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Choose Options. Turtles that stay small. How about the Mississippi Map Turtle? One of the most common requests we get at The turtle Source is to provide suggestions for turtles Marcus.

Aug 1st How to unpack and care for you first turtle! They probably get infected indirectly, such as a parent touching a turtle or cleaning a turtle's tank and then holding a child. Turtles are often marketed as low-maintenance pets, but the truth is that they need special care and a lot of room to grow. Turtles will not survive in a small dish with a plastic palm tree. They need the right lighting, temperature and water filtration system.

Countless pet turtles die from being kept in inadequate conditions. Turtles shipped by mail and other delivery services often die on the way. If maintained properly, however, turtles can live for decades and grow to be a foot long. That's a lifetime responsibility that many people are not prepared to meet. If you've done extensive research and are prepared for the commitment and responsibility of a turtle, we suggest you adopt one from a local animal shelter or rescue group, instead of creating more demand for turtles by purchasing one from a pet store.

Visit the Shelter Pet Project to find your local shelter. If you get a turtle and then decide you can't care for the animal, there are not many options. Rescue groups are inundated with calls to take them. People sometimes turn turtles loose, thinking they are "freeing" them, but it's typically illegal to release turtles outdoors.

Turtles let loose might die, and they might carry disease that kills other turtles. If they live, they can out-compete native species for food and habitat, threatening native biodiversity.