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The Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) is a true turtle, common in Canada, the US and the northern parts of Mexico.
It lives in ponds, lakes, marshes and is common to see along the roadside sunning itself in the summer months in the United States.
Shell of the painted Turtle
It is orange or yellow in color, and may vary in the pattern.The skin of the painted turtle can vary from deep green to black in color, or a lighter olive green.
Painted turtles hibernate in the winter time and are among the animals that have been known to survive longer than any other vertebrate without oxygen, sometimes surviving up to five months.
Painted Turtles lay their eggs ons softer sandy soils, and dig close to the water, usually about 100-200 feet.The female will then lay between 5 and 15 eggs, which are soft and off white in color. She does not tend to the nest, nor care for the babies. They are born after about 75 days and are independent.
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how long do painted turtles live 4 and how much water would u put in a 3ft tank and do they also need fresh water to drink as i need all the help i can get as this is the first turtle iv had so any information i can get would help me thanks
hey I found a painted turtle in my yard and was planning on keeping it in a small fish aquarium, but my mom wasn’t absolutly sure about keeping it in the house because of the desise (sorry I spelled that wrong). alos if you kept it inside I was wondering if you’d have to keep a lamp on it or somthing?!?!?!?!
I have a painted turtle of my own. We found it when it was just a baby at my dads job in a trench it fell in to. If you know what you are doing they make wonderful pets but as they get older they do not being handled much.
Well i find that people who dont know how to spell should not post comments
Well I have a painted turtle of my own, and I’ve had him for about 2 years maybe now, and yes you have to keep cleaning their aquarium like once a week, cause the water gets dirty really quick, lol.
Painted turtles live for about maybe 20 years, it depends on how good of care you take of them though, and yes you do need a light for them because they like to bask in the light, sorta like sun tanning lmao.
hope that helps a bit.
I have had a western painted turtle for 4 days and i want to know how
much water to put in a 5gals. and how do you tell the diffrence in a boy and
a girl
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Dalton
I have a baby turtle and I just recently moved him to a bigger tank. I have a light on him and in his smaller tank her would get on his log and bask. We did away with his log and got him a turtle ramp. But, now he wont use his ramp. Should I move him back? Or will he use it eventually?
i have 2 that i got outa the delaware river 6 yrs ago they r in a 45 gal tank they will dirty your tank if u over feed them stick to pellits and dont over feed and u should be able to clean tank every 2 mounts with a good filter mine r 12 inches now they wer the size of a dime wen i gotum i giveum a trat every now and then small gold fish or hot dogs
I just rescued a snapper and a paint turtle, they were in a bad situation and have not ate in days, I cleaned the aquarium and the rocks that are in there. The thing is there is a egg in there as well, it is tanish yellow and soft! I could use any advice I can get so I can keep these guys alive till spring/ summer an i can release them back to the world! If that is a good idea i don’t know either! Please help I am so new to this and I am doing it for them! I have a heart for animals and don’t wish to kill these little guys! Please help!
You should make sure that you don’t clean the tank with any harmful chemicals, because turtles are very sensitive. I’m not sure exactly what to feed a snapping turtle because I’ve never had one, but painted turtles will eat the pellets that you can buy at your local animal store… or even Wal-Mart
If that won’t work you could always go to a fish store and buy some feeder goldfish. They would probably like that. Always try worms too. They love worms!
I hope this helps! Anymore questions, just ask. Or find a reliable website with answers
You can tell if its a boy by felling the bottom of its shell and see if you feel a slight dent thats how you know its a boy
with the egg remove the egg from the water very carefully it will be very soft get a tupper ware dish and put some loose dirt or sand in the container then burry the egg and get a heat lamp over the container for the egg needs to be kept warm. reason for this is if you have your turtle in a tank where there is no dirt is canot burry its eggs and that is what turtles do but after laying there eggs they do not take care of them untill they hatch so it will be up to you to take care of this egg until it hatches then put the baby turtle in with its mother and she will show it what to do try not to bother the egg as much as possible but make sure you do check on it now and then.