Turtles that dont get big???

Question

im looking to buy a new pet for my apartment im thinking a turtle or a frog but i need something that will stay small like really small any ideas???

Answer 1

Red ear sliders are supposed to get 8-12 inches in diameter, do you have a UVB on him? (Q for I love my Black & Tan Doxie )

All turtles get large, you will not be able to find one that stays small, if a turtle stays small that means that he does not have the proper care and equipment necessary for his health and survival!!

Your best bet would to get a tree frog if you want an animal that will stay small, they are much cheaper than a turtle and much easier to take care of.

Answer 2

The smallest turtles you can get legally are musk, mud, and male map turtles. They can be kept in a tank of only 55 gallons, although larger would be better.

Answer 3

How about a terrapin?

Answer 4

red eared slider ive had mine for five years now and is still only as big as my hand

Answer 5

dont get a red ear slider!!! i have 2 in like 10 years they get to be the size of a large dinner plate ahah. Try a Chinese map turtle they are very cool but on the pricey size

Answer 6

I would stick to a box turtle or one of the smaller tortoises.

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They require far less water in their habitat and are therefore easier to clean.

Answer 7

turtles grow big. males one dont grow as big as females though. frogs.....well i think you should get a african dwarf frog. theyre small

Answer 8

try fish, no joke (:

Shannon'x

Answer 9

They are costly and you will spend gobs of $$$$ on them. I know. I have had my 2 slider  girls for 36 yrs. Plus an 8 and 5 yr old and now a 2 yr old adopted from this site..they get BIG.

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Can you afford and do all this:

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.

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! 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!

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.