New Turtle!

[q_fish]

izzy_here and the other are right. i say you listen to them and lower the water. ive kept 2 stinkpot and 2 razorback and in the beginning i put them in my 55 gallon and they couldnt swim so i got some input and move them to water level around 1-2 inch and they are still alive today.

stinkpot/musk arent really good swimmer, so they have a higher chance of drowning because they dont have enough time to swim up, and esp with hatchling, its even worse! so i suggest you lower the water. if you want to keep fish and turtle, get a fully aquatic turtle. Or if you want to keep the musk, grow it out first then put them in later

 

[turtlesrock]

I just lowered the water and put the fish in a different tank, i got rid of the filter, and put more floating plants bulbs, and a few rocks for him to get out of the water on.

that's why you only have 2 now, and at least one of them got sick, as well as not noting the difference between swimming turtles and walking turtles. Here's some helpful advice I heed you to take if you plan on keeping this turtle alive.

Walking turtles: Turtles that walk on the bottom (musk turtles included) are very poor swimmers that need shallow water and many ways to clamber around in their habitat. At least until the turtle is a little bigger, keep it by itself, because as you should be well aware, bluegill can be rather aggressive in captivity. Without the fish, the tank should be more hygenic, as well as being able to keep it in shallower water, which would be better for such a small turtle.

Swimming turtles: these would be like your other turtles (the painted and the map turtle). these can easily swim in deeper water, and they are much different in behavior than a turtle like a musk turtle.

The people on here do know what they are talking about. Please heed their advice. That's the end of my rant of the day.

actually, my mom made me get rid of two because she didn't want a huge tank. so ive kept 4 baby turtles without deaths.

I would avoid using a filter at all right now. Baby turtles this small can easily be sucked into the intake of a filter. They might not fit through the opening but they can be trapped underwater and drown. I know this from first hand experience in the past. Keep it simple and just change the water every day. I find these guys are really easy to raise at this size in a shallow rubbermaid tub or cat litter pan.

i got rid of the filter, except for a small pump that ill turn on for around an hour or so every day (with my supervision)

 

[goestonemoa]

cool little guy
cant believe its so small...good reference pic beside the penny

 

[coura]

Babys so small I keep them on taperwares or on small ruber containers, a few inchs of water and a flat smood peble to get out of the water, thats it. I keep the woule thing on my herp room so its allways on a good confy temp and I change the water every day to keep it clean. Because the turt is so small I would as well recomend some daily expossure to a 5.0 uv ligth, specially wille he doesant eat stuff with vit D3 such as turtle pellets.

 

[turtlesrock]

so can this UVB thing be achieved by taking him outside for around and hour everyday?

 

[BenSow]

That's cute!! You didnt see his/her brothers and sisters?

 

[firebellied man]

Sadly no.He was all by himself. It would have been nice to see them hatch.

 

[coura]

so can this UVB thing be achieved by taking him outside for around and hour everyday?

I gess but for now just wait untill the egg sack its completly absorved and then we will see.

 

[Cookie*]

I hate to see anything live taken from a native area, I prefer it come from a breeder, but I can't say I'd be able to see that cute little guy and not walk away with him/her myself. Very nice find.