Theyre selling some redeared sliders down at the pet store, you get a turtle, food, medicine, and a small pond thing for 12 bucks....I feel bad keepin the turtle in a small place, but I figure its better than what he has now. Does anyone have any experiance with them? I may even re-do my fish tank so I could keep a couple. Lemme know.
gmoore

 

who's trying to figure out if tegunderpressure accidently posted in here instead of GDD or if he got a hold of some really good stuff Also don't feel bad look at my avatar, poor michaelangelo is in that little plastic case .

 

i like ice cream

 

Right on, this forum is now covering fish tank appearance and cosmetic upgrades.
Paint the fish tank gunmetal, and leave the very edge of it polished, and for the pump, use steel braided lines instead of that plastic stuff. Carbon fiber instead of rocks will give the tank a "cozy" feel

 

iv'e owned two turtles for a bout more than a year. i bought a medium sized fish tank for the turtles also a filtrate system. they are great pets, very low maintanece the only thing that's hard about them is that there tank gets dirty real easily like in about 3 weeks and your have to change the water. they also need i think its called a basking center that you place on top of the water so they can dry off cause they dont like to be in the water all the time. they also live really long cause my cousins red eard slider turtle is about 15 yrs. old

 

I have never owned one myself but I used to be really into reptiles and amphibians, redeared sliders are probably the most common type of domestically owned turtle and they are very(!) hardy. He'd probalby do best in a 20 gallon or better tank but he'll be ok in something smaller especially if he's by himself. They are very condusive(sp?) to being held but obviously be gentle, hope this helps, get the turtle, name him mugen, and enjoy it

 

I owed a couple of turtles, but they keep on dying on me....So I gave up and gave the tank to my little sis, where she put her fish....They already multiplied like 4 times in the last couple of months...i was like whoa.....

 

I have some at home, they're pretty cool. Try to get proper lighting though, they have special bulbs that work well with reptiles. Also, don't rely on those pellets alone, it's not enough nutrients for them. Feed them other vegetation too, and when they get big enough, small gold fish.

 

Yup, I posted in the wrong section, mods move this to GDD if you will. Its sounds like theyre pretty good pets. I was woried they would be sickly. I have a 55 gallon tank, I planned on getting the system that partitions it into a dry and wet section, and includes a filtration system. Im gonna look into this, seems promising. Keep the ideas coming. Mugen is a pretty good name.
gmoore

 

*lifts leg and farts

 

*gives tegunderpressure a cup-o-fart

 

kids aren't aloud to buy small turtles because if you accidentally swallow them they don't die and eat u from inside out

 

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No way, they wouldnt survive long enough in the harsh acids we have in our stomachs. Anyway, does anyone have any usefull input.
gmoore

 

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Paint the fish tank gunmetal, and leave the very edge of it polished, and for the pump, use steel braided lines instead of that plastic stuff. Carbon fiber instead of rocks will give the tank a "cozy" feel </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

a turtle would be a bad *** pet!

 

i always wanted 4 turtle and a rat

 

Ninja Turtles are the ****

 

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sounds perfect, 55 gallons is gonna be plenty and the vivarium partition is a cool thing to have, I agree w/ whoever said to give him some feeder goldfish, he would be a lot more healthy if you gave him some live food, I think pinhead crickets or slightly larger will work also

 

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Wow, scary!

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LOL!!

 

Water turtles in general require a bit of maintenance. The water tends to require lots of cleaning. I considered the red-eared slider for a while then eventually moved on to getting a tortoise.

They ate gerber baby food and were quite active when i went around. As usual, you hve to clean the tank and maintain a consistent temp for them but they grew over the first year. Their shells domed up and they really were great pets. I didnt have any time left after college and work and my sister's friend wanted them bad so they now live in NJ. One was orange and the other was a olive green. Both happily moving around at 1 inch per hour

I'd suggest a box turtle if you were going to get one.

p.s.
Contrary to the fears we humans have on snapping turtles, mine never bit any one or anything. at best, it would stick its tongue out if it was thirsty.

 

The only concern that I have now, is that my tank is more of a square. Its not the long type like most suggested. So the turtles would be limited length wise, but the water would be deep. I whent to the pet store, and because of the tank size problem, I gave a lizard a thought. They were about 8 inches long, pretty cool. Anyone have experiance with those?
gmoore

 

my car is green and slow, very turtle-like

 

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Was it an Anole? Anoles are pretty hearty, but the only problem with keeping them in a terrarium with deep water is that crickets always fall in and drown (such a waste).
If it was an iguana, don't get it unless you are really commited. They will grow to be huge.
If it is a water dragon, it might do pretty well. They get about a foot long, but they will eat your fish.
The turtle will do fine.

 

It was only 20 bucks, it was green. It wasnt spiny or anything, just like a big lizard you woud see out side pretty much. So he would need water to swin in?
gmoore