Yahoo: What do turtles eat? Whether in the wild or your home, here's the reptile's diet What do turtles eat? Whether in the wild or your home, here's the reptile's diet i've looked all over this site trying to find out if other types of moss is safe for my two eastern box turtles, i know that sphagnum and peat moss is safe but are there others???

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possibly one that flowers, looks pretty, and that they can eat. thanks for the help in advance. Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turtles can be found anywhere, from local ponds and the deep, blue sea to an aquarium tank in your bedroom.

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These aquatic, ... Can water turtles (especially hatchlings and juveniles) drown if the water is too deep? pingu_slayer Replies 5 Views 2K For smaller species like the striped mud turtles I use 20 gallon long, 55 gallon and 40 gallon 'breeder' aquariums. For larger species like the red-cheeks, 40 gallon breeder and 75 gallon aquariums are used. Can water turtles (especially hatchlings and juveniles) drown if the water is too deep?

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The thing with turtles is that they produce inordinately high amounts of waste and it's difficult to ever reach this balance unless you have an enormous tank and huge amounts of biological filtration coupled with a tiny amount of turtle waste. Frequent high volume water changes are the norm for turtle tanks to manage all of this.