tortoise biting and getting on ones back

[Lyn W]

its 24 and 17 feet . its a rectangular box ...

Your poor turtles need a much better home but it sounds as if you want to start to care for them properly, so have a look at the turtles section under the Species Specific section of the forum to find caresheets and the Enclosures thread may give you some good ideas. Can you at least put a flat rock in each box big enough for them to get out of the water and lie on? Sterilise them with boiling water and let them cool before you put them in.

 

[happy&joy]

Do you mean inches? I don't think either box is 24 by 17 feet that is very big!

yah inches

 

[hingeback]

Even the 24 by 17 just passed the minimum cage size for hamsters.

 

[Lyn W]

I don't know anything about turtles myself except that they need space and correct care and uvb but this may help
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/forums/water-turtles.101/

Hopefully other members who keep turtles will come along with advice too.
I think @mike taylor keeps some so I have tagged him just in case or he may at least know who does.

 

[happy&joy]

Even the 24 by 17 just passed the minimum cage size for hamsters.

Your poor turtles need a much better home but it sounds as if you want to start to care for them properly, so have a look at the turtles section under the Species Specific section of the forum to find caresheets and the Enclosures thread may give you some good ideas. Can you at least put a flat rock in each box big enough for them to get out of the water and lie on? Sterilise them with boiling water and let them cool before you put them in.

you mean the rock ?

 

[happy&joy]

I don't know anything about turtles myself except that they need space and correct care and uvb but this may help
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/forums/water-turtles.101/

Hopefully other members who keep turtles will come along with advice too.
I think @mike taylor keeps some so I have tagged him just in case or he may at least know who does.

thank you !

 

[Lyn W]

you mean the rock ?

Yes the rocks! Only the rocks.
Pease don't put boiling water anywhere near your turtles!!

 

[Yvonne G]

i dont think they are water turtles ....i have never tried putting them in fully underwater though ...

Yes, they ARE water turtles! and both are male

 

[happy&joy]

Yes the rocks! Only the rocks.
Pease don't put boiling water anywhere near your turtles!!

is plate okay ? my dad put a plate ...hahaha

 

[happy&joy]

But will my tortoise die of loneliness .... because they have lived together for like 10-11 years and if i were to seperate them ....wont they feel lonely

 

[hingeback]

But will my tortoise die of loneliness .... because they have lived together for like 10-11 years and if i were to seperate them ....wont they feel lonely

They will be totally fine, in the wild they are territorial.

 

[happy&joy]

They will be totally fine, in the wild they are territorial.

but they are not in the wild ...they have been living in the urban area since they were born .

 

[hingeback]

but they are not in the wild ...they have been living in the urban area since they were born .

Lol, I was talking about their instincts.

 

[GeorgeUK]

but they are not in the wild ...they have been living in the urban area since they were born .

Reptiles cannot be fully domesticated.
They are not like cats and dogs.

 

[happy&joy]

Lol, I was talking about their instincts.

oh ...haha

 

[happy&joy]

Reptiles cannot be fully domesticated.
They are not like cats and dogs.

so they no feelings ?

 

[GeorgeUK]

so they no feelings ?

Of course they have feelings... When I say fully domesticated, what I mean is, instead of them adapting to our environment, we need to adapt to their environment > and in their environment, they do not live in water all of the time. They have ledges and rocks and bankings to climb upon and sunshine to bask in.
So we need to try and recreate that environment for them within our own space.

 

[happy&joy]

Of course they have feelings... When I say fully domesticated, what I mean is, instead of them adapting to our environment, we need to adapt to their environment > and in their environment, they do not live in water all of the time. They have ledges and rocks and bankings to climb upon and sunshine to bask in.
So we need to try and recreate that environment for them within our own space.

oh so thats what you meant haha i misunderstood it sorry !

 

[Lyn W]

is plate okay ? my dad put a plate ...hahaha

Rocks would be better - they can grip them better to climb on

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Can you do something like this on your patio? 1 for each turtle...

I used a cement mixing tub 2ft x 3ft as a temporary pond for a turtle. See how it's full of water but the rocks stack up allowing the turtle to get out of the water? I kept a hardware cloth lid of top of this tub but removed it for the photos.





See how the turtle can get all the way out of the water?





I kept this in partial shade and partial sun...full sun could cook the little guy but they need access to it at times so they can sun themselves and warm up

Here is another turtle, kept inside an aquarium but still has the rock to climb out on (log, driftwood would work too)



Hope this helps you get started on a better set up for your turtles!