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will turtles eat styrofoam?
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Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:04 pmby kikicool
I was thinking of adding another floating option for Shmeegster. He as the basking rock, but... a long time ago I had a turtle who loved this little floating lilypad I had. It was anchored, but still moved around a bit. I can't seem to find another specifically for turtles. So I was thinking of buying a floating lily, for a pond, and then attachign it to some styrofoam. That way, it would support his weight.
but would he be likely to eat the styrofoam?
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Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:10 pmby Jessica313
i dont recommend styrofoam.. there is a chance your turtle could eat it? how big is your turtle?? in the RES tank at my local petco.. they have some of the lilly pads in there and the smaller turtles can float on them.. the 4 + 5 inch ones even seemed to stay afloat. if your turtle is bigger than this it may not hold him though...
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Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:14 pmby cam722
They'll try to eat anything. Many people say how their turtles try to eat the ZooMed basking dock. You're better off keeping that sort of thing out of their environment.
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Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:17 pmby kikicool
As I suspected--thanks.
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Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:41 pmby steve
I don't even like to
drink from styrofoam cups...
typo fixed 
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:58 amby grey goose
Hows the Shmeegster doin? Is he feeling better?
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:10 amby sandyandspongebob06
petsmart.com or a reg petsmart. or pet co should have the lily pads ive seen em