My Musk Turtle, Janette

[mel262011]

This is Janette, my stinkpot. She is really sweet. I got her from a friend about 2 weeks ago.







this is her tank

 

[jonathan512]

This is Janette, my stinkpot. She is really sweet.

cute she looks awesome i love stinkpots ^^ how big is she? 3"?

 

[jonathan512]

This is Janette, my stinkpot. She is really sweet.

cute she looks awesome i love stinkpots ^^ how big is she? 3"?

 

[mel262011]

she is 1 3/4" long right now

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here is the background on Janette:

I got her from my friend. My friend had Janette and 6 sliders crammed into a 10 gallon tank. Janette could not eat very much because she likes to take a piece of food, run to some place on the bottom of the tank and eat, by the time she would go back for another piece of food, the food would be gone. So I offered to take Janette and she agreed. I'm happy and so is Janette.

I came to the conclusion that she is a girl because she has a really small tail and there are no off-colored patches of skin on her hindlegs (like the males have).

 

[jonathan512]

she is 1 3/4" long right now

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here is the background on Janette:

I got her from my friend. My friend had Janette and 6 sliders crammed into a 10 gallon tank. Janette could not eat very much because she likes to take a piece of food, run to some place on the bottom of the tank and eat, by the time she would go back for another piece of food, the food would be gone. So I offered to take Janette and she agreed. I'm happy and so is Janette.

I came to the conclusion that she is a girl because she has a really small tail and there are no off-colored patches of skin on her hindlegs (like the males have).

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dang ha ha yeah a 10 gall is 2 small for 6 turts XD and thats definately stinkpot behavior ha ha ha when i threw in treats like ham,bologne,fish etc they would grab a big peice and run into the plants to eat at theyre leisure lol even if the peice was much bigger than them .cute little turts way 2 rescue janette from the over crowded predicament

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she is 1 3/4" long right now

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here is the background on Janette:

I got her from my friend. My friend had Janette and 6 sliders crammed into a 10 gallon tank. Janette could not eat very much because she likes to take a piece of food, run to some place on the bottom of the tank and eat, by the time she would go back for another piece of food, the food would be gone. So I offered to take Janette and she agreed. I'm happy and so is Janette.

I came to the conclusion that she is a girl because she has a really small tail and there are no off-colored patches of skin on her hindlegs (like the males have).

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dang ha ha yeah a 10 gall is 2 small for 6 turts XD and thats definately stinkpot behavior ha ha ha when i threw in treats like ham,bologne,fish etc they would grab a big peice and run into the plants to eat at theyre leisure lol even if the peice was much bigger than them .cute little turts way 2 rescue janette from the over crowded predicament

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nice setup 2 btw really kool i bet she really enjoys all the space ^^

 

[mel262011]

Thanks. I gave my friend the extra 20gallon tank that I had so hers would have more room. I have Janette in a 20 gallon tank. She loves the space. In 6 to 8 months, I will probably get her a friend (another musk turtle) so she'll have some company.

 

[jonathan512]

Kool that's awesome ,ya I had my muskies in pairs they really liked hanging out with eachother

 

[mel262011]

did your muskies have a basking light? I am debating on whether I should keep it or take it off because she doesn't use it. She will stay under the uv light all day long, but won't go near the basking light.

 

[jonathan512]

I caught my muskies on occasion basking then they ran away when I got near ha ha . They say it's good just to give them the option even though they dnt bask very much

 

[mel262011]

okay, I'll keep it. Thanks

 

[jonathan512]

Np yo

 

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[Turtleswagg]

thats cool urs is black n white

 

[mel262011]

my poor musk turtle hates that basking light. My bf turns it on and that poor thing freaks out, but if I only turn on the uv light Janette is fine and doesn't freak out.

 

[jonathan512]

Poor little one uvb is the only one she needs anyway ,mine didn't seem to mind the heat lamp they like sun tans I guess XD

 

[dmmj]

Most musk turtles are not avid baskers. They usually prefer to hide in the nooks and crannies.

 

[mel262011]

She'll hide underneath the piece of wood, eat, get some air, then go right back and hide under the wood.