They are small box turtles and they swin quickly. I found a haven of them, but I don't know how I should catch one of the little buggers. I really need one, can someone help me?
by the way, fishing is legal where I found them, there shouldn't be any restriction to catch them
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You don't NEED one. If you need one, buy one from a pet store. It's illegal (this would be your legal restriction) to capture wild turtles, bad for the ecosystem, and it's bad for the turtle. Most wild turn captive turtles never adjust to captivity, they become stressed and uncomfortable, and their life span is cut greatly. Generally, a wild turtle will live for 20+ years. A wild turn captive turtle usually only lives less than 3 years in captivity.
If you want one, buy one from a breeder or pet store. Seriously. Also, this is not a snapping turtle. All turtles snap but snappers are land turtles and can't really swim so if these guys are swimming they aren't snappers. All turtles snap. It's their defense mechanism same with pulling in their shell and making a hissing sound.
is this a joke? i mean arent turtles the ones we joke about with their slowness lol
No he/she is right.. they are quite fast when they are in the water.. were talking about water turtles here.. land turtles are really slow yes.. but water ones.. dude... they are fast.. specially when young... I have 5 turtles i know what im talking about.
I have caught a turtle once when they were out of the water walking around from one side of a pond to the other.. SO you can try to sit someplace like that
or wait till they bathe under the sun. moslty they bathe on a peice of a log... if thats the case... make sure you got a big NET (like the ones you use for a pool) and fish it.
ok you don't need one. you want one, if you nedded one say to add to your collection then you'd know that box turte are not water turtles and that taking them from the wild is bad. the fishing laws are irrelevant because turtle are reptiles not fish. and more likely then not illegal to remove from the. if you want one so bad, buy one.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
How do you care for tadpoles?
I found some tadpoles floating down the street by the curb after we had really bad rain i tried to scoop up as many as possible but i don't know how often to feed them or when they need to come out of the water do you have any suggestions?
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I had a tadpole and I got it I put some water where it came from in it ate the little plants and stuff at the bottom I would get the water where it came from put it in and it will eat wheneer it wants and they dont come out of water you should have a shallow side for the tadpole so it can come up in the sun.
Hello..we just kept ours in the same water as we found them in, in shade till they turned into frogs, then we always let them go back where we found them..in a pond or ditch..Take Care :)
Click on the link for info on how to care for tadpoles
tadpoles need a few things to live well and grow up into frogs or toads. They need clean, dechlorinated water- most people try to use clean pond or stream water, but you can also let tap water sit out over night or use a dechlorinator for tap water to make it safe for them. They need wtaer plants to hide in, and they eat them also. They need food- small amounts of vegetable foods- ours ate lettuce, algae, fish food, egg yolk and bits of dry dog food.
They need a way to come out of the water when they change into frogs or toads- branches, or a rock that tilts up and out of where they live.
When they start to change you'll see first back legs growing. Then front legs. Last their tail will shrink, and this is the time they need to be able to move on out of the tank and back into the outdoors in a place frogs and toads live.
Tip- keep their water clean! They can die from overfeeding %26 dirty water.
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I had a tadpole and I got it I put some water where it came from in it ate the little plants and stuff at the bottom I would get the water where it came from put it in and it will eat wheneer it wants and they dont come out of water you should have a shallow side for the tadpole so it can come up in the sun.
Hello..we just kept ours in the same water as we found them in, in shade till they turned into frogs, then we always let them go back where we found them..in a pond or ditch..Take Care :)
Click on the link for info on how to care for tadpoles
tadpoles need a few things to live well and grow up into frogs or toads. They need clean, dechlorinated water- most people try to use clean pond or stream water, but you can also let tap water sit out over night or use a dechlorinator for tap water to make it safe for them. They need wtaer plants to hide in, and they eat them also. They need food- small amounts of vegetable foods- ours ate lettuce, algae, fish food, egg yolk and bits of dry dog food.
They need a way to come out of the water when they change into frogs or toads- branches, or a rock that tilts up and out of where they live.
