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Ok i was at the city today and they had those tiny little turtles. I got 2 just because I felt so bad for the little guys being they had like no water and were stuck in the sun. I have alot of experience with frogs none with turtles, They are the lil ones red line under the eye. If I can take a pic I will, but they are tiny lil guys, Anyway I set up a 20 gallon tank and filled it with water and plenty of rocks where they can rest some totally dry some half water/dry, SO is this good? What do they eat? and so on...thanks in advnace.

-A.J.

They would be red eared sliders & if you care for them correctly it won't be long before you need a much larger tank than 20 gallons.
There are tons of caresheets online for them..
Here's a few URLs.

http://www.anapsid.org/reslider.html
http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/trachemyscare.htm
http://www.unc.edu/~dtkirkpa/stuff/overview.html
http://hometown.aol.com/Mite37/AquaticTurtles.htm

That'll give you a start. Good luck with them!
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PHRatz

>>Ok i was at the city today and they had those tiny little turtles. I got 2 just because I felt so bad for the little guys being they had like no water and were stuck in the sun.
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>>-A.J.

Thanks for supporting the illegal turtle trade. Now that the seller knows that people will buy them, theyll get more. For every turtle you buy from one of these idiots, 5 can die and they still make a profit.
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