I am taking my little sister on a Picnic today and she wants to find a frog/turtle?

Question

She would like to see a Frog/Turtle. We live in Colorado. I saw a frog out by the place we are going yesterday. Its by this dirty creek. Where is the best place to find a Wild Frog/Snake/Turtle????

Answer 1

Avoid snakes - Never try to find those.

As for frogs, find someplace that is dim-list, covered by trees, and muggy/dirty water. Typically creeks, or the inverts of a river.

For turtles, you'll want to find clean water, with sand; Typically a beach, or a lake. The frog will be much easier to find. Bring some extra bread if you go turtle hunting - Turtles enjoy very small bread crumbs.

Answer 2

for turts check objects hanging out of the water, as they like to sit on them, frogs are much more likely to be seen at night.

As for snakes, contrary to what people think, they won't pay any attention to you as long as you don't get TOO close.

Answer 3

I wouldnt reccomend a snake and some turtles can bite (snapping turtles) but frogs can be found in a lot of places. They like moist pretty humid areas. Mostly near swamps and marshes. Hope that helps!

Answer 4

in a field near a brook/river...you'll find lots of frogs maybe a grass snake(they love swimming) and i doubt you'd find a turtle

Answer 5

No turtles and I will tell you why.

When they grow up they  have a total Body length: 5-8" average, up to 12 inches max. Life span: 15-25+ years

Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about  3” across.

The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle. Remember 10 gallons for every inch of turtle. I have used kiddy pools and plastic pond liners from most nurseries and worked great.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA/UVB for 8 to 10 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also.

Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always. These turtles in captivity do not hibernate their eating may slow down some but they will not hibernate.

Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they p**p allot.

You need a good filter system! Gravel larger than they can swallow.

You need to feed them feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows for protein and calcium daily drop 20 or so in the tanks and watch them disappear in a few days! When I got these two 36 yrs ago all we had in back then  were goldfish to feed , so after 36 yrs and still going strong. They can eat goldfish! I spend about 175.00 a month on fish ,goldfish and minnows. An Extra  75.00 on leafy greens and dried cubed tubiflex worms.

This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!

They sleep at the bottom of rivers, streams. lakes or ponds or your tank to avoid predators like coyotes,  foxes, owls, hawks, possums, raccoons and even some wide mouth bass.

TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium. it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that’s fine!!

They can have garden worms, meal worms, snails, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, dragon flies and  anything that moves, but only as a treat.

They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.

You probably already know that they get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, blowing bubbles from their nose.

**Swollen cloudy eyes means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google ‘vegetables with Vitamin A.

Contact the “www.anapsid.org/societies, for a turtle vet /  rescue in your city and state.

I wish you luck.

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Frogs are cute         =  ^  )