Other Turtle Discussion :: guppies and other stuff

[fla_boy-9o4]

how much are they? in other places there like 3 bucks here in jacksonville just for one and there pretty small why so much for a little fish? goldfish are like 15 cents and there bigger. also what other fish can i give them besides tadpoles,rosy red minnows,goldfish,and guppies. why not other fish like bettas or something. btw i didint get thos plecos cuz if i put a fish in the take nomatter what size my 2 turts will get it. dead or alive. but i got my 2 turts for free pretty big size from some lady, well i didint know what to do with the biggest one so i realised her into a pond behind my house. no worrys they dont spray or anything plus theres alot of other sliders in that pond with alot of food and she was a good hunter,i put her in the lake becouse i diint want to give her to someone who really didint care if it was dieing so i think it was better for her to go into a natural place.

[Hoooneylynn]

I buy rosie reds for like 20 cents. 3 bucks is ridiculous. And I suggest that you never release a captured turt again, because it will die. It wont know how to find food or any resources because it has been fed and has never had to do it by itself.

I know you said its a good hunter... but do you mean that it catches feeder fish in the tank? Its not the same as in the wild, because that turt didnt have to find that fish... it was given to him.

[iac637]

If you want Guppies you have to ask for Feeder Guppies they look different then fancy Guppies.

and I agree with Hoooneylynn, my heart stopped when I read that you released it.

[Hoooneylynn]

wow, you really need to shrink your avatar... it can only be 80x80.

[fla_boy-9o4]

just did,it was my first time doing that. idk if it was a petstore or wild turt but it really was a good hunter tho it would chase other fish like brim around and baby bass, and the other kind feeders liek goldfish guppies minnows tadpoles, in florida alot of people really dont care like they will by turts when there babys in when they get big people just put them in a pond,lake,river any kind of body of river cuz people see it has there real home,a natural habitat, at my dads house theres a lake and we use to catch baby sliders all the time with a net, and just realease them didint keep them. but it was a about full grown idk she was about 6 or 7 inches and she lived in a 10 gallon tank with another 4 in slider her whole life not by me tho her/their other owner did. she gave them away for free cuz their size and didint want to buy a bigger tank.

[xsavingsaturdayx]

It is dangerous to release a captive RES into the wild! Just because it can catch a fish, doesnt mean that it can survive in the wild. A captive RES counts on humans for "food, shelter, etc" in the wild, it would have trouble finding food and probably die. Not only that, but if that RES is sick..it can spread disease onto other turtles (native turtles). Releasing a captive RES is dangerous, period..

[DavidY]

I think a big reason why RES are illegal to sell in certain states is because they can survive in the local environment. Not only do they survive, but they propagate like crazy, outcompeting other native species for food and space, eventually putting them on the endangered list. That is apparantly what happened already in Florida. They weren't originally natives there but they are now fully established. Nevertheless, pets should never be released into the wild as it really messes with the local ecology. Even though they have already established themselves there, people should not be making a bad situation worse.

[fla_boy-9o4]

it didint have any disease tho, and not to be mean or anything but turtles get eatin/killed all the time or caputerd to make soup,shoes,wallets, alot of stuff its just the way of live,just study and read biology alot. my freind cought a 4 or 5 in res in the lake by his house and keeps it in his hot tub with some bass,shiners,crawfish,brim its turned off tho so its not really hot he does have a tank filter tho and a air pump. but the res that i had is better off in a natural habitat then in a tank that is way to over crowded!... i would give it to someone but noone whats a turtle thats big they all want little cute babyones that are small.

[iac637]

Then you could have given it to a rescue org. that would have found someone that wanted it.

[Hoooneylynn]

You said it was captive all its life and then you say that you dont know if it came from a pet store or not. If someone owned it for years, and you just released it, then it died. It doesnt know how to find food by itself. Just because someone put fish in the tank, and it was able to catch the fish, doesnt mean it will be able to find food. It is not better off in a "natural habitat" because the wild is NOT NATURAL to a captive RES! No one wants a turtle thats big? Thats not true. There are many places that take in unwanted turtles, such as the one that iac said. And you dont need to rationalize your actions by saying, "well thats life and a lot of turtles get killed" And your avatar, like I said, can only be 80x80 and it is still WAY too big. Those are the rules of this board. Either you can shrink it down, or one of the moderators can do it for you.

[iac637]

A question are RES "originally" found in Florida?? Or are they a transplant from people dumping them in lakes and rivers?

[xsavingsaturdayx]

RES arent native to Florida, you can find them alot over here because people dump them in canals, lakes and rivers.

[iac637]

Thats what I thought.