fine.
He is an aquatic turtle, he should always been in water. This is a deep river species. They cannot even eat unless in water so the longer you do not keep him correctly the closer to death he gets.O
Ok, but whenever we put him in water he start paddling fast so unsure of what to do we just take him out. How much time we should keep him in their ? He never sleeps when he is in water.
Thank you i will take care of thisWhen you put him in water he says to himself, "Ah! At last!! Now I must swim fast to escape this awful place that has no water for me!"
If you don't have a pond for tis water turtle, then he needs a large aquarium full of water to live in.
Softshell turtles need clean water with a sandy bottom. Please do a search on the 'net for "softshell turtle care sheet. "