New Rescue Female Soft shell Turtle

I'm calling her Ciambella (Cham-baay-la). It means dough nut in Italian

The Credits thing got cut off---This is what it said: After more research, she will be in a different enclosure tomorrow w/out substrate. I am worried about infection, with her shell all scraped up the way it is. I set up the enclosure before debriding her of the algae, so I didn't know what was underneath it.

She will have a piece of black foam down, and some smooth river rocks scattered to hold it in place. This should help with water quality, which these guys are so sensitive too.

I have already contacted a certified rescue about taking her. She needs a water heater, UVB basking bulb and a high powered filter to keep her habitat correct. I can't afford to buy these items for her, because I do not intend to keep her, and I will have no use for them once she moves on. :( Its sad, but I want what is best for her, and a rescue will have the resources to get her what she needs.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Spiny
• Soft
• Shell
• turtle
• female
• rescue
• algae
• sad
• shell
• cleaning
• injury
• care

[virtualguitarist]

That algae should come off on its own if the turtle is supplied with fine gravel to burry its self in. That sand will work too. They gro fast!

[maarakailet1]

I love these guys, so cute! Did she get a good home?

[0YtsanBlowout0]

@thebestman4agirl Males adults can get as long as 8 inches, some times 12. Females get somewhere between 12 and 18 inches, in rare cases 24 to almost 30 inches.

[BrutalReality69]

its amazing its alive i was gunna get one but i got a leo cos i didnt have the space ( in england we call them pig nosed turtles )

[CrazyViper100]

:( omg poor girl... I am happy to see shes in good hands!

[lolcatperson]

I freakin love turtles!

[PlecoFreak]

@thebestman4agirl ?

[thebestman4agirl]

Spiney Softshell HOW BIG THEY GET??

[THECOMPUTERDOOD1]

Sweet! And when you start to feed him and play with him he won't bite I have one too look at the vid on my channel

[THECOMPUTERDOOD1]

Remember they like to burry them selfs