When they start to change you'll see first back legs growing. Then front legs. Last their tail will shrink, and this is the time they need to be able to move on out of the tank and back into the outdoors in a place frogs and toads live.
Tip- keep their water clean! They can die from overfeeding %26 dirty water.
How do you care for crickets?
The most detailed answer get best answer!!!!!
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Well you can keep them in a cricket box that you can pick up at the local pet store for fairly cheap. Cut up a quarter of potato and place it in the box. Put cotton or a plastic scrub sponge into a small lid, like a yogurt lid. This keeps crickets from falling into water and drowning. (Fill the lid with water) That is the cheap way to water them. You can also buy water bites at the pet store (cubes of gel like water) and thus they won't drown. Make sure to keep the crickets in a cool, shady place. Remove old potato and switch with new everyday! Now depending on what you are using the crickets for (if you are using it to feed a reptile) then make sure to go to your local pet store and buy something to gutload your crickets making them healthier for you reptile. I have a bearded dragon and I feed my crickets "Flukers Hi Calcium Cricket Diet" and they stay alive until their time is up. Hope this helps.
give them a tank your wat ever you keep them in and give them fresh veg a fruit and give them some places they can hide
I'm assuming you're feeling something else?
I like the Gut-load gel cubes. They provide nutrition (when the one who eats them gets) and you put out a few cubes which provide liquid and food together.
If you use a water dish be sure it's very shallow or better just soak a sponge - they drown easily.
You can feel them just about anything, corn mills is good, fruits, veggies, dry dog/cat good.
well, to care for crickets, your supposed to keep them in maybe a class container first of all, and make sure they have like an egg carton to climb on. to feed the crickets you can put in a slice of apple or any hard fruit or vegetables or leaves even.
put them in a cricket keeper, with a few carrot slices, and a folded wet paper towel on the bottom, but not soaking wet. u don't want to drown them. if u can't see them in the keeper, it's because they went into the tubes, they didn't escape. although, they do escape every now and then, so keep them in the garage. plus, every once and awhile, u'll get a cricket that likes to chirp, and it's super annoying. they only live about a week. and they smell really bad. definately keep them in the garage.
good luck with your crickets! what kind of pet do u have that eats crickets? frog, bearded dragon...?
the small crickets are normally the best choice, because even if your pet is big, they can still choke on the medium and large size crickets. the small crickets are easiest for them to swallow.
Purchase the appropriate sized "Kritter Keeper", Timberline-or some other brand cricket food and Timberline- Easy Water. Put appropriate amount of food/easy water in Mayonnaise sized jar lid and place in the container with a few toilet paper rolls. You can also add one piece of apple, orange or pear. When the fruit begins to mold or dry, replace it. Crickets that are 3/4" or smaller live the longest.
They need to be kept with a food source, a water source in the form of fruit, and somewhere to hide. Should also be kept inside, out of draughts so they're not cold.
You can buy special 'cricket dispensing houses' - basically mini-tanks with ventilated lids that have two black tubes inserted into them. Most of the crickets will cluster into these tubes, so you can just draw the tubes out and shake a couple of crickets into the tank of the pet you're feeding (assuming that's what you're keeping the crickets for). You can use any tub with a lid though really, so long as there's airholes punched in the lid.
I used Weetabix (flaked wheat cereal!) as a base for my crickets to live on and eat, and put apple slices in there for their water source.
I also found a cricket food powder to put in there with them, has all the nutrients needed to keep them healthy.
Here's some cricket food for sale:
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/feed...
A very detailed site on cricket care:
http://skylab.org/~chugga/cricket/...
