Japanese pond turtle

Description

Japanese pond turtle for sale – Temperament:

Japanese pond turtles are naturally slightly timid yet placid animals. With daily socialization, they can become moderately comfortable being picked up and fairly friendly. Like most turtles, Japanese pond turtles enjoy their food, and quickly correspond food with their owner, and will swim to the surface of their tank to greet them whenever they come near. Japanese pond turtles can be rather aggressive while eating and may bite fingers that get in their way. Japanese pond turtles are diurnal so they are active during the day and sleep at night. They enjoy the company of other Japanese pond turtles, but they seem to be apathetic or sometimes even aggressive towards other species of turtles. Japanese pond turtles can also share their aquarium with freshwater fish like goldfish or Koi fish; however, they will attempt to eat any fish in the aquarium with them.

Japanese pond turtle Habitat:

Japanese pond turtles require a large aquarium; one adult Japanese pond turtle requires an aquarium that is a minimum of 40 gallons or around 50 square feet. Japanese pond turtles are aquatic turtles so the tank will need to be set up with both a water area and a land area; the aquarium should be about 80% water and about 20% land. The bottom of the water area of the aquarium should be covered in aquarium gravel and should have an air pump to help move the water and a water filter to help keep it clean. The land area can be made of piled rocks or gravel, or can even be a large piece of floating wood. The land area needs to be large enough for the turtles to be able to get completely out of the water and should have areas that are totally dry. The temperature of the water should be around 75-80 Fahrenheit, while the temperature on the land area should be around 80-85 Fahrenheit. Turtles should have a special reptile light that should be on for about 12 hours a day.

Japanese Pond Turtle for sale – Appearance and Care:

Japanese pond turtles are fairly small aquatic turtles, with adults reaching from 5-7 inches long. Female Japanese pond turtles tend to be larger than male Japanese pond turtles are. Japanese pond turtles are mostly light brown with dark brown blotches on the skin and shell, sometimes the shell may also have dark olive green blotches on it.

Japanese pond turtles for sale – Japanese pond turtle Diet:

Japanese pond turtles are omnivores; they eat fruit, vegetables and meat. Japanese pond turtles eat both live and dead meat and enjoy a large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. Most Japanese pond turtles are not picky and will eat almost anything. Most Japanese pond turtles enjoy shrimp, small fish such as guppies or smelts, mealworms and earthworms, crickets, snails, melon, shredded carrots, green beans, red and green peppers, strawberries, lettuce, sweet potatoes, grapes, plums, commercial turtle food, and larger fish such as Koi fish.

Japanese pond turtle Health:

Like all turtles, Japanese pond turtles have a long life span. The average life span of a Japanese pond turtle is 20-40 years; females tend to live longer than males.

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