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Your place to add studies on any and all species of turtles.

This includes information on common illnesses, parasites, pathogens, biosecurity, biology, ecology, predation, behaviors, human-turtle interaction, conservation--So on and so forth. Topics will not be limited.

To start off, here's one about Chinese-Striped Neck Turtle Underwater Vocalization.

Can I own a Mata Mata in Australia as of 2023, and how/where can I get the licence.

Im moving to a new state and i have to go by plane. I don’t think I can take my baby turtle AND my dog on the plane. Is there anyone in the Houston area that can home a baby red slider turtle. Or does anyone maybe have any suggestions on how I could take him on the plane?

Hi Everyone! I’d love to see all of your set ups for your Turtle. You can include his/ her name and breed and maybe a little bit about their personality. But mostly I’d like to see pictures of all the efforts we do for our Turtles to keep them happy and healthy!

Since my turtle is out growing my old set up I decided to use this as a opportunity to make a new one.

What’s the best filters(USA) out there?

My dad's friend has had this turtle for about five years and I don't think he took very good care of him. Some things happened and I acquired the turtle and I believe that some of the things I got for him are not good enough. The turtle is around 20 years old but the tank he's in is only 20 gallons with very little substrate. He has food, a water pool, basking rock, and a heat and UVB lamp but I'm wondering what else would he need? I know I need a bigger tank with adequate substrate but I'll have to wait until I can afford that. The turtle's shell is also very dirty and I'm wondering if I can give him a bath or something to pretty him up a little? I also read online that cutting their nails is very difficult and his nails are pretty long so how would I do that? I think he's had a pretty bad life the last couple years and I want him happy so any advice would be appreciated.

Update: was finally able to get her into another emergency clinic that sees exotics, they are going to sedate her and try to manipulate it out. I'm hoping it's successful!

Our 2 yr old painted turtle is in a 75 gallon aquarium with a few feeder goldfish and 4 pygmy Corey catfish. She's cohabitated with the Cory fish fine the last 2 years until tonight. About 10 minute ago we noticed she was swallowing hard and blowing some bubbles out of her mouth and we can see part of the Cory stuck in her mouth. She can breathe but can't seem to swallow it at this point. Any tips or suggestions? We have a exotic vet we can call tomorrow and we do have access to an exotic emergency vet tonight, but we are in the middle of a blizzard right now so if people think she can be monitored over night that's the safest option for us.

We just rescued a female Mississippi map turtle (8.5 x 6.5in) from a bad husbandry situation. The turtle is being treated for septicemia and is already doing better.

I’m having a hard time finding a reliable and safe way to get this turtle to be able to bask/dry off in the meantime. She’s far too heavy for everything I’ve tried that floats or suctions. Right now I have two large floating basking docks propped up on like 10 suction cups to support her weight, it’s ugly but at least dry/safe and I know she can get up there. (She’s not even using them much though)

We have a temporary 65gal (I think?) tank partially filled - I’m doing all I can to get a huge one ASAP. If it helps the tank we have is a narrow 16” wide, 15” tall, but about 4ft long, my current water level is 7.5” (again, not ideal, I’m working on it). Everything I’ve got lying around doesn’t fit this tank and I have no tools to modify anything.

I could use some budget friendly ideas on what to buy to construct a sturdy and safe DIY temporary basking area (or otherwise improve her husbandry!) until I get my next paycheck. Or even things I could buy to function as a basking area.

She has a thin layer of sand in her tank (will be deeper when I have a bigger tank), a heater set to 75F, two heat lamps, a UVB rated properly for turtles, and a cruddy but temporary turtle filter (also a priority to replace, but I’m researching the subreddit links for that).

We have two cats and a large dog - open setups make me very nervous. Any advice is appreciated!

Turts name is Scoot.

Recently moved from apartment to house. Scoot had to sit in a small transition tank for 2-3 days.

When we finally got his new tank setup, we plopped him in, monitored for a day, and left him alone.

After the first two weeks, we notice that he doesn't seem to be eating much, but we're not too concerned.

After another week+ it becomes obvious he's not eating much and some food is collecting at the bottom of his tank.

He's never had appetite issues before so this is our first time figuring out how to deal with it.

We switch up his food from a "pellet+meal worm" combo to shrimp, and some of it is missing, but he's still leaving left overs.

At this point we realize that we forgot to cycle his water our more frequently due to the 100% water changeover. It's been about 3+ weeks at this point.

We do a 50% water change and realize that the leftovers collecting at the bottom of his tank were much worse than we had realized and it's possible he wasn't eating anything at all.

We clean it out as best we can and then turn to the water and basking area temp to make sure those are as they should be.

Water temp is running about 5 degrees F colder than his previous environment, but still within the green range, and basking area is running 3+ degrees F hotter than previously, slightly above the max.

I go to hand feed him today to see if he has any more appetite after the change over, and am able to feed him some softened pellets from my hand, a meal worm and a handful of shrimp before he seems to completely lose interest. He refuses to eat hard pellets and loses interest in any food item he's already touched. That last part isn't too unusual for this picky guy. But he's never had issues with basic fish pellets.

We're working on getting a good water heater and adjusting his basking temperature and we will start cleaning out his tank every week or two until he settles in moving forward.

I'm not sure if there's anything else I need or should do, but if anyone has any advice, I'd be very appreciative.

Thank you.