Painted turtles !

[guille24]

What kind of painted turtles are these ? My neighbor gave them to me and he said one laid eggs , and also I think they have leaches , how do I get rid of them ??? it's 3 of them .

 

[dmmj]

can we get a bottom shell shot, they (painteds have a unique design), Only way I know of getting rid of leeches is to burn them off, just pulling them off can still leaves the mouths there.

 

[guille24]

this is how they look I think two of them are females

 

[dmmj]

def. older painted turtles, can't help with gender, bad at sexing them. Nice size turtles.

 

[guille24]

I think he cough them today :| thy are wild !! Do u think I should let them go in a river there is one close to my house ¿?

 

[JoesMum]

Does this help?
http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexing_Chrysemys_picta.htm

You need to see the tail and the front claws according to the above link.

 

[guille24]

Thank you guys !! I found out they are wild ! And I'm going to release them in a rive near my home , I just don't know is I should get rid off the leaches first ?

 

[dmmj]

Check your laws on releasing before you do so, Personally I would get rid of the leeches.

 

[mike taylor]

If you put salt on leaches they will die and fall off in minutes .

 

[guille24]

I'm going to try that ! Thank you so much ! I'll let you know the results !

 

[guille24]

It worked !! I put salt on the lichees and after like 2 or 3 minutes they detached them selfs (I used a stick to get them out of the hard to reach places )
I'll post more pics of them being release back in the wild In about an hour or two !

 

[mike taylor]

See red necks do know a thing or two . Ha ha

 

[guille24]

Lol i hate leeches thanks for sharing !!! I released them and they looked really happy ! I made another post where I posted all the pics !!!

 

[bouaboua]

Yes. Mike are correct. Salt work well to dealing with leeches. Please show us where you release them!

 

[guille24]

Yes. Mike are correct. Salt work well to dealing with leeches. Please show us where you release them!

I made another post where I posted pictures of them being released

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Yes they are Midland painted turtles.. getting older. Might even have some western blood in there too.. based on plastron design and location - their territories cross!

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Young Western plaston -

 

[guille24]

Thank you guys ! I released them back in the wild they were beautiful turtles and it was a pleasure to help them get rid of the leeches they had , "wild things belong in the wild"

 

[turtledan77]

If I had to guess, I would say that they are midlands painted turtles... but they almost have the look of a southern on the top (minus the stripe). Might be a cross?

 

[Anthony P]

They don't look to be dorsalis to me in any way. I am in agreement that they appear most to be Midlands, perhaps with a touch of Western traits. Aside from the morphological appearance, which doesn't look like dorsalis, these turtles are also fairly large, which also doesn't help the argument for Southerns, the smallest members of the genus.

Every photo appears to show females as well. Each plastron photo is of a female. In the photo with two turtles, th one on the left doesn't show enough tail or claws, but if that one was part of the plastron shot, then these are both females.

Hope that helps.