Aquatic Turtle Owners

[Adrian15XXX 10+ year member]

try to as often as you can the best thing about them they arent hard to care for and they rent loud obviously

allright. so like a couple times a day sound good? And yeah, they dont go leaving hair all over the house, or wake you up because somebody's at the door haha. Their very interesting to watch, especially if you feed them a goldfish lmao.

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

Just to let you know, its is actually illegal (federal law) to buy/sell turtles less than 4" across in the US. You can be fined $1500 per turtle. The FDA says it has to do w/ salmonella outbreaks in the early 70's...which is BS, those outbreaks were actually caused by chicken, but the poultry industry had more pull and more $ so turtle farmers became scape goats. So, the ban came to be.
Turtles are one of VERY few products grown legally in the US, but are illegal to sell.

We have been working to get this ban lifted for ~8yrs. The FDA side steps us every time they can. We came up with a method to produce a salmonella free turtle, but the FDA still drags the ban on w/ bureaucratic BS. They uphold the ban, even though we have multiple studies from many universities (LSU, MSU, Tulane) that show turtles are as safe or safer pets than a house cat.

Anyways, feed it well. Give it a wide ranging diet. Red Ears are omnivorous.

Don't keep it in one of those little palm tree pans that flea-markets sell turtles with. Get a nice aquarium and build a patform w/ a warming lamp. Clean the water often.

Some turtles are just shy. Just stay in the room when you feed it and try to let it eat with you near. It just takes time.

cats are just plain nasty.

eating their own sh.it

walking in the piss and sh.it then climbing all over counters and everything

although there are 2 in my house. they rarely come out of the basement tho

 

[Brian Owens 10+ year member]

My kids have had a pair of them for 2 years now. Started under 2" and are now 5-6". just moved them outdoors this summer and they love swimming in the larger outdoor pond.

One of ours is VERY friendly, the other is nasty. Will bite anything you put in front of it.

I'll try to get a couple of pics tomorrow. . .

Brian

 

[Adrian15XXX 10+ year member]

Just to let you know, its is actually illegal (federal law) to buy/sell turtles less than 4" across in the US. You can be fined $1500 per turtle. The FDA says it has to do w/ salmonella outbreaks in the early 70's...which is BS, those outbreaks were actually caused by chicken, but the poultry industry had more pull and more $ so turtle farmers became scape goats. So, the ban came to be.
Turtles are one of VERY few products grown legally in the US, but are illegal to sell.

We have been working to get this ban lifted for ~8yrs. The FDA side steps us every time they can. We came up with a method to produce a salmonella free turtle, but the FDA still drags the ban on w/ bureaucratic BS. They uphold the ban, even though we have multiple studies from many universities (LSU, MSU, Tulane) that show turtles are as safe or safer pets than a house cat.

Anyways, feed it well. Give it a wide ranging diet. Red Ears are omnivorous.

Don't keep it in one of those little palm tree pans that flea-markets sell turtles with. Get a nice aquarium and build a patform w/ a warming lamp. Clean the water often.

Some turtles are just shy. Just stay in the room when you feed it and try to let it eat with you near. It just takes time.

Yes im am very aware of that, but i dont care! I think its BS too. Ok, thanks for the help!

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

allright. so like a couple times a day sound good? And yeah, they dont go leaving hair all over the house, or wake you up because somebody's at the door haha. Their very interesting to watch, especially if you feed them a goldfish lmao.

Yes, feeding them goldfish is great //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I used to have 6 in a huge tank.

2 red ears, 1 map, 1 paint, 1 yellow ear, 1 river slider

Dropping 2 goldfish in and watching them fight over it was fun.

Here are some pics of a some turtle we raised. These are 'pastels', they are just flukes of nature with odd shell patterns, they are all red ears.

One of the ponds...each dot is a turtle head. This is at feeding time.

Two headed red ear...LITERALLY a 1 in a million turtle.

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

One of the ponds...each dot is a turtle head. This is at feeding time.

WOW!

Two headed red ear...LITERALLY at 1 in a million turtle.

still got it?

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

I lol'd reading the post.

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Those are beautiful shells on those little turtles, canaan.

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

Oh...one other thing.

How much did you guys pay for your turtles?

 

[Adrian15XXX 10+ year member]

Yes, feeding them goldfish is great //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifI used to have 6 in a huge tank.

2 red ears, 1 map, 1 paint, 1 yellow ear, 1 river slider

Dropping 2 goldfish in and watching them fight over it was fun.

Here are some pics of a some turtle we raised. These are 'pastels', they are just flukes of nature with odd shell patterns, they are all red ears.

One of the ponds...each dot is a turtle head. This is at feeding time.

Two headed red ear...LITERALLY a 1 in a million turtle.

that 2 headed RES is worth A LOT of money! lol. still alive?

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

that 2 headed RES is worth A LOT of money! lol. still alive?

thats why i asked if he had it so i can go get it maybe

 

[Adrian15XXX 10+ year member]

Oh...one other thing.
How much did you guys pay for your turtles?

i dont remember too well because it was a while ago. but if i were to make a close guess i would say $15 each for RES. $20 for painted and $20 for snappers

 

[Adrian15XXX 10+ year member]

thats why i asked if he had it so i can go get it maybe

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif anyone who has that, and is willing to give it away should die

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

That pic is ~4yrs old, the turtle has long since been sold.

We (the farmers) can't get much for 2 headed turtles, but on the grey market they do sell for high prices.

I think my dad got $150-175 for that one.

We usually get one every other year or so.

We sell all our turtles to the over seas market. Mainly China.

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

That pic is ~4yrs old, the turtle has long since been sold.We (the farmers) can't get much for 2 headed turtles, but on the grey market they do sell for high prices.

I think my dad got $150-175 for that one.

We usually get one every other year or so.

We sell all our turtles to the over seas market. Mainly China.

hell id have sold my last batt and taken it for that cheap