Common musk turtle questions.
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RobE;3255217; said:
Nah, not really. If you wanted to keep your musk turtle outdoors all year and you lived in a northern state you'd want a turtle that was conditioned to survive the winters. My northern male stinkpot was found by my parents as a hatchling so it could survive the winters here in PA if I decided to keep it outdoors all year long. My female stinkpot I purchased from a reptile show. She's of Florida origin so she would have a lesser chance of surviving here year round.
Northern Stinkpots are larger, lighter in color and usually more hefty looking all around. Southern varieties are darker in color, more oval in shape and smaller.
Here's my pair.
I have all those convicts in my tank and two paired off(imagine that). I am going to get rid of most of them but i was wondering if i kept the breeding pair if they would harass the turtle or not. I like having a couple in there to clean up and its a little movement when shes asleep.
When my female convict would lay eggs she would go after my stinkpots when they got near her nest. The turtles would ignore her for the most part but that didn't stop her from pushing them away. I'm sure a pair of convicts would do the same thing in your tank.
RobE;3248124; said:
Oh wow great looking turtle. The pattern and lighter look of yours is great .
Vicious_Fish;3256314; said:Nah, not really. If you wanted to keep your musk turtle outdoors all year and you lived in a northern state you'd want a turtle that was conditioned to survive the winters. My northern male stinkpot was found by my parents as a hatchling so it could survive the winters here in PA if I decided to keep it outdoors all year long. My female stinkpot I purchased from a reptile show. She's of Florida origin so she would have a lesser chance of surviving here year round.
Northern Stinkpots are larger, lighter in color and usually more hefty looking all around. Southern varieties are darker in color, more oval in shape and smaller.
Here's my pair.
Great looking pair. I have found very dark quarter size stinpots while fishing.
I did not know they came lighter. Prefer the Northern lighter look.
I imagine your pair could breed?
Louie;3293254; said:
Thanks and yes they can breed. They're both the same species just different varients of Sternotherus odoratus. The male is still a bit young but I hope to have viable eggs next season.
Vicious_Fish;3293269; said:
Nice. It will be interesting to see how the young look from 2 different shades .
I have found such tiny one's that surprised they make it to adult size. Imagine everything can eat them.
I would have kept one or two which is something I never do if they looked like your Northern.
Darker one is nice to but you can see all the patterns on the lighter one.
Thanks alot. Im partial to the lighter variant also. I didnt know they came that light, i wasnt sure it was a common musk untill i saw her head.Louie;3293250; said:
