Turtle Enjoys The Outdoor Pond

[callytran]

Can Turtles reconize their owners?

[dalsch]

@callytran Not sure - mine always seem to recognize me and the grandkids though - I've had them for a few years now. I think it helped that they were inside in a 50 gallon for a couple of years though.

[surleyguru]

why are you touching the turtle while its eating ?

[tinajax1]

I put your video in my Favorites! I loved it. I have 5 yellow-bellies and am planning to have a pond made for them this summer when we move. My turtles like to be petted too. They will extend their necks waaaay out for that. Thanks again!

[11wolflover1]

omg i wove tutles!! :D

[mariyah27]

let it eat the food

[cranky29]

i have recentley put my turtles in my pond they love it, what are u going to do in winter have u got some kind of heater.

[dalsch]

@cranky29 we live in florida so it doesn't get that cold. last winter when it did get around 30-40 at night, we brought them in and they had a great time in the spare bathtub though.

[ItzOnur]

my turtle is really shy... they dont want even get touched...you maybe got a advice how they get like your turtle?i mean touchable

[chbarrett22]

@ItzOnur handle it atleast once everyday, or start hand feeding it a few pieces of food a day!!! My turtles get pissed if i just put food in and dont hand feed them a few first lol They wont touch the other food till i had given them a few myself!

[HeadlessHorseman1234]

NEVER EVER EVER pull your turtle from its leg or tail or anything EVER i saw u do it at 0:47 and i just wanted to warn u to never ever do that for the safety of your turtle nice video and pond btw

[dalsch]

thanks for the heads'up, however I am always very gentle and careful with holding Eenie's paw.

I was just guiding - not pulling him as it may have looked. Didn't mean to send a wrong message to other turtle lovers out there.

[GamesX09]

I know, some people overact... but you DO really have to look out because paws and tails of turtles will dislocate pretty easily. Rather handle them at their shield wich you do good. And by the way: Your touching her paw when she's eating. Turtles really don't like getting distracted while eating, so she may snap you further on. But hey, i love to see people handle and care for their pets as nice as you!

Great pond by the way! Really nice!

[HillSideSureno13]

lie

[ladyazula]

I wish I can put fish in my turtle's tank but Shelly bit one of their face off ]= nice pond

[chbarrett22]

@ladyazula thats what their suppose to do, is eat the fish! Its their normal food! Ive gone through around 200 feeder fish, but theres one they wont touch, and still dont even though they eat the otheh fish. Had this same fish for around 6months and its trippled in size lol

[ladyazula]

@chbarrett22 yes but they only bite the fish's face..... Maybe one day they will attack your fish, poor triple sized fish D;

[JohnLeeMD]

@HeadlessHorseman1234 Take it easy... she just did it and it lived, so chill it. "NEVER EVER EVER"

[jenruchito76]

pretty pond ! and the turtles are awesome , but am concerned about overfeed , there is lots of food

[dalsch]

Well there's 5 big turtles in there. Also, I had gotten around a dozen comet goldfish - which were small and supposed to be food for the turts - but they didn't want them. Also, there's small rosies in there that the turts didn't want either. It's funny - they always ate the fish when they were in the tank - but not interested in them in the pond - go figure.

[Couchlog]

is the liner in your pond hard plastic?

[dalsch]

Yes, it's one of those hard shell preformed ponds. Why, hope it's not bad for them - they've been doing great for quite a few months.

[redgaridose]

how big do these thing grow to..

[winxlover001]

wow! normally when someone touches turtles they imediatly hide in their shelves! why doesnt yours hide? ;)

[dalsch]

Yeah, but I had Eenie since he was about 1" big. I hand fed them and always interracted with them.

I thought it was pretty cool when he let me lead him around the pond by his little foot.

The others (there's 4 more in the pond) still just kinda hide from me.

[winxlover001]

wow! thats cool! because i think it takes a while to let turtles get along with people! The other 4 will eventually get used to being with you right?

[dalsch]

yeah, they will see that when I come out - that's when food will be there, plus, I think they will remember me from inside when they were in the tank

[redgaridose]

cool i was going to get one how much do thay cost and will my ducks atack them?

[redgaridose]

oh by the way i ment turteles

[brimi925]

Beautiful turtle! Great setup!! Looks GREAT!

[nerice6]

Beeeeautiful!! =) Great job with the pond!

[packermaniac04]

what state do you live in?

[dalsch]

I live in Florida

[lovebird324]

arent you scared that they might climb out and leave the yard?

[dalsch]

not really - i keep an eye on them. But they may crawl out to lay eggs in the dirt. We have a wire fence dug into the ground under the wood fence, so I know they can dig, but they probably would just be interested in laying any eggs and going back to the water.

[cupcake5508]

omg i luv ur idea...

[dalsch]

thanks - but it was not JUST me--hubby helped too.

[crocsrule93]

That is soo smart to use the edging bricks as a bridge

[dalsch]

Thanks, ya just gotta look around and use what ya got.  Works out perfectly.

[MilkyFactory]

ooh your so lucky to have a pond! I wish I could have one for my goldfishies! Then i'd get koi! you know your turtles are going to eat those fish right? lol

[dalsch]

of course, the smaller fish have been in there for about 2-3 weeks and the bigger ones for about 1 week., I got them for the turtles to eat - but so far, they could care less.