Chalice
Crickets love Cardboard Boxes to hid in give them a potato so they can have to eat and get the moisture out of and give them a little water in a cap or a dish that seems to work a lot and give them some lettuce
Caring for crickets is really quite easy. You need 3 things. A food source, a water source and something for them to hide in/on/and around. The food source and water source can be the same. Many cricket farms ship their crickets with potatoes, which have a very high liquid content and can also be eaten. I don't suggest potatoes because the longer they are exposed to air after cutting, they start to smell absolutely terrible. Try apples, a piece of melon, or some other fruit that is high in water content and also edible (stay away from citrus). You can also buy cricket food (typically known as "Gut Load") and a gel water formula to feed crickets with at most pet supply stores. You don't want to put just a dish of water in a cricket cage, because many of the crickets will drown in it. Egg carton and toilet paper tubes can be used for hiding places so the crickets do not get stressed.
cut up potatos work good
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Well you can keep them in a cricket box that you can pick up at the local pet store for fairly cheap. Cut up a quarter of potato and place it in the box. Put cotton or a plastic scrub sponge into a small lid, like a yogurt lid. This keeps crickets from falling into water and drowning. (Fill the lid with water) That is the cheap way to water them. You can also buy water bites at the pet store (cubes of gel like water) and thus they won't drown. Make sure to keep the crickets in a cool, shady place. Remove old potato and switch with new everyday! Now depending on what you are using the crickets for (if you are using it to feed a reptile) then make sure to go to your local pet store and buy something to gutload your crickets making them healthier for you reptile. I have a bearded dragon and I feed my crickets "Flukers Hi Calcium Cricket Diet" and they stay alive until their time is up. Hope this helps.
give them a tank your wat ever you keep them in and give them fresh veg a fruit and give them some places they can hide
I'm assuming you're feeling something else?
I like the Gut-load gel cubes. They provide nutrition (when the one who eats them gets) and you put out a few cubes which provide liquid and food together.
If you use a water dish be sure it's very shallow or better just soak a sponge - they drown easily.
You can feel them just about anything, corn mills is good, fruits, veggies, dry dog/cat good.
well, to care for crickets, your supposed to keep them in maybe a class container first of all, and make sure they have like an egg carton to climb on. to feed the crickets you can put in a slice of apple or any hard fruit or vegetables or leaves even.
put them in a cricket keeper, with a few carrot slices, and a folded wet paper towel on the bottom, but not soaking wet. u don't want to drown them. if u can't see them in the keeper, it's because they went into the tubes, they didn't escape. although, they do escape every now and then, so keep them in the garage. plus, every once and awhile, u'll get a cricket that likes to chirp, and it's super annoying. they only live about a week. and they smell really bad. definately keep them in the garage.
good luck with your crickets! what kind of pet do u have that eats crickets? frog, bearded dragon...?
the small crickets are normally the best choice, because even if your pet is big, they can still choke on the medium and large size crickets. the small crickets are easiest for them to swallow.
Purchase the appropriate sized "Kritter Keeper", Timberline-or some other brand cricket food and Timberline- Easy Water. Put appropriate amount of food/easy water in Mayonnaise sized jar lid and place in the container with a few toilet paper rolls. You can also add one piece of apple, orange or pear. When the fruit begins to mold or dry, replace it. Crickets that are 3/4" or smaller live the longest.
They need to be kept with a food source, a water source in the form of fruit, and somewhere to hide. Should also be kept inside, out of draughts so they're not cold.
You can buy special 'cricket dispensing houses' - basically mini-tanks with ventilated lids that have two black tubes inserted into them. Most of the crickets will cluster into these tubes, so you can just draw the tubes out and shake a couple of crickets into the tank of the pet you're feeding (assuming that's what you're keeping the crickets for). You can use any tub with a lid though really, so long as there's airholes punched in the lid.
I used Weetabix (flaked wheat cereal!) as a base for my crickets to live on and eat, and put apple slices in there for their water source.
I also found a cricket food powder to put in there with them, has all the nutrients needed to keep them healthy.
Here's some cricket food for sale:
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/feed...
A very detailed site on cricket care:
http://skylab.org/~chugga/cricket/...
