Other Turtle Discussion :: turtle toys?

[someone]

hay just wondering are there any toys i can give my turtle to play with?

somehow he found a pink clear plastic spoon fun and that was good to watch him play with that but now he gets bored after a couple of mins so i was wondering what i could give him that would entertain him for a while

he's a very sociable turtle and i still go to collage or (high school for you Americans ) and i dont want him to get too bord

i will test all your suggestions

[imderanged]

a couple feeder fish like rose red minnows or guppies will entertain him...until he catches them

[someone]

he's not even a year old and 7cm will he be able to?

and sounds kinda cruel lolz...i have heard you can get like mutant fish from the back of the shop for cheap...would they swim as fast enough tho lolz

[imderanged]

omg yeah! if you are squeamish, don't watch! One time my turtle bit a feeder right in half and his intestines all spilled out...!!!LOL!!! my dad saw it too and freaked out. My turtle is just over 2 inches and i give him feeders, just not all the time...its a once in a while treat

[someone]

yeah im not squeamish...ive seen some pritty awful stuff lolz im more scared that i will look at it and wanna keep it as a pet ...if they r ugly fish that might help lolz
and aww is that your turtle in the pic..cute whats his/her name lolz

[imderanged]

Thats Sylar's baby picture!

[Dein211]

i've heard of people using ping pong balls and bubble stones are a big hit with the turtles. Rolo loves the bubble stone!

[someone]

oh thats a good idea
i had this blue ping pong ball but he thought it was the scariest thing alive even with food by it he would swim up to it take the food then run away
any suggestions on how i could make him become more used to toys?
and Sylar what a cool name how did u get that?

[imderanged]

Heh, thats kinda a funny story. Sylar was a surpize X-mas gift from my husband's best friend. He gave me the turtle while I was still at work and said "I got you guys this turtle, and I named him Sylar".....
He's named after the bad guy on the TV series "Heroes".

[someone]

lolz ok i have neva watched hero's so i would now who lolz
good story tho

[TheComputerGremlin]

I figured that's where the name Sylar came from! That character is soooo bad!

And other good "toys" are sometimes a very large marble at the bottom of the tank will entertain them because they have to inspect anything in their tank. You can change up the decorations frequently, that'll keep him busy. And I discovered, and use this with caution and at your discretion, if you use a dry erase marker, you can doodle on the tank, which caused my turtle to go nuts. I warn about it because my turtle was kind of bumping into the tank with his mouth open (he tries to eat everything, including the one decoration I had in there ...). You have to make sure that the turtle doesn't become obsessed with the markings and that they don't hurt themselves. My opinion is draw a doodle, give your turtle a few minutes with it, then erase it. Turtles are super curious, so any environmental change will interest them.

[someone]

thats so funny you should say that because the other day i was just watching yurtle and i was holding a whiteboard marker...so i though hay i wonder if this would work, i drew a fish on the tank and he went up to it and inspected it for a min then gt bord

.it was funny to watch him go to the individual pictures on the tank and try and eat them or scratch them off

[SpotsMama]

Turtles like a few river rocks that they can push around and flutter at. they also love to swim back and forth in bubbles like from a filter or a bubble rock. They like to play with (ie, rip to pieces) aquatic plants like anacharis.

[someone]

thanks for all these replies

and yes yurtle loves his plants his new record in compeltey pulling apart and cutting up 15 plants under 24 hours lolz he have nicknames him the lumber jack

and also he enjoys to 'surf' and sunbathe the large leaf plants

[mzkitty23]

I put a strip of reflective tape across the bottom of mine's tank and he LOVES IT! I was afraid he might try to attack it or something, but he doesn't he just sneaks around looking or swims by watching himself.