Stray terrapins!

RE: Stray terrapins!

Kate Richardson — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 22:12:59 GMT

we have found them a home!

RE: Stray terrapins!

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 21:38:19 GMT

Fine for young/little ones, but no 'normal' tank would ever be big enough or provide enough habitat, either for swimming or basking, for an adult. They tend to die young, despite seeming to thrive. (Adults can be up to 40cm long.)

RE: Stray terrapins!

Niall Taylor — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 21:21:53 GMT

[quote user="Gillian Mostyn"]....except that you shouldn't keep terrapins in a tank.[/quote]

Why not? We always had ours in a large tank with about 50% swimming water and about 50% basking area of gravel and rocks and they seemed to thrive.

These are red-eared sliders we're talking about here, just to be clear.

Niall

RE: Stray terrapins!

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:13:00 GMT

[quote user="Niall Taylor"]A waiting-room display tank? [/quote]

....except that you shouldn't keep terrapins in a tank.

RE: Stray terrapins!

Niall Taylor — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:28:33 GMT

[quote user="Tim Browning"]I used to keep terrapins in a bath in the kitchen when graduated. I cannot believe I could ever have been so unhygienic and the disgusting smell![/quote]

Well, no wonder if you were never able to have a bath!

Niall

RE: Stray terrapins!

Tim Browning — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:03:56 GMT

I used to keep terrapins in a bath in the kitchen when graduated. I cannot believe I could ever have been so unhygienic and the disgusting smell! And I was married ! (they did get rehomed)

RE: Stray terrapins!

Niall Taylor — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:55:14 GMT

[quote user="Kate Richardson"]Any other options?[/quote]

A waiting-room display tank? Not v. practical I know but I saw practice many moons ago at a place which had terrapins in the WR and it was such a popular thing.

I love terrapins, I used to have them at college and for a good while after I graduated. They're tough as nails (one of mine attacked the cat once) but the management is time consuming.

Niall

RE: Stray terrapins!

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:24:45 GMT

We do have somebody locally who will take them....North Manchester though!

RE: Stray terrapins!

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:09:25 GMT

They cannot be released back as they non-indigenous species and not only may it be impractical to re-home them it may actually be illegal without a licence depending on species.

Unfortunately I have been faced with a similar situation and even though I have a client whose company specialises in re-locating species as diverse as penguins, bears, wolves, alliagors and elephants he was unable to help and told me to euthanase them.