Ok, so I went to one of those websites where they sell 2-headed turts & turts with no eyes, just to educate myself on how ignorant people can really be. I read thru their generic care sheet & hit the point where they talked about water temperature. They said that the water can be 75 degrees during warm months, and can drop down into the 60s and even high-50s during the winter months for most species (!).
First off, I know it is very wrong they are selling these poor unfortunate 2-headed sliders online. Not sure what we can do about these kinds of sales going on, but the idea that they would be telling people to keep turtles in water that is in the low 60s (in addition to other inaccurate things on that care sheet) just angered me. It sticks in my craw that my first 2 turtles died of pneumonia 18 yrs ago because the water was a very cold 62 degrees all winter long & I didn't know any better. Back then, there was no information. Now, the good information is so easy to get & there is NO excuse!!!!
So I called the place up, and very pleasantly told them that they need to change their care sheet to keep the water always above 70 degrees minimum. The guy told me that I was wrong, their care sheet did not say that. I read it to him word for word and asked him if he would please change it. Then the guy on the other end basically just hung up on me!!!
So do yourselves a favor, folks, don't buy from these "illegal" turtle websites. I know it has been said before, but they don't care about their animals. They only care about the money they make off the unsuspecting buyer.
