General Care Discussion :: Growth Stunted

[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?

[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

[kneecole]

I've heard people say that before. Not sure if it's true or not.

[marisa]

Other living conditions being adequate, the too-small container will not stunt growth, but will certainly affect a turtle's quality of life.

[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.

[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?)