Chalice
Crickets love Cardboard Boxes to hid in give them a potato so they can have to eat and get the moisture out of and give them a little water in a cap or a dish that seems to work a lot and give them some lettuce
Caring for crickets is really quite easy. You need 3 things. A food source, a water source and something for them to hide in/on/and around. The food source and water source can be the same. Many cricket farms ship their crickets with potatoes, which have a very high liquid content and can also be eaten. I don't suggest potatoes because the longer they are exposed to air after cutting, they start to smell absolutely terrible. Try apples, a piece of melon, or some other fruit that is high in water content and also edible (stay away from citrus). You can also buy cricket food (typically known as "Gut Load") and a gel water formula to feed crickets with at most pet supply stores. You don't want to put just a dish of water in a cricket cage, because many of the crickets will drown in it. Egg carton and toilet paper tubes can be used for hiding places so the crickets do not get stressed.
cut up potatos work good
How do yellow bellied terrapins give birth?
do they lay eggs, do they need a male to do this, how long does it take, and doo they do it in captivity?
cheers!
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They lay eggs. They must have a male and female. They must be at least 5 years in age, which is when they first reach sexual maturity. Sometimes it take a day sometimes it takes years. It just depends on your pair. They do mate in captivity. Sometimes they wll have infertile eggs, say before they reach sexual maturity, and these are laid in water. Eggs laid in water are never fertile. If you plan to have your turtles reproduce you have to set the tank up properly with a sandy spot where the female can dig a tunnel to lay the eggs in and then cover them back up. Usually it's a good idea to remove the eggs from a captive turtle tank as sometimes the parents will eat them. Turtles do not care for their young or their eggs so there's no need to worry about them in that aspect. After careful removal, they need to be incubated. Eggs can take anywhere from 20 to 60 days to hatch depending on the humidity and heat in the incubator.
they are internally fertilized, so yes they need a male, but after mateing the male leaves, several weeks later the femal turtle lays eggs, then she leaves, the babies never see thier parents
cheers!
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They lay eggs. They must have a male and female. They must be at least 5 years in age, which is when they first reach sexual maturity. Sometimes it take a day sometimes it takes years. It just depends on your pair. They do mate in captivity. Sometimes they wll have infertile eggs, say before they reach sexual maturity, and these are laid in water. Eggs laid in water are never fertile. If you plan to have your turtles reproduce you have to set the tank up properly with a sandy spot where the female can dig a tunnel to lay the eggs in and then cover them back up. Usually it's a good idea to remove the eggs from a captive turtle tank as sometimes the parents will eat them. Turtles do not care for their young or their eggs so there's no need to worry about them in that aspect. After careful removal, they need to be incubated. Eggs can take anywhere from 20 to 60 days to hatch depending on the humidity and heat in the incubator.
they are internally fertilized, so yes they need a male, but after mateing the male leaves, several weeks later the femal turtle lays eggs, then she leaves, the babies never see thier parents
How Do u Tell If your Turtle Is A Boy or Girl?
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Depends on if this is an aquatic turtle or a tortoise. Aquatic turtles, the males will have very long (and I mean long - like Freddy Krueger) nails on the front feet, they use these to hold onto the female during breeding and to court her with before. Males also generally have fat tails that are longer than female's. The genital opening on the tail will be more towards the tip in a male, and more towards the body in a female. Hope that helps!
The link provided has helpful pictures.
If he leaves the toilet seat up after taking a leak it's a male.
If you mean a tortoise, then you can sometimes tell by the tail, females have longer tails that wil lean to one side and males have shorter tails that just point down. Females also have flaring shells at the back.
For most species:
MALE- longer tail with the vent opening in about the middle, and an in-curved belly (plastron).
FEMALE- short, wide tail with vent near the base, and flat or out-curved plastron
It is really hard to tell for sure with ANY turtle until it is approaching breeding age/size.
