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| Description:
Painted Turtles live in ponds, marshes, swamps and
creeks. Painted Turtles hibernate during the cold months
by burying themselves in soft mud. |
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| Lifespan: |
15 to 25 years |
| Estimated Size: |
6" to 8" |
| Natural Location: |
Eastern USA |
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Feeding
for Painted Turtles should only be done every other day, even
if they seem to be begging for food in between. A Painted
Turtles diet should consist of approximately 70% meat. The
meat portion can come store-bought turtle food and fish. The
fish should not be frozen, so either fresh-caught or live
fish will do. Any sort of leafy, dark green vegetables will
suffice for the remaining 30% of the Painted Turtles diet.
Some sort of a multi-vitamin supplement containing Vitamin
D3 can be applied to the food once or twice weekly to ensure
a healthy turtle. |
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Air
temperature should be kept between 85 degrees F and 89 degrees
F in the basking area of your Painted Turtle. Even though
Painted Turtles need an aquatic habitat, they still will need
to come out of the water and bask in the light. This is important
so that they can completely dry off and avoid diseases such
as Shell Rot.
Water temperature should be in the 70 degrees
F to 75 degrees F range. |
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For
painted turtles you should provide them with an aquatic habitat.
The minimum recommended depth of its water is approximately
the width of the painted turtles shell.
You do not need to worry about a substrate as
changing the water becomes very difficult with a substrate.
Having some sort a filter in the water will maximize the allowable
time between water changes. |
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