My TOP 5 BEST PET TURTLES!

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My TOP 5 BEST PET TURTLES!

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DanTheTurtleMan

Күн бұрын

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@leiaodell2067 2 жыл бұрын

I love my red ear slider 💕💕 ive trained her to climb onto my hand when i put my hand in the water so i can transport her to her feeding tank 💕💕 and i let her roam my house under my supervision. She also loves climbing!!

@fransnailworld0401 Жыл бұрын

That's the one I want lol thank you for motivating me even more to get one 🥰🥰🥰🥰

@johnflowers2736 Жыл бұрын

I've had both a Red Ear Slider and a Painted Turtle. Both are great pets and easy to tame but make sure you have a large water tank(bigger is better)UVB Lighting for basking out from the water and a water filter for the tank and your turtle/turtles will live for years 👍

@CookKidOfficial Жыл бұрын

Yeah my turtle just crawls to my hand 😊 I used to have a feeding tank for him but now we might use his current one as his new feeding tank

@leiaodell2067 Жыл бұрын

So glad you asked. Whenever I had feeding time in her separate bin, I lead her into my hands to catch her by placing pellets near my hand (which was under water in a landing pad position) so I could grab her. Once I pick her up and place her in her feeding tub, I put my hand in the water again like a landing pad with a treat like floating near my wrist for her to get. So she has to be on top of my hand to get the treat! And so she becomes familiar with my hand giving her food. Over the next few feedings I gradually increase the amount of touch I give her on her belly and paws. Sneaking in touches and normalizing being handled. It might annoy her sometimes but I give her a treat so she ends up liking it and associating my hand with lots of reward. I place food where she has to float above my hand to eat it and I touch her little paws and flippers and belly lightly. They're SO soft I love them. Then in her tank I would do the same (but less because I don't want food in her tank.) I would dunk my hand in the water and make a little landing pad for her and feed her treats close to my hand ideally with my hand underneath. Now she comes up to my hand when dunk it in@Panda_Shortzz during the training process !neverrrr! give her a pellet of food treat unless I notice she is brave in approaching me and when my hand makes contact with her. So she associates her being on my hand with treats. Hopefully this answers your question. Let me know if you have ANY other questions abt this.

@gushers500 Жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear! I had 2 but one of them sadly passed away earlier but I still have the other one 😢 It’s great to hear that your enjoying your time with it!

@overstockoutlet309 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU DAN!!!! Your information is always so helpful! Your passion is contagious and so exciting!

@deenblitzed28 11 ай бұрын

I bought a baby Chinese Box Turtle after watching this video. Hopefully mine will grow big & healthy like your Otis 😃

@pattykochenower4222 Жыл бұрын

Your pond is beautiful!!! Love all the turtles swimming towards you !! So sweet ! Love the koi too! Loved the little one underwater who peeled out and said “ Hey” !! ❤️ ( had to go back to see some of your favorite turtles who passed … so sorry )

@bubbas131 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching me how to take care of a real life ❤❤❤❤🐢🪷🐚🪸 life turtle for my birthday. Thank you so much take care.

@Kamoopsipooh1990 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see more husbandry videos on spotted turtles.

@DanTheTurtleMan_ 2 жыл бұрын

I can do that!

@demixy23 Ай бұрын

@DanTheTurtleMan_ Hello I'm interested in buying a beautiful turtle from you! I have a large 75 gallon aquarium for it!!

@AltAccount44 6 күн бұрын

two years ago i bought a mississippi map turtle and a chinese stripe-necked turtle! theyre adorable

@malcolmlynn5125 2 жыл бұрын

Would love a full in depth video on Spotted Turtles. Definitely my favorites of North American turtles

@christenvaughan7814 12 күн бұрын

Will you do a video on Spotted turtles to make their tank a eco system with clean water?

@mariastevens6406 Жыл бұрын

Looking at getting a turtle and still trying to figure out which to get. I like small species, but seriously, the idea of a huge corner setup with a watering tub would be awesome.

@sohan5126 2 жыл бұрын

Luv u dan, u have helped me in my reptile journey so much!

