I need help naming my new turtles can u help me?

I just got two turtles.They live in water.They both have yellow on the bottom.One has dark yellow and the other one has light yellow.I can't decide what to name them please help!

I need help naming my new turtles can u help me?
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just in case some care advice?


Aquatic are a life long commitment.


I wish you luck. I have been a mom to Two 36 yr old females for 36 long yrs.( plus an 8,5 and 2 yr old adopted males for the last 7 yrs now)


Remember 10 gallons for every inch of turtle.


I have used kiddy pools and plastic pond liners from most nurseries and now a 150 gal pond.


Two BABY turtles (not over 3” a piece) could have a 55 gallon tank to start. TO START Cause if they live you’ll need 100 gallons soon.


And my pictures don't lie. All ages and all sizes get along as long as their is allot for swim room and plenty to eat!





Sliders, cooters , midland, painted, map, yellow bellied all are basically the same and require the same basic care.


They NEED calcium and protein they get it from the fish meat and the fish bones. Drop 20 or so feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows in the tank and watch them disappear in a few days! The more they eat the healthier the turtle. When I got these two 36 yrs ago all we had in back then were goldfish to feed so after 36 yrs and still going strong. They can eat goldfish!


This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!


TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium that will promote better shell growth, it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that’s fine!!


They can have garden worms, meal worms, snails, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, slugs, tadpoles dragon flies and anything that moves, but only as a treat.


They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.


They love grapes and strawberries and squash apples.


.**Swollen cloudy eyes which means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google ‘vegetables with Vitamin A.


Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA/UVB for up to 8 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow.


They need a turtle basking dock.


Gravel larger than they can swallow


Leave the heater on 76 to 78 degrees always.


These turtles in captivity do not hibernate their eating may slow down some but they will not hibernate.


They will bite very very hard. Under 4" they carry a disease called 'salmonella'. So you must wash after every handling.


These guys can become cannibalistic and will kill the smallest turtle if there is not enough room and food.


Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they poop allot. You need a good filter system!


Total Body length: 5-8" average for males, up to 12 inches max for females. Life span: 15-25+ years


Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about 3” across.


They sleep at the bottom of rivers, streams. lakes or ponds or your tank to avoid predators like coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks, possums, raccoons and even some wide mouth bass and us humans.





They get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, vomiting, blowing bubbles from their nose. Fungus white cotton patches on their skin, treat by adding a 1/4 of a cup of aquarium salt per 5 gallons to irritate and hopefully kill fungus. The addition of sulfa drugs such as those sold at pet stores under the name "Dr. Turtle" also should help kill fungus. Here is one source that sells Dr. Turtle. They also now sell a Sulfa dip by Zoo Med to treat bacteria and/or fungus.


Contact the “www.anapsid.org/societies, for a turtle vet / RESCUE in your city and state or country..











have fun..



Reply:You have either yellow bellied turtles or painted turtles, please do research on these turtles, you need to understand how to care for them:





http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs...





http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/ca...





How to house these turtles:





http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/ho...





What to feed them:





http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/ca...








Turtles are not easy pets, and i sincerely hope that you will be a good owner and give them all they need to thrive. please do not take this issue light - heartedly. you need to spend hundreds of dollars and hours of time researching what your turtles need. please take good care of your turtles.
Reply:something relating to yellow... hahaha what about "sunny and cher"! i had a turtle and i named her strawberry!
Reply:goldy and yellow or goldy Lock's and yeller
Reply:Marco and Polo
Reply:david and Goliath
Reply:hehe cute


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Reply:tom and jerry...ha
Reply:AAAWWW thats cute


what about TOM and BILL

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