help..smallest baby i have ever seen!!!!
- Thread starter Red Devil
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Painted Turtles usually lay between 4-8 eggs per clutch. So you could stumble across a few more. Keep your eyes peeled!
I used to have a breeding pair of Western painteds, and my female generally laid 5-6 eggs but there was often an infertile one. I'm guessing the female came from the swamp and laid somewhere in your garden, and the babies hatched and were on the move. Baby painteds can be somewhat delicate compared to other common turtles like snappers and sliders. If you can get them some natural unfiltered sunlight each day that will be very good for them (it's probably a little cold for that yet). Also they eat less vegetable matter than a slider would so the worm/insect diet will be best.
Actually they are out in the sun as i write this..i did read that they should not get too warm so i am keeping a eye on them..they ate their blood worms this morning...so far i am very happy..
thanks !!!!
thanks !!!!
i always thought that he was small for his age, strange, he get uvb, and eats very wellestuary;1717179; said:
i wasnt his first owner though, a girl at my school found him. she tried to keep him in a tupperware container and she fed him lettuce
i told her that she needed to feed him worms at that size and with a grossed out look on her face she offered him to me
im pretty sure the only reason my mom let me get him is that she didnt think that he would survive
she is definately regretting it now.if he is a male i plan on giving him a 55 but if he is a female i will give him a 75.
oh and sunny is probably a midland painted turtle not an eastern
ceeej31;1723991; said:i always thought that he was small for his age, strange, he get uvb, and eats very well
i wasnt his first owner though, a girl at my school found him. she tried to keep him in a tupperware container and she fed him lettuce
i told her that she needed to feed him worms at that size and with a grossed out look on her face she offered him to me
im pretty sure the only reason my mom let me get him is that she didnt think that he would survive
if he is a male i plan on giving him a 55 but if he is a female i will give him a 75.
oh and sunny is probably a midland painted turtle not an eastern
Well i think you did a terrific job raising Sunny so keep up the good work and let me see pics when you upgrade the tank.. always interested!!
Red Devil they are adorable!! I haven't been online for a few days or I would have told you that they don't usually eat for a few days after hatching till the egg sac is totally absorbed. I am glad they are eating for you now. I have a couple of painteds that were found going the wrong way and semi dried out. They are now several years old. You should keep them. You can never have enough turtles.
chesterfieldzoo;1725273; said:
could i see pics of your painted guys... i will probably keep them ..after you nurture them and watch them grow very hard to part with them.. they are doing good and fiesty in their own little itty bitty way..they run alot..so cute!
