i have a turtle and i named it bob, since i am trying to find out the sex of him or her, i was hoping that you all can gvie me tips on raising him and finding out the sex(giving more details on the concave and flat parts).
info on bob:
-has wet eyes sometimes, look like he’s crying
-don’t bite
-wild animal that house trained himself(doesnt go bathrooom in tank, only when i stick him in his pan thing.
-Eats wardley pellets,burger,mushroom,fish,etc
- likes to look in mirror at himself
-smart
i need to know what can i put in his tank to mk him feel more at home.
like those white chip-like things they put in hamster/rabbit cages, and maybe more grass and artificial trees,and something to keep him company, lizard, dunno
at the moment i just have plain hard plastic he sitting on and grass spreaded throughout that has been cleaned w/ a few rocks.
tired of seeing him alone he looks miserable at times, and happy like he smiling at times.
bob is a box turtle,land
I THINK HE IS A POND TURTLE
NO BUB IN HIS TANK =C
NOT USING CHIPS,WAS JUST A SUGGESTION
i have responsiblity but my mom tries to tell me that my turtle is no gonna die, due to things missing, am trying to tell her that he needs all these things, instead of just sitting in a tank with food and grass n stuff waitin to die.
Peter
Tags : Pond Turtle, Rocks, Wet Eyes
Categories : Reptiles
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hannah w
September 8th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Cynthia
all you have to do is follow the steps in the website i have given you and you will be good!Good luck with your turtle!
Spanky
September 9th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Donald
is bob a turtle or a tortoise? threes aquatic, semi aquatic turtles and land tortoise, i wouldnt mix different animals in the cage so if you want him to have a friend get him the same kind of animal i would stay away from wood chips and go more to sand or gravel.. you need to be more specific on what he is
Julia F
September 9th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Stacy
First we need to figure out what kind of turtle Bob is see here:
Watery eyes is not a good sign, do you have a UVA/UVB bulb? What substrate are you using? What are his enclosure temps? What is the humidity at?
White chips? As in substrate? If it’s Cedar or pine, it’s highly toxic and that could be the reason for the watery eyes. For more on substrates see here:
Diet isn’t great, but to help more we need to know what kind of turtle.
Sexing can not be done accurately until turtle is sexually mature at around 5 inches.
Aquatic turtle sexing-males long fore claws, long thick tails, concave plastron
Females-short claws, short stubby tails, flat plastron, grow larger than males and usually have a thicker head.
Box turtles-males are more colorful and usually have red eyes and a concave plastron, females brown eyes and a flat plastron.
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