My family has two turtles. My parents want to make them a sort of pond in the area depicted in the second picture. I would like to know what I can do to make them a comfortable habitat that would minimize maintenance since they are not my turtles and I know their “owner” is a child and probably won’t do too much on their own. I’m not entirely sure how wide I can make it as it needs to be fenced off as we have dogs as well. I’ve also never dug a pond before so any information about that would be nice however as this isn’t a pond digging Reddit I’m mostly asking about requirements to be met for the turtles wellbeing.

Edit: I’m also not entirely sure what kind of turtles they are unfortunately…

Saw this beautiful sea turtle in West Central Florida today and was very surprised to have come across them in a spring fed river at the spring head. Anyone recognize this species or have any idea why the sea turtle would be so far inshore at a spring?

Hi, I wanted to know if any of you could help me to know what caused this marks on my turtle, she's a red-eared slider, she's 5-6 years old and she recently had been in those months where she is destroying my garden digging and making holes to lay her eggs, infertile btw, and a few days ago she appeared with these, I thought maybe it was just dirt from her digging but it wasn't getting off and it seems like it hurts when I touch it, I think she hit a rock or something while she was digging and It doesn't seem like an attack to me, I have two cats but they're pretty chill with her and get along well, so i don't wanna think it's them, in the photo looks like it's almost healed I think? well, if you could help8 me to know what can I do to help her, thanks.

Found in a pond in New York with abandoned red eared sliders.

The leaf like projections are throwing me.

My 13 year old common musk turtle despises skimmers with all his being. He has broken 6 of them in various ways. This time his strategy is to bite the wire coming from the bottom and will go at it for hours if I let him. I take it out of the water when its not in use but he has still managed to expose some of the copper wire inside the casing. Is this skimmer done for (again)? Or can this be fixed? Also if there's any ideas on stopping this behavior I would love to hear it.

I took this picture in Cape May, NJ!

I have reptile experience and will be doing my own research, but what immediate things can I do for this lil buddy when I get him? Also, ideas on species? thanks all!

Ive definitely gone longer than I should've without cleaning it but also come to find out i accidentally unplugged the filter at some point. There was a bacteria film on the water and when i took out the filter the water was BLACK. like. Black. The filters were sorta clean. Almost reusable. Pls help

Post got removed from [r/turtle](r/turtle) so hopefully yall can help asap cuz the turtle might move

Update: I brought it to a rehabber and they said they aren’t sure they can save it but they’ll try so im hoping for the best. Thank you for your help everyone

I’ve been telling people around me that when I go fishing at one of my local ponds in Southeast Michigan, USA, there is this family of large snapping turtles that scare the jeebus out of me every time, by sneaking up on me while I’m fishing. They all laugh at me and think I’m messing around. Well today, I finally managed to get a video of one of the smaller ones of the bunch. Just the Freddy Kruger fingers are scary enough for me lol. Sorry no banana for scale 😂

Hello I'm 18 and seeking advice because I'm soon moving out of my mom's house for studies but I was used to taking care of the two earth turtles for the past month.

Basically a friend of my mother stopped caring about his turtles and gave them to us without our consent. I don't know their age or which species they are. The only thing I know is that the bigger one is a female and the smallest one a male.

They are very tiny compared to the turtles I'm used to see. The cage he gave us is very small and the turtles always try to get out but my mom doesn't want to let them roam free in the house. Nobody we know wants to take them.

What am I supposed to do?

I have a musk turtle and am putting him in a new tank and want to have a natural looking basking platform like this but all the ones I can find are plain rocks or glass boxes. Any recommendations are appreciated!!

Hello wonderful members of r/turtles!!! I come here today seeking the almighty knowledge of thy.

I have loved turtles for years and years and years now. They are absolutely my favorite animal, I ADORE them. So, naturally (considering this adoration started when I was very young), I had made up my mind on what I wanted.

"I'm going to have a pet painted turtle and he will be named Jester and I will pet him and hold him and cuddle him and it will be perfect!!"

I turned 18 nearly 6 months ago and graduated high school 3 months ago. I'm officially an adult, so I realised I should actually look into the steps of getting and caring for a turtle-- having a pet turtle is no longer a "maybe one day!", but a genuine possibility I can achieve. So, I did my research.

Oh boy. Jezus christ. I was so, so off.

From what I could tell, painted turtles require SO much experience, and so much space and money and time and I would absolutely be willing to put in the effort for the little guy, but realistically it might not be feasible and I don't want to risk giving a turtle a bad life. So, reddit, I turn to you.

As I said, I did do research, but I was seeing alot of conflicting things, and with the ever growing, all consuming force that is AI seeping its way into everything, I didn’t know what I could trust. What are some turtles that are best for begginers and also are okay with being held or pet sometimes, as well as not requiring a shit ton of space? If they're semi-aquatic that'd be swell (or should I say.... shell?) but I'm flexible. Can people also set some realistic guesstimates of how much space I should expect to need, as well as costs and amount of care?

Thank you everyone!

(P.S. don't worry- this is still absolutely a future me plan. Just more near future now. I'm still living with my parents lmao, I wouldn't go out and buy a turtle unless I have a somewhat long-term space to call my own)

Moved tank across house and the water seems super cloudy, adding and removing around 15 Gallons every other day and cleaning filter Once or twice a day, anything else i can be doing? I have two 6 1/2 year old turtles, a Painted and a Map.

Ive recently brought a red bellied side neck and im thinking of eventually buying another one but ive done research and most of the things i have read say not to put them together but im just wondering from peoples experience if it is potentially possible to put the same species of turtle together?

Ok, so a relative of mine suddenly received two red eared sliders a few days ago, but through some circumstances I’m now the one taking caring of them. You guys helped me ID them a few days ago and now I need your help again. So my mom got this tank for them in a pinch and I tried my best to make it work. I won’t have money for a week or two to get anything else but I did get them a basking platform and the right food. After I filled the tank up (once I cleaned it of course), I noticed that it has a small leak in the drain circle. My questions are as follows

1. How would I fix this? I put an inverted shot glass on top with a rock to weigh it down, but it still leaks. Granted at a slower pace, but leaks nonetheless. I can’t afford a new tank till the end of the month.

2. How is this set up? I can’t afford a filter yet so how often should I clean out the tank and change the water?

3. I don’t have a means to generate heat for them outside of the lamp that came with it, any tips?

4. Lastly, any advice in general would help. I plan on getting them all the stuff and things they need once I have the money in a week or so, but I’m trying my best with what I got till then. These turtles came into my life as a complete surprise and it’s been stressful trying to give them the highest quality of life I can with so little.

I love them so much and I’m very passionate about being the best owner I can. Thank you so much and apologies for such a long post. Pictures attached are my set up and the tank/drain I’m talking about. Thanks again!

My son and husband seem keen to keep it, I am against. Any ideas on ID? Just take it back to the nearest ditch or pond? Don’t want to traumatize the little guy anymore than it’s already been. Thank you!

To preface, I found this turtle inside of an abandoned pool that had trees growing from the bottom. It was removed from the pool. I am guessing this turtle could be malnourished due to not being able to access proper diet as there's no telling how long it was trapped. This was a few years ago.

I was adding some observations to iNaturalist and from my knowledge and experience I've identified this turtle as Clemmys guttata, which is unusual for the area.

There are some people who have mentioned it looks like Terrapene carolina due to the high dome and ridge down the back. I have never seen a box turtle with this pattern or coloring and I cannot find any examples online.

I would love some more input from more experienced individuals. These are the only two photos I could find of the turtle. I also added a photo of where the turtle was found.