I have had my turtle for 13 years... I started out with a small cage and it has slowly progressed to a large cage.. standard aquarium. Now it looks as if she has been trying to shed her shell for about 6 months... does this mean I need to get a bigger one?? I will do anything just didn't think after this long I would need to keep upgrading... help!
Just so everyone knows... She can walk around and swim in this large cage. She also walks around my room so gets plenty of exercise and is not crammed in a cage where she can't move
Shell problems can mean many things- poor diet, no UVB lighting, etc.
As far as tank size the issue is pretty easy- aim for 10 gallons of water per inch of shell length. A 13-year old turtle, depending on the species, will run about 10", so should have about 100 gallons of water to swim in.
Experienced keepers generally do 3 tanks- about 20 gallons for babies and young turtles, an intermediate 50-75 for medium turtles, and a 120 or bigger tank or tub for adults. A lot of us use plastic stock tanks, kiddie pools, etc. for adults.
Based on your additional comments, I get the feeling that your turtle, who should have LOTS of room to roam around in, is pretty cramped. Figure out what the species is, what the adult size is, and get a tank that will handle it once and for all.
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With his cat and the hundreds of birds he feeds every morning. Neighbourhood birds. He keeps a turtle dove in a cage. The dove cannot fly and likes living in the cage. The dove has friends – other doves that can fly. They come and visit the caged bird everyday. They must compare lifestyles, I think. The house and contents have not altered much in over 40 years. Keith is a creature of habit.
It’s an odd experience walking into a home that remains in the past. Not a re-created past, not a retro look. Nay – this is the real McCoy – a time travel experience that’s disturbing yet comforting in the same instance. I have no right to know this era. The clocks stop once you step across the threshold. He was a teacher. A brilliant man by all accounts. He won a scholarship to become anything he wanted. He thought about being a lawyer, but decided to be a teacher instead. They would pay him five pounds a week while he studied and guaranteed him a job afterwards. He liked the idea of a steady job. Besides, he had heard that the only way that lawyers ‘got ahead’ was by knowing someone. This was back in the late 1950s. XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
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Someone once left-wing a turtle with no eyes outside his house with a note that read: “Assistant me.” Over the years, he has taken in a pig, a monkey and a one-winged pigeon that lived with him 12 years. “She was the happiest bird in the cage — had lots of and more »
