I found a turtle what should I do?

Question

well my mom and my two brothers and i found a turtle outside in the street heading towards our driveway so we cleaned out our fish tank and put it in there so.. what should i do and what should we feed it till we take it to the vet??

Answer 1

depends what kind of turtle it is.  it could have been someone's pet that they keep outside and it 'escaped'.  so you might want to check with your neighbors too... if you do let it go back into the wild, take it back to a wooded area where it wont have the chance of getting run over by a car.

Answer 2

it might be really hard letting it go in the wild if you have come so attatched to it, but i think that it would be the best thing for the turtle, you could check it up online what they eat, and then feed it a little, then let it go by a shallow pond, or maybe even contact the RSPCA or ask your vets advice. Good Luck! :) xx

Answer 3

love him that he can not felt alone you leave him or leave him in tank where he feel comfortable

Answer 4

take it back to it's natural habitat...that's where it belongs in. Actually,  feed it and take it to the vet. Make sure it's pretty healthy. But like I said, it should be brought back into a pond or something like that.

If you want a turtle for yourself, ask your parents and maybe they would let you.

Answer 5

ok, listen to wat i say.

if u found the turtle in a pond then let it go.

if u reely lik animals keep it.

you would hav to buy a tank, some water assortments, and take some mud and dirt and put that stuff in the cage. do ur reserch on turtles then u can find out what to do with him.

as i said do ur reserch and find out what to feed him

Answer 6

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29035692@N0...

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

Unless you just want to have it checked out check out the above website.

Does it look lie these..green with red stripes on the sides of its face?

I have used kiddy pools and plastic pond liners from most nurseries..

The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle. They say at least 10 gallons for every inch of the turtle..Always strt out big in the tanks so your not buying tank after tank as he grows.

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.

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

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.

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!

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, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, dragon flies and  anything that moves!

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.

I wish you luck.

Answer 7

Drop it in a nearby pond or lake or river

Answer 8

Yeah, I would also release it back into nature, but in a safe place. Previously wild turtles don't do so well in captivity.

Answer 9

Figure 10 gallons of tank for each inch of shell. Use a filter rated for 2-3 times the size of the tank. Assuming it is still small, feed it earthworms, fishes (not goldfish), and soft-bodied insects. When you can't get live food, cut strips of liver and dust them in bonemeal.

Also, find out what kind of turtle you have. Some require very different care. If you have a red-eared slider, especially outside of its natural range, do not release it. Each release means one less turtle that is native to the area and if it manages to breed, the problem is compounded.

Answer 10

the responsible thing to do is let it go.  you don't know what you have so you cannot properly care for it. if you have a box turtle and put it in a tank of water, you are going to kill it.  the turtle was doing just fine before you picked it up.  let the turtle continue on its journey.  thanks.

Answer 11

I would keep it as a pet.If you live in a house and have a garden, keep it.If you live in a flat let her go.I think turtles eat grass

Answer 12

Let it go.....How would you like being kept in a glass case?.....Drop it off near a pond or lake