@DanTheTurtleMan_ 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 💚

@clemensgizynski7047 4 ай бұрын

I’m obsessed with turtles thank you for making this videos🐢🐢🐢🩷🩷🩷

@entity-hp3xw 6 ай бұрын

Every time he picks one up I just think "Such a goofy little boi"

@meTimetraveler Жыл бұрын

keeping water turtles is really really a lot of work. Keeping their water clean. I had 3 water turtles. i got them from ponds as hatchlings. one RES and 2 Eaatern Painted turtles. The one painted turtle was so small it would fit down the neck of a soda bottle. Probably would not have survived in the wild. they were ok till they got around 2 -3 inches. Even with a zoo med filter i still had to syphon off crud and about 1/3 of the water in a 20 gallon every other day. maybe i was feeding them too much. You also need a UV-B lamp so the turtles can metabolize calcium. Forget about sunlight coming through a window. Most window glass has UV blocker. If you want your turtles to see in color you will need a UV-A lamp as well. you can give them all the calcium you can w/o UV it's wasted. Get a mealworm colony going in some oatmeal, feed a whole fish, internals and all. NO HAMBURGER, too rich for them. also try lettuce and greens. IMO RES are mean turtles. Painted turtles are friendly turtles. one pond i went to I saw about 10 painted turtles playing follow the leader, all the dips and dives, turns the other painted turtles did following. A quarry i swim in there was a painted turtle playing with young boys. the turtle would appear at the surface a few feet away and the boys laughing would swim towards the turtle, at the last moment the turtle would disappear only to pop up in back of them they would turn laughing and the process started all over again.

@nataliesreptiles 10 ай бұрын

My partner and I moved in together this year and we're finally settled enough for him to bring down his turtles he was holding at his mom's house. I didn't know he had so many turtles!! 😳 Among them was a group of 8 red-eared sliders. Albinos, a carmel, a snow, and 3 triple het albino, carmel, anery. I didn't think I'd love them so much. But they're all just too adorable. We have them in a HUGE livestock water tank, where they're happy. Starting to train them to take food from my hands. Especially the albinos and snow since they can't see very well. Box turtles are also awesome. We have 3 three-toed box turtles that we're hoping to breed, as well as the red-eared sliders.

@spunkush 2 жыл бұрын

Yall should look into Reeves Turtles. I got 2 and they are great. May not have the most colors, but they have a lot of personality and stay small.

@rohnkd4hct260 Жыл бұрын

My first turtle was a Spotted Turtle. He was a great pet. I love Box Turtles, here in North Carolina , the State Turtle is the Eastern Box Turtle.

@Lyzet33 Жыл бұрын

I have a red slider baby turtle !! I cant belive there is more people who love turtles and have them as pets 💕

@standupp698 Жыл бұрын

Can you talk about snappers? My snapper is probably 3-5 years old. Rescued. He has a pond. I am doing everything I can to make him comfortable.

@AidennClaire Ай бұрын

Ive seriously done so much research on these guys Its not even funny, does urs let you pet his face too? My snapper is so so friendly for no reason🤣

@anthonygriffith6178 Жыл бұрын

My spotted turtle is about 1.5 years now. They are definitely hard to beat when it comes to other pet turtles

@TheTortoiseSpot 2 жыл бұрын

Great list. Love the speices list, so many good species always hard to narrow it down. It is key though to pick the right species and dyor

@heavencantwait1218 Жыл бұрын

I know a KZfaqr in southeast Oklahoma who has a bunch of red ear slider turtles for free, he’s going to dispatch them if he can’t find homes, he doesn’t like them in his ponds, he’s also going to eat the snapping turtles , his channel is Eddy Family Farm , Brandon is his name

@jerzgirl69 4 ай бұрын

i have the cutest most precious spotted turtle named quiddy and she is so sweet and ive had her a little over a year now, she loves eating from my hand and her brush baths every week. i love ur videos and they always inspire me to try even harder for my little girl. shes even friends w my cats!!

@meTimetraveler Жыл бұрын

In Maryland we cannot have Spotted or Diamond back Turtles. Box turtles only one. Down by Ocean city Md on the coastal Highway they have Big Signs along the highway about watching out for diamond backs crossing the road especially during breading when the adults come out of the bay and cross the roads around Fenwick to lay their eggs in the dunes then, the hatchlings cross back across the Highway. You can become a volunteer to assist the hatchlings get to the bay. you can do a map quest of Ocean city Md, coastal highway, then do a street level view and travel up the coastal highway outside of town ( Ocean City) to see the road signs. i have some turtle videos on my channel...they are mixed in with everything else so have to search.

@Icenose1997 Жыл бұрын

I might have to remove a red eat slider. Our neighbors moved and gave them to us. I didn't realize they get so big.

@mariannescalise6658 Жыл бұрын

I love my painted turtle I have had him 45 years!❤

@SpoolinVR Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s true friendship. Very happy for you.

@Purpleturtles-wi1kz 2 жыл бұрын

Oh and Dan ( aka Dan the spider man) I have a red eared slider as well ( his name is Greenbean) if you want a medium sized slider I would go for a male because, females get bigger and if you want to tell out their genders look at the tale difference And love you Dan!

