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Painted Turtle
Care Sheet |
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| Description: |
The shell of all Painted Turtles is
solid black in color with red spots along the outside. |
| Scientific
Name: |
Chrysemys picta |
| Lifespan: |
20 to 25 years |
| Average Size: |
6 to 8 inches |
| Origin: |
Eastern USA |
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Feeding |
| Turtles have a tendency to eat all the food that you
provide them, even thought they may not need that much.
Allow your Painted Turtle to eat all it can in about 30
to 45 minutes. After that time period remove any remaining
food from the enclosure. Adults should be fed once every
2 days while juveniles that are growing should be feed
daily. |
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Habitat |
| Lighting: |
Painted Turtles require vitamin D3 to keep them
healthy. This can be provided with a good UVB light
source or by a vitamin supplement applied to their
food. |
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| Physical Design: |
Painted Turtles should have an aquatic environment
with a dry area (usually made of rocks) that they
can sit on and bask in the heat. This dry area can
either be off at one end of the enclosure or can
be right in the middle of the water. |
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| Size: |
The length of the enclosure should be about 6
or 7 times the length of the turtles shell with
the width of the enclosure being 3 or 4 times the
length of the shell. Anything smaller than this
and the turtle will not have enough room to swim
around freely. |
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| Temperature: |
Optimal water temperature for Painted Turtles
is about 75 degrees F. A basking area will be needed
that is between 85 and 88 degrees F. |
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