Rescue Turtles

First of all yes I know they are Florida soft shells and I do know how freakin huge they get. This is their indoor accommodations. They have a much larger enclosure out doors where they spend the day soaking up sun. I bring them in at night b/c of temp drops.

There are 2 hatchlings here. I rescued them from a person who was keeping them in a 5 gallon tank with no heater, no filtration, no water changes, and she got them "because they're cute". I'm not a turtle expert but here's what I know about this species' needs. They're entirely carnivorous, kept in captivity they need a minimum 400 gallon enclosure, and it's not something people should keep as a pet. In fact I have no intention of keeping it as a pet. As soon as they aren't bite sized any more I've arranged for them to be released in their NATIVE habitat at my own expense.

Their condition has greatly improved since I acquired them. I change the water in both the heavily filtered enclosures every other day. I feed them earth worms, meal worms, brine shrimp, live blood worms, crickets, ect.

I am open to CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions to improve my care methods but if you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Florida
• Soft
• Shell
• turttle
• rescue
• neglected

[magscat3161]

@SomethingSortaFishy I usually just stick to rescues for fish b/c that's my area of expertise but these guys really needed help in the worst kind of way.

[SomethingSortaFishy]

Thanks for saving them. I just rescued a bunch of koi that were abandoned by their owners.

[magscat3161]

@lightblockade lol it was playing from my ipod while I was cleaning tanks yesterday.

[magscat3161]

@fishcrazy104 until their shells are about 5inches in diameter. At that point they'd be to big for most fish and minor predators to eat.

[fishcrazy104]

those are so cool. how long do u plan to keep them?

[lightblockade]

"everybody was kung fu fighting!" is what i heard towards the begining, made me laugh pretty hard :D