My pet growing up was a (spoiled rotten) western box turtle and it makes me feel so bad for how stressed out that little guy is in that picture right now.
We had a Mississippi Map Turtle, and when he was new, I put him in a 10 gal tank, with a huge canister filter that filtered the entire tank every 10 minutes. It turns out Miss Maps are aquatic river turtles like crystal clean, moving water, so our Yoda thrived, and grew fast and big.
We eventually had a 55 gallon tank, and he outgrew that one, too. We couldn't keep him any longer, so we donated him to the local aquarium (who was very happy to take such a big, healthy specimen of a fairly rare turtle). That way he wouldn't be lonely, and could meet a lady turtle.
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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 161d
A mouthful of salmonella.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 12 pts · 161d
It’s a turtle not a salmon.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 161d
I mean, you are not wrong. Dogs are more resilient to it, but they can still get sick.
toynbee@piefed.social · 2 pts · 160d
Also seems like it would be pretty traumatic to the turtle.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 161d
she's a turtle retreiver, then!
slemptastrophe@piefed.social · 6 pts · 161d
I read that as Borkin Spaniel at first.
edit: accidentally a letter
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 4 pts · 161d
I read it twice and still managed to misread as Brooklyn.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 161d
I mean, that’s probably an accurate name, too.
0ops@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 161d
She wants to bork but she has too much turtle in her mouth
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 160d
That poor turtle is freaking the fuck out.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 160d
Probably not much more so than if a giant human came by and picked it up
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 160d
The human probably won't pick it up with their teeth.
Etterra@discuss.online · 3 pts · 160d
My pet growing up was a (spoiled rotten) western box turtle and it makes me feel so bad for how stressed out that little guy is in that picture right now.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 160d
We had a Mississippi Map Turtle, and when he was new, I put him in a 10 gal tank, with a huge canister filter that filtered the entire tank every 10 minutes. It turns out Miss Maps are aquatic river turtles like crystal clean, moving water, so our Yoda thrived, and grew fast and big.
We eventually had a 55 gallon tank, and he outgrew that one, too. We couldn't keep him any longer, so we donated him to the local aquarium (who was very happy to take such a big, healthy specimen of a fairly rare turtle). That way he wouldn't be lonely, and could meet a lady turtle.
Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 160d
Water turtles are a job of work. I like box turtles, they like a dip now and then, but are mostly land turtles.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 160d
I get that.
angrystego@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 160d
Good girl