Other species have other details:
- bright eye color is a male in Eastern Box Turtles
- male Sliders and some other 'pond turtles' have long front claws
- some male tortoises have plastrons that have 'battering ram' extensions that stick out under their heads
- In many species, there is a color and size difference- usually the male is smaller (unless the males typically fight for the females) and more colorful- but not in all species.
stick your smallest finger up its hind quarters gentaly if you feel something its a guy
How do u identify the gender of a baby red ear slider?
I recently bought a baby turtle and i was wondering how the heck to tell if it was a male or a female. i just assume hes a male, but i hope he isnt a female because i already gave a boy name (Scooter) and really dont want to have to change it.
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the best way to tell the sex of any turtle is check out the
bottom of the shell.if it is flat its a girl,but if its slightly
curved in its a boy..
find a vet that specializes in reptiles. From what I understand that it's hard to sex baby reptiles. If you don't want to take the turtle to the vet, just accept that the turtle's name is Scooter, whether it's a boy or a girl. After all, you might not find out that Scooter is a girl until she starts laying eggs.
There are fairly distinct differences between the male and female red eared slider, but they may not be obvious until the turtle reaches sexual maturity. For males, this is about they time they reach 4 inches in length (about 2-5 years old). Females are sexually mature when they reach 6-7 inches in length (may take 5-7 years).
For more information:
http://exoticpets.about.com/od/aquatictu...
Males have longer claws in their front legs. The cloaca in females is located closer to the carapace than in males.
The cloaca is a duct or chamber into which the intestinal tract, urinary tract, and reproductive tracts empty. The cloaca then has a single opening where all waste matter as well as reproductive materials exit the body. It is found in birds, reptiles and amphibians, as well as some mammals ie.g. marsupials). The carapace is the shell or hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
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the best way to tell the sex of any turtle is check out the
bottom of the shell.if it is flat its a girl,but if its slightly
curved in its a boy..
find a vet that specializes in reptiles. From what I understand that it's hard to sex baby reptiles. If you don't want to take the turtle to the vet, just accept that the turtle's name is Scooter, whether it's a boy or a girl. After all, you might not find out that Scooter is a girl until she starts laying eggs.
There are fairly distinct differences between the male and female red eared slider, but they may not be obvious until the turtle reaches sexual maturity. For males, this is about they time they reach 4 inches in length (about 2-5 years old). Females are sexually mature when they reach 6-7 inches in length (may take 5-7 years).
For more information:
http://exoticpets.about.com/od/aquatictu...
Males have longer claws in their front legs. The cloaca in females is located closer to the carapace than in males.
The cloaca is a duct or chamber into which the intestinal tract, urinary tract, and reproductive tracts empty. The cloaca then has a single opening where all waste matter as well as reproductive materials exit the body. It is found in birds, reptiles and amphibians, as well as some mammals ie.g. marsupials). The carapace is the shell or hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
How do u create a sterile environment for an iguana with cloacal prelapse?
Feed back is needed and appreciated.
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The principle behind creating a "hospital" cage is to strip the cage down to it's bare essentials. Remove the substrate and any other cage decorations. Leave only one or two climbing branches, just enough to allow him to thermo-regulate. All surfaces should be as smooth and as easily cleaned as possible. It may be easier just to move him to a smaller more manageable space temporarily if his regular enclosure is large. Give the whole enclosure and branches a good wash before you start and remove droppings immediately.
Ian, the ARAV (Association of Reptile and Amphibian Vets) has a list of reptile vets on-line. You may be able to find a compassionate one there that can help you without breaking the bank. Good luck.
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The principle behind creating a "hospital" cage is to strip the cage down to it's bare essentials. Remove the substrate and any other cage decorations. Leave only one or two climbing branches, just enough to allow him to thermo-regulate. All surfaces should be as smooth and as easily cleaned as possible. It may be easier just to move him to a smaller more manageable space temporarily if his regular enclosure is large. Give the whole enclosure and branches a good wash before you start and remove droppings immediately.
Ian, the ARAV (Association of Reptile and Amphibian Vets) has a list of reptile vets on-line. You may be able to find a compassionate one there that can help you without breaking the bank. Good luck.
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