Murray River Turtles

Most baby turtles are mistaken for “penny turtles”. Penny turtles are a myth that started when people were taking baby turtles out of a river or lake and putting them in small fish tanks with out the correct equipment like a heater or UVB or even a filter and with none of these vital keys the turtles could not receive the proper care which the turtle therefore can not grow and only live for a short period.

Murray River turtle is also known as Macquarie Turtle, there is appears like a greyish colour and there is a distinctive stripe that runs back along the side of the head to the corner of the mouth which is a yellow cream colour. They need to have a large or even a out door pond to house a turtle that will reach the size of a dinner plate. Turtles have a wide variety of different foods in their diet such as live fish, pellets food, blood worm, earth worms, frozen food, crayfish, live plants and veggies. It is very important turtles do get a lot of different foods in their diet so they can as much vitamins in there diet but there is also supplement you can add if your turtle is not getting enough vitamins.

UVB is very important to have with your turtle setup, UVB help the turtle have a hard shell provided that calcium is added in their water. Fungus in very common in turtles especially in baby turtles the easiest way the prevent fungus in to add a fungus product like pimafix, salt is also really good to add in the turtle tank and also make sure the turtle dries out regularly on a turtle dock that will help with fungus as well as keeping the turtles shell hard. You can also take the turtle out side for a while they will love it just make sure the turtle is supervise while being out side.