Category: Turtle
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How to Safely Pick Up and Handle a Snapping Turtle
Picking up a snapping turtle can be dangerous and should only be done by experienced individuals. Snapping turtles have powerful jaws and sharp claws, which can cause severe injuries if mishandled. It is generally recommended to leave snapping turtles alone in their natural habitat, but if you need to handle one for a specific reason…
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What do Baby Snapping Turtles Eat
People keep all kinds of animals as pets, and turtles are no exception. Tortoises are often found in ponds when they are very young and only a couple of inches long, making them look like an easy animals to care for. However, these fast-growing reptiles have big appetites, and knowing what to feed them from…
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Can Leopard Tortoises Eat Blueberries? What foods are toxic?
Like herders, leopard tortoises feed on a variety of grasses and vegetation. They require a diet rich in the fiber of calcium. A small portion of the leopard tortoise’s diet can include tomatoes, apples, papayas, melons, cantaloupe, watermelons, strawberries, raspberries, grapes, mangoes, and bananas. With that in mind, can my turtle eat blueberries? Yes, but only as a special treatment. It is…
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Sulcata Tortoise: Feeding, Habitat, Growth, and More
The sulcata tortoise is a reptile that belongs to the family nucleus of the Testudinidae and the genus Centrochelys, being the only one of its kind; It is one of the species of large turtles, and they inhabit areas with high temperatures on the African continent. Learn more about this specimen by reading this article. What is…
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How Long Does a Turtle Live?
How Long Does a Turtle Live? The most humorous ones can say that the turtles live long because they are so slow that they take to get to the end of life. After all, as the popular saying goes, “slow it’s going away.” However, the lifetime of a Quelônio-group that brings together reptiles popularly known…
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How to Tell the Difference between Male and Female Turtles
How to Tell the Difference between Male and Female Turtles – Yellow-bellied slider turtles have one-of-a-kind bodily traits that can help you perceive the species and the gender. A yellow-bellied slider turtle has a brown or olive green frame with a yellow patch on every facet of the pinnacle. Male yellow-bellied slider turtles come to be…
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How to Keep Turtles Yellow-Belly
Yellow belly or yellow belly sliders are a type of turtle closely related to the common redbelly, which is very often found as pets. These turtles, which are native to the United States, are considered a relatively easy species to care for, making them a good choice for a beginner fan of turtles. However, like…
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How to Raise a Baby Alligator Turtle
Alligator turtles live in the deep waters of rivers, lakes, canals, swamps, or streams. Although they are only two or three inches in size when they come out of the shell, these turtles can weigh up to 150 pounds when they grow, becoming the largest freshwater turtles in the world. The large size and appetite…
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How to Care for a Sulcata Turtle
Sulcata turtles, native to a semi-arid environment, are animals that demand care. They weigh more than 80 pounds (36 kg) and live more than 75 years. A basic aquarium is not a suitable habitat for a Sulcata turtle. You’ll need a lot of expensive accessories to make the right habitat. Taking proper care of your…
