Certified Veterinary Technician in South Florida focused on educating the next generation about proper pet care, appreciating wildlife, and conserving the natural world around us.
I just got my turtle today and it is a hatchling and Everytime I hold it with my thumb on the left of it in my index finger on the Right of it it uses its little arms and legs to push itself out of my hands, and it scares me😂
Hello. Great video. I just picked one of these uo today. I used hermit crab sand (which he/she loves) and layer of the coconut fiber stuff on top. In watching various videos, I have yet to see anyone use sand 🤔 is there a reason I'm not seeing people use sand?
i know you said no to get them in bad condition but i stumbled across several baby yellow bellied sliders at a flea market being poorly cared for: only a quarter to half inch of water an no place to get out and dry off. i felt conflicted to get one to give it a better life cause i have cared for 4 aquatic turtles in the past to adulthood and am experienced enough to know the dos and donts. i dont think/know if he has any health issues yet but he seems okay and hopefully i can give him a better life than his brothers and sisters (i wanted to save them all) edit: they were all only slightly bigger than a quarter
My mom let one go in the river so I don't agree with her she just does whatever she wants. Let a snake out too but it was just a corn snake. She would have let a boa out if I had one. She's a environmental dumpster fire writing about it every day...
Mine pinched me and i dropped him. He landed on his face. The weakest spot. He didnt make it. I felt so bad i cried a little. That was 15 yrs ago. I failed a creature whose life was my responsibility, and i couldn't handle it. It was important moment bc i realized the scope of the kind of animals im comfortable with. Im reminded of this when i look to adopt a dog and theres all pit bulls.
Dude I don’t wanna make you feel bad but with all pets you have to be aware about things that may harm you, if you know you fright easily and would drop it just don’t pick it up.
Just found one of these in my backyard in the oak tree in Melbourne Florida. I found your site because I was trying to figure out what it was. Was about 13 in long.
My baby turtle is not eating any food from 8 day's and I'm really worried about, please help me with this to give it better vitamin and minerals. It is not preferring any food. Please give me the name you have shown
Those crabs won't pinch you if you don't pinch them. Just hold them onto your open hand, and use your other hand above it to make sure they don't jump away. Their body is quite soft so it hurts them if you hold them like you did.
I have a reptile fogger. How often would you say I should set it to mist? Sometimes I am forgetful, but I wouldn't want my fault to make the little guy/girl uncomfortable.
I’m so thankful that I didn’t buy one on a whim at Daytona when I was drunk that one time 😅😅😅 I’m too broke for a title rn 😅 I really want to get one after I mi w though I have a list of everything I need
My turtle's love when I give them a light brush scrub ...and right now the four I have are doing very good weird thing is they don't like being separated I put them in all separate tanks and they started getting depressed so I put them all back in my 150 gallon and they are happier then ever
I was at the park today and a baby turtle Walked up to me , it was mukky from the mud so I cleaned it notice it couldn't see so I found some water and cleaned it off , I couldn't leave it for the birds
I laughed twice. First time when you just let the baby turtle rest in the palm. The second time was when you stacked one turlte on top of the largest turtle
Hi, I'm carrying for my brothers 8-10yr old red eared slider and have noticed that he is loosing his color. He is active and eats like normal. Any ideas what I should do?
That's limestone but it's good. They won't climb smooth surfaces. For those living in dryer conditions then they would have to burn a lot less holes to retain humidity since land crabs need the moisture to breathe.