General Care Discussion :: a turtle and a tadpole

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Post Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:23 pm   a turtle and a tadpole

Hi there, i'm new to this forum stuff, hopefully somebody can help me out. I'm getting my daughter a RES and a tadpole for Christmas. Will a baby RES eat the tadpole if I keep them in the same habitat?
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:33 pm   

I wouldn't put a tadpole in with your RES especially if its a gift for your daughter. Anything you put in the tank with the turtle has the potential to end up as lunch. Not to mention some frog/toad species are possibly poisonous and can kill your turtle.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:42 pm   

Welcome to the forum! How old is your daughter? what kind of tadpole will you be getting? Sadly, the turtle probably will eat a tank mate. They tend to go by the old rule "if it's smaller than me eat it, if it's bigger than me run."
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:58 pm   

If your daughter is young, then you will be the primary caregiver. Many people here with turtles/young children do not let them interact directly, especially any sort of handling.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:50 pm   

Also, you may want to peruse the pictures section and some of the other posts to see what type of a habitat and care the turtle will require when it grows. A cheap-ish Christmas present can turn into hundreds for a large enough tank, filter, lighting etc. If you are considering the turtle because it seems to be cheaper and easier than puppies and kittens you may want to reconsider. I personally don't think that pets make great gifts as a lot of times, the present requires more care than the receiver really wants to give or that christmas puppy gains 70 lbs and starts drooling all over the place :-)

However, if once you find out the requirements for a turtle you still want one, they do make wonderful additions to your animal family. I don't mean to sound negative about the gift idea but if you look around the site, you'll see a lot of posts from some frustrated people who bought a $10 turtle and now are spending several times that to set it up properly.
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Post Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:32 am   

Thank you all for your suggestions, I do plan on being the primary caregiver and it's not a "cheap-ish" gift, so far it's run me $300.
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