Re: Common Mud Turtle

Posted by Mary on December 11, 1999 at 23:17:06:

In Reply to: Common Mud Turtle posted by Mike on December 11, 1999 at 02:00:26:

Eastern muds do stay quite small, although females can reach 5" carapace length. In my opinion, no turtle should have to live in a 10 gal tank. A 20 gal long is a minimum recommended size for small aquatics. Here's some mud info for you:

Mud turtles are relatively small turtles. Easterns and Striped reach only about 5 inches, and Sonoran, Yellow and Big Bend mud turtles can reach 7 inches. Males tend to stay smaller.

Mud turtles have webbed feet and are primarily aquatic. Many prefer to feed in water but can feed on land. They are known to eat algea and aquatic plants, but are primarily carnivorous. Snails, insects, small clams, crayfish, fish and carrion all have a place in the diet. (Canned cat or dog food could occasionally replace the carrion in a captive diet.)

mud care:
http://www.spiritone.com/~goggles/thirtyone.htm
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/reptiles/turtle.htm
Eastern mud turtle pic:
http://gto.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pingleto/herps/images/turtles/subrubrum1.jpg

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: Eastern muds do stay quite small, although females can reach 5" carapace length. In my opinion, no turtle should have to live in a 10 gal tank. A 20 gal long is a minimum recommended size for small aquatics. Here's some mud info for you: : Mud turtles are relatively small turtles. Easterns and Striped reach only about 5 inches, and Sonoran, Yellow and Big Bend mud turtles can reach 7 inches. Males tend to stay smaller. : Mud turtles have webbed feet and are primarily aquatic. Many prefer to feed in water but can feed on land. They are known to eat algea and aquatic plants, but are primarily carnivorous. Snails, insects, small clams, crayfish, fish and carrion all have a place in the diet. (Canned cat or dog food could occasionally replace the carrion in a captive diet.) : mud care: : http://www.spiritone.com/~goggles/thirtyone.htm : http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/reptiles/turtle.htm : Eastern mud turtle pic: : http://gto.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pingleto/herps/images/turtles/subrubrum1.jpg

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