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Growth Stunted
Posted:
Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:10 amby comills
If you do not provide a young turtle a large enough tank to live in, will that stunt the growth of a turtle? And if you stunt their growth, what kind of health problems can that present the turtle?
Posted:
Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:24 pmby fish21
hi
no their groth will not be stunted they will just grow at a normal rate until they get cramped then depresed then sick then stop eating then die.
if you go to wal-mart and get h huge rebermade tub they work great that is what i have.
hope this helped
fish
Posted:
Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:04 pmby kneecole
I've heard people say that before. Not sure if it's true or not.
Posted:
Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:17 pmby marisa
Other living conditions being adequate, the too-small container will not stunt growth, but will certainly affect a turtle's quality of life.
Posted:
Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:49 amby lazixixi
well I use to have 2 turtles in one of those realli realli tiny container that came with them, and after 5 mos. neither of them grew or ate I think. And then, one of them died with slimy soft shell.
Posted:
Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:50 pmby marisa
They were living in a habitat in conditions that couldn't support life, let alone growth.
(How could you have kept them like that?)