r/turtle

Hi all. My dad texted me letting me know this guy was hanging out on his doorstep early this morning. He lives in the desert, but near a golf course. I’m guessing this is an abandoned pet that wandered from the course to his house. For now he’s keeping him safe until the local shelter opens up tomorrow. I know these guys are invasive. I’m not sure what to advise him. Any tips/ suggestions would be appreciated.

Like clockwork this big snapper is back at the river by my place this year. This is the 4th year I've seen fluffy while fishing this spot

Fluffy is completely unafraid of people, likely because of its size and age. I think fluffy is quite old since I've never seen a bigger snapping turtle yet

I'm glad my fishing buddy is back, it's always fun to have company

Live in central Florida and saw this dude on my property!

……my yellow-bellied slider to a 50 gallon pond with room around perimeter for exploring. This image is from Pinterest, we have the same pond but didn’t cut the 8 foot plywood (I want her to have room out of the pond). I have a Fluvall 307 filter….How often should I perform a water change?

This beauty was trying to cross the 4 lane highway last summer. I figured I would share because the shell is awesome.

Don’t worry, I moved it to the opposite side in which it was going and hoped for the best!

Group of three friends...

Hi everyone!

I recently moved into a new flat and upgraded my 15-year-old red-eared slider's tank about five days ago. He seems to have adapted well to his new environment, but he has barely used the basking area.

Three days ago, I happened to walk into his room and caught him basking for the first time. As soon as he noticed me, though, he literally started JUMPING around trying to get back into the water. Since then, I've only seen him basking once.

I try to move around as gently and quietly as possible so I don't scare him, but I'm worried he won't feel comfortable enough to climb onto the basking platform unless I add some kind of visual cover around it.

In his previous setup, the basking area was inside the tank, so he seemed much more confident using it. His new tank is about 30–40% larger, and I decided to build an above-tank basking area this time so he'd have more room to swim. Do you think he'll eventually get back to his normal routine?

Thank you for reading! I'd really appreciate any advice or recommendations. 🙏🐢

My RES is absolutely gravid; she's 11 and we have this struggle every year. I know she normally lays in the water and eats them and she's never been ill or had an issue doing that, but I really want to try and give her a spot she feels safe to dig.

Her tank is a 100 gallon stock tank, penn-plax cascade 1500 for a filter and the heater is set to about 75-76F for the water temp. The egg crate and ceramic tile is her usual basking area. I turned her heat lamp to the topsoil so there's a heated spot. It's about 70/30 topsoil to play sand that's about 8 inches deep (her carapace is about 9.5). She's definitely already gone in there and hung out without trying to escape, which is a huge win because that's all she's ever done before when we just set her in there and covered her up, but no digging yet.

Right now she's roaming around the apartment supervised and we're about to put her back in, she did just seem to want to dig and she croaked a bit which she's never done before!

I can get a harness and take her outside, but I'm very nervous to do so since we live next to a golf course in an apartment complex, so there's dogs and probably pesticides/chemical fertilizer plus I scared we'll lose her

i work at the oregon bottle drop and we found this lil guy in someone's bags of cans, not sure if it's a pet or a wild guy who crawled in. portland or area

Ive been concerned about my turtles recemtly as their shells have been looking like this and before anyone asks no the shell specifically the white parts dont smell and arnt soft also i do have a proper uvb reflector bulb and a heating lamp on top of that i also have a good baskimg area for him.

Does anyone know what this is?? I just noticed it when checking on my girl kinda freaking out atm

I was just cleaning this guys tank when i noticed these spots on my turtle. My turtle is only about 5 inches big, and just recently shed, so I was thinking maybe it’s that? I don’t know. I’ve also been begging my parents to get him a larger tank as well, but I haven’t been able to compromise. I was thinking about a 50 gallon? I need a lot of advice. Thx

My girlfriend is going on a 2 week trip back to her country and i’m taking care of her turtle, a red eared slider. My problem is Tiki (the turtle) hasn’t been eating nor have i seen her open her eyes. my girlfriend says that recently just happened a day or 2 before i got him and now im worried about his health. My girlfriend had him in a small setup (first picture) and he was actually healthy in it since December-January this year, but i wanted to make sure that the water and habitat isn’t what’s causing this. so i got him a whole new setup (2nd picture) with a water filter, heat lamp, 30-40 gallon tank i think, and water conditioner too js to be safe. I’m going to show pictures and i’ve googled what could be the cause but i want to know if anyone has dealt with this and nursed them.

i just inherited this turtle from my friend who couldn’t house him anymore does anyone know the type of turtle he is so i can find out what exactly i need for him and his care, i just got him this evening so sorry for the unclear picture but he’s got white/greenish stripes and spots on his neck and a brown/black shell