Where are you from? It's not a tortoise but a turtle it looks like. Almost looks like a mud or musk turtle but hard to tell from the photo.Help! I found a tortoise outside and I don’t know what type of tortoise it is! I’m hoping someone can help me figure it out. I have 3 sulcatas myself and im not sure if I can feed it the same things I feed my sulcatas! It has a bit of moss on its shell that I haven’t cleaned off yet.
From Texas! South Texas.Where are you from? It's not a tortoise but a turtle it looks like. Almost looks like a mud or musk turtle but hard to tell from the photo.
Kyle
Thank you! I’m not home yet so I can’t inspect it properly but as soon as I get home I’ll take more pics.By the look of all of that algae, I'm thinking it's an aquatic turtle.
If it is, they can only eat in the water.
If it isn't, you can easily drown him.
So, let's wait for more members to chime in.
In the meantime get us more photos.
The head. Full side view and from underneath.
I’ll go ahead and do that once I figure out what it is! Thank you for your feedback.I’m thinking an aquatic turtle too.
Id suggest just releasing back near where you found it, with all the rain in Texas, it might have just got moved out of it’s normal area.
So it’s definitely a water turtle! But I can’t release it back until tomorrow because now it’s too dark out to get close to the body of water I have close to my house. Is there anything that is recommended to feed these types of turtles? Just to get it through the night.Help! I found a tortoise outside and I don’t know what type of tortoise it is! I’m hoping someone can help me figure it out. I have 3 sulcatas myself and im not sure if I can feed it the same things I feed my sulcatas! It has a bit of moss on its shell that I haven’t cleaned off yet.
LOVE dem crazy paddle-feet!!!So it’s definitely a water turtle! But I can’t release it back until tomorrow because now it’s too dark out to get close to the body of water I have close to my house. Is there anything that is recommended to feed these types of turtles? Just to get it through the night.
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No, not a terrapin... it is an old melanistic male Red-eared Slider, which are native to that area.Look at the gray head with black speckles. Is this not a Diamondback Terrapin?