Freshwater turtles?
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Re: Freshwater turtles?
sneeky sneeky 
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Re: Freshwater turtles?
The only small freshwater coldwater turtle I know of is northeastern USA's wild Mud Turtles. They grow 4-5" shell length. Do fine at standard house temperatures, but do need a basking area, though they make far less use of it than Eastern Painted turtles(another great, but half again larger) cold water turtle.
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I loved my Muddy!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Freshwater turtles?
PP do you have a pic of your turtle's habitat? Just wondering what is necessary to house a turtle...even if my idea of putting them with fish was not so good...
Hard not to fall in love with a turtle..
Hard not to fall in love with a turtle..
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Re: Freshwater turtles?
55g with river kit:


You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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