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jsp92 · Guest Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

I found the little guy stuck under my fence in the backyard and my 4 year old little girl fell in love with it. I'd liek to know what kind of turtle it is and how I should set up a tank, what size tank, what to put in it and what to feed the little guy. I love animals but have very little experience with turtles...

Great site by the way!

jsp92 · Guest Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

here are a couple more pics....

jsp92 · Guest Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 3

If it helps.....

I am located in Souther New Jersey, close to Atlantic City, and I live just in front of the Forsythe Wildlife Refuge. If this is a water turtle, for a little guy, he got pretty far from the nearest water.

MinisMommy · Level 3 Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 103

I actually and stumped... but its not suggested to take turtles from the wild and domesticate them. Turtles that are born in the wild have natural instincts to stay alive... they arent tame creatures, and taking them out of the wild can actually do more harm than good... you are taking them out of free range and putting them in a little tank. If you want a turtle go to a pet store and buy one... these were born and raised in captivity and are more suseptable as pets.

skslover · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject:

it reminds me of a mexican white lip turtle but im not completely sure i need a full pic of its head to know for sure hope thsi helps ^.^

i fell in love w/turtles the day i was born cus i found a turtle in the room the babys r kept lols and my mom kept the pics they took of it and i have em now
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TurtleMaster · Guest Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

Hmmmm.

It does look like a mexican white lip, but it also looks like a Chilean Box Devil. CBD's are highly poisenous. Once infected there is a delay of 8 weeks before death sets in. Some people think that Bruce Lee was killed with CBD venom slipped into his health shake to hide the bitter taste.

I would verify this as soon as possible because the antidote can only be found in the Andes, and takes close to a Month to be delivered. Don't go to a pet store to verify this, you need to go to the Seattle Zoo which has the best Turtle expert in the Uniteed States.

Good luck.

Turtle Master

The Snapper · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:42 am Post subject:

Well you've certainly come to the right place for turtle identification since The Snapper here is a turtle himself. I would definitely have to say that what you have there is either a box turtle or my date for Friday night.

skslover · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject:

yeah it is a mexican white lip and you realy should put him back in the wild because its not nice to take a turtle from the wild unless its like seriously injured i only took a baby yellow belly cus some1 cut its foot off and i didnt want it to die of infection but we released it as soon as the vvet said it was ok
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I miss my turtles spikeI and Buffy.I am glad to have Killer SpikeII and Sarih and Tiger.Luv the barn cats Pirrate Bindi Tigger Comet Poppy Onyx Snowball and Boo. Luv the dogs Baker Nike AlleyMay Bruno Boox2, and Shyshy. Luv the horses but mainly Shadow.

whisperer · Guest Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

skslover · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject:

yes i am i got a few in from someone because they couldnt take care of them and they look kinda like that cept bigger their so cute!

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I miss my turtles spikeI and Buffy.I am glad to have Killer SpikeII and Sarih and Tiger.Luv the barn cats Pirrate Bindi Tigger Comet Poppy Onyx Snowball and Boo. Luv the dogs Baker Nike AlleyMay Bruno Boox2, and Shyshy. Luv the horses but mainly Shadow.

Linzlou83 · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject:

He's so cute! Kind of looks like an Ornate Box turtle. In which case it's a land turtle. Check the care sheets above on this site and other sites online for pictures to be sure as you don't want to be misled.

It looks like its less than a year old too, maybe even from this season. If you choose to keep him, make sure you can give him a better life than that in the wild. A lot of people underestimate the work involved with keeping a turtle and the space they need to be happy.

A wildlife refuge seems like a great place to live to me, but where it's a baby, it's chances of survival in the wild are pretty slim. Also, in some states it's illegal to take in wild turtles.

Good luck with whatever you choose! Thanks for sharing him with us!
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