Turtle Enjoys The Outdoor Pond

The 5 turtles all outgrew their 2 tanks inside so we got this pond and they just love it. Tucker is the Map turtle and Eenie, Meenie, Mynie & Mo are Yellow Bellied Sliders. Tucker and Eenie are the larges - 9" from front to back of their shells. There is a little sunning bridge that they are always on in the morning.




Eenie is the only one who comes up to me - so far. He lets me take his foot and guide him around - so personable. The others hide under the bridge, but they will soon get used to their new pond. They haven't eaten the rosy's or the comets we put in the pond - so far.

We put live plants in the top pond and fake ones in the bottom because they were eating way too much of them. We have a light that should take care of the algae and filters in the bottom and top pond.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• turtles
• yellow
• bellied
• sliders
• map
• turtle
• pond
• feeding
• outside

[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.

[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.

[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.

[JohnLeeMD]

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

[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

[ladyazula]

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

[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

[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!

[mariyah27]

let it eat the  food