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danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

hi my name is teri. i have been doing some reserch on this fantastic site. i love it. well i gess uall can call me mom. i am 46 and a mother of 2 terrific boys. my olderst is 23 and in the us army stationed at a undisclosed location somewhere in the middle east. Sad

best wishes to him. and my other son 19 and in his 2nd yr in college for artchitectural drafting. Very Happy

i say i'm new to this again, coz when i was 9 i had a baby turtle. my grandpa came home one night, and knocked his house (small fish bowl) off of the table. timmy ended up in my paps shoe, needless to say timmy went to the big turtle house in the sky.

well my husband and i have a outside house set up for turtles that we find on the road or are hurt, we bring them home feed them, make sure they are ok, keep them a few days and then set them free in a safer place. when we were over at a friends house this past weekend. i was looking in his koi pond. and saw a baby turtle head, ( which he did not want in the pond) so we caught him/her. we named him little ben, (after the steeler big ben) coz he/her had to ride home on are motorcycle. he is a painted turtle from what i can figure. he likes the outside house we put him in for now. well needles to say after 2 more visits to are friends house we now have 3. little ben is 1 1/2" from head to tail. Bernice( also had to ride the motorcycle home) is 1 3/8" from htt, and sketch ( road home in my jeep) is 1 3/8" from htt.

are they considered hatchlings? they are eating like little pigs. they love being in our out side tub. also i was wondering, during the day the temp gets to around 75* - 82* but at night it goes down to, well this morning it was 64*. will this temp drop hurt them at all? thank you
here arae a couple pix http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/danger77_2006/mvc-004f.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/danger77_2006/MVC-005F.jpg
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dixieee · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject:

welcome to the board rescuer Smile

cute little babies u've got. ur friends don't know what they're missing!! painted turtles are so cute

those babies are hatchlings and they are measured by shell length so they should be 1" or a bit less. how cute! Smile

hmm the temps are a bit cold for them now and they're so small to stay outdoors. is there any way u could move them in for a while until they're bigger? and btw, they do have water right? well i assume so but i couldn't see any in the pix.

anyways, i live in the middle east and it's calm nowadays if that helps about ur son Embarassed

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

thank you for the info. yes they do have about 5 gal of water, some stones, a piece of drifwood and a air pump. right now i don't have a tank to put them in for in the house. and i don't think we will be setting them free. so i need to get one. we were talking to some divers at the lake we usually release the turtles. and they told us that the lake is 300 acers, and in spots 50' to 60' deep, with gold fish at least 6' long. so we will be finding a new releast lake also.

i will be getting a heater for them. asap. thank you.
i took some pix of there house. the first one is with the cover, for a night. the 2 is how we set up the inside. any sugestions.
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dixieee · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:30 am Post subject:

u could get a rubbermaid to keep them in Smile

rubbermaids are cheap and come in big sizes. releasing them is good but not now cz they're still babies and when it's winter time it'll still be too early for them to hibernate. larger turtles will at least eat their food (not mentioning the worse scenarios Exclamation

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the links u have in the 1st post are the same pix i saw yesterday, couldn't find the new ones..
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

sorry, photo bucket is down for maintance. i'll get them on soon.
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Max · Guest Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 4

Max the dog brought him home... we guess. We do not have a clue what to do! Now he is hurt and keeps hiding from us. What should we do??? I have posted 2 ?? on the message board for help. We are waiting on pins and needles wondering when will some one respond... 20 minutes seems like a lifetime.
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Thanks from me Sherri and Max!

dixieee · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject:

max i pm'ed u so check ur inbox in here cz i didn't know where to reply..

danger77 it's ok i'll be waiting for them Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

ok, i got the pix in photo bucket, the outside tank, and we also went and got an inside tank, everything but a filter. we will be getting it soon. ran out of cash. the little guys just love it, they are still a little scared, but i think they will be ok.

max i pm'ed u so check ur inbox in here cz i didn't know where to reply..

we have an inbox here?? i haven't got that far yet. thanks
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dixieee · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject:

yes there is an inbox in here but i was addressing the other user max Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

i realized that after i posted it, so sorry. does anyone have any suggestions?
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Max · Guest Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 4

I have him in a cooler (lid off!) with a nice rock in there. He seems to like it. I washed his wound with an antiseptic wash and applied ointment. His head is way out looking at us and seems really happy to be in the water. Very Happy

He likes his rock too. We will continue to monitor him and update you on his condition. We have been unable to get him to open his mouth or eat anything. We put grass, dead flies and fruit... and he'll eat nothing! I am trying to get my camera to be recognized by the computer to post a pic. Thank you for your help! I will be in touch...
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Thanks from me Sherri and Max!

dixieee · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject:

Max:

he won't eat cz as i told u new turtles feel insecure with changes. try canned tuna, it's smelly and should help move his taste buds.

danger77: it's ok but am sorry i still can't find the links Surprised

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/danger77_2006/MVC-002F.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/danger77_2006/MVC-004F.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/danger77_2006/MVC-003F.jpg

try these i hope they work, and do you think there is to much water, they seem to be sometimes strugling to get to the top? and how long should we let the light on? thanks
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tjjjjm · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: I'm a Mom too !

Hello I'm 57 so I guess Im a mom to all here too. Smile.

My hubby gave me 2 red eared sliders for Christmas 2004 and they are doing nicely. I like your tank, but I think you got too much stuff in there, there doesn't seem to be much room for the turtles to swim around it. I have a 30 gallon tank, but I'm going to "graduate" to a bigger tank, perhaps 55 gallon. How big is your tank that you got there on the top of furniture?

The pail you got there with decorations is really cute/ but how do you keep the water clean?

Good to meet someone here who is in the same age bracket as me. I too have 3 sons and one daughter, ages 28, 26, 23, and 15.

So kind of you to rescue the turtles, God bless your soul!
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danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

hi nice to meet you, i gess you would be mom. thats a big family.
the tank is a 20 gal long. my husband fixed the inside, i thought it was to much also. but i need to get someone else to tell him that, to get him to take some stuff out. so far he has listened to everything that i found out on here. or they would be outside all summer. we do clean the tank and stones everyday and put in fresh water. with the hubby wanting to feed them all the time it gets dirty, i can't get it through to him that they will beg for food and only need fed 2 times a day. (small portions.) maybe this will help. thank you.
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dixieee · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:12 am Post subject:

wow those babies got a lovely setup Very Happy

they are good swimmers but cz they're still young and especially if they didn't live in deep water, they still didn't get the chance to learn how to swim. it doesn't look too deep but if u see them struggling u can decrease the level a bit and then increase it again with time as they master swimming more. another option is that u could get tall plants and put them in. that way the little guys could hold onto them for a rest
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

well the koi pond was about 6' deep and when we tried to catch them they were diving and would come up in different places in the pond. it took a couple hours to catch one. they would dive and we would have to waite for like 15 to 20 min. before we would see one again. they are going under the bridge and around everything. they were all setting on top of the bridge last night. so they are coming out to sun. just once in a while it looked like when they tried to come up for air, they had a little truble. i think i will get some tall plants though, that sounds like a good idea. thank you
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dixieee · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:07 am Post subject:

oh ok so they're used to deep water. good luck with them Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

danger77 · Level 1 Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 20 Location: butler, pa

well just an up date, the babies are doing fine. they love walking up the bridge and jumping of the top into the water. thye started that yesterday, and they will do it 6 or7 times in a row. and swim laps around the tank. they are eating very well almost out of my hand. they also will come to me when i talk to them. thank you again everyone for the wonderful info.
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