@JameGoFast27 2 жыл бұрын

Wym “oh and” u never said anything before this comment lol

@DanTheTurtleMan_ 2 жыл бұрын

Very good point! Males of all of these species would be best unless going with a VERY large enclosure (125g or more)

@kiainakanishi1288 Жыл бұрын

@@JameGoFast27 for some, english isn’t their first language so just bare with it 👍

@Floofyswrld Жыл бұрын

after i get my turtle tomorrow on Saturday I will start saving up for hopefully to get more in the future, They seem like such good pets to have

@yeetskeet1095 Жыл бұрын

I had a red ear slider when I was a kid. I found mine when I went down to a pound it could fit in my hand when I first found him.

@cathy4735 Жыл бұрын

My two terripins move around everything in their tanks and they hiss when I pick them up. My pink bellied side necks are very sweet , very calm, they come when I call their name. They seldom move their decor in their tanks. Funny how different they are. I keep my terripins in brackish water.

@siarheikazakou9470 Жыл бұрын

What I love about turtles is that they live for a very long time]e and they also are very funny and curious. 😊😊😊

@theturtlecalledsnappy5944 Жыл бұрын

I think snake neck turtles are cool pets, they don’t like being held but they love being played with. I know this because I have one, it’s so cute!

@LisaSpangenberg 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I have a Southern Painted which are the smallest of the painted turtles. So much personality and very friendly. Also have a map turtle. He is pretty small so easily lives in a 40 gallon.

@user-fc2qf8up3e 2 ай бұрын

In the early 70s our dad used to take us hiking in the woods. He was an Eagle Scout as a Boy Scout. We saw a spotted turtle going through a brook, yellow spots, innCT. Haven’t seen one since until this video.

@desertdogscalifornia 7 ай бұрын

Yes, please consider adoption for res. All four of my red eared sliders were adopted from my local animal shelter. 😊 They always have res looking for homes.

@crescentdreamer1100 Жыл бұрын

I was originally going for a red ear slider but unfortunately since I’m moving to Spain, they require a license and I don’t want them to grow too big for me to take care for too.

@tammyc.lightwithin6377 2 жыл бұрын

Love your turtles ❤🐢 my family has a box turtle.. for 37yrs!!

@Da_official_Queenfluff Жыл бұрын

I guess I watched this to late because I already got a musk turtle, but I still love him very much❤️idk if it’s a male or a female because he’s only 4 months old, I got him at Cats&critters, and when we got him he was very scared and did not want to come out of his shell.☹️ we put him in a small tank until we got him a new one, now he is going threw a shed and he gets so excited when I grabbed the mealworms and his pellets, I love him soooo much❤️

@pupetploshbricks8490 Жыл бұрын

i got a diamond back terrapin of my own i love him :)

@Project_Turtle 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha love the ";)" savage! Lol

@tlcferguson8243 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you that answers a lot of questions I had. You really know your stuff.

@DanTheTurtleMan_ 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MikeyEatZPringles Жыл бұрын

What turtles are best for a started pet for a kid? And how do you find out if spotted turtles are legal in your state

@Poppenthangs 2 ай бұрын

finally a turtle tier list

@Turtle_man12 3 ай бұрын

I have 2 read eared sliders. Both love each other and love me. Although im a 13 year old, they are living well and are healthy, but i can't really have a good enclosure for them

@Shimo2130 2 жыл бұрын

I would recommend painted turtles over Red eared sliders cuz they don't get that big

@davidwhatsthatabout7404 Жыл бұрын

What about African sideneck they’re so cute 😊

@user-ny6mo3gh2j 2 ай бұрын

I love my red ear slider i feed him evd and he makes the ❤ sound

@sonjasisco8064 2 жыл бұрын

I have several rescue turtles: in the pond, 1 red eared 1 melanistic one, 2 painted, 1 Mississippi map ( in a tank), & four box turtles! I really like the diamondbacks & painted but hard to get! Thank you for your videos. Any word on the Lacey act bill? I hope we can all still get turtles shipped to us!

@zxra7360 Жыл бұрын

Can you take spotted turtles outside to walk and play a bit? And would spotted turtles be good in a 20 gallon tank

@robertdurkin7596 2 жыл бұрын

I love beautiful spotted turtles, I always lobe turtles for long time!😅🐢🐢❤

@bubbas131 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching me how to take care 🪸🐢🪷🐚🪸 the best thing of my life. I will let Frank The have one for my birthday and thank you for teaching me how to take it.

@ana0426 2 жыл бұрын

we love you dan your vids are so helpful

@thecrazycarchannel709 2 жыл бұрын

Wow dude your subs dit make a jump out of nowhere. or am i crazy 😂 anyways you really deserve it bro.hope you get the 50k soon.💪🏻🐢

@MrBizarro9000 Жыл бұрын

What kind of plants do you have in your external enclosure? I would like to know the size of your external enclosure too

@ejsiwmrnhhdsfjoewrmmrewijj4336 2 жыл бұрын

Hii thanks for the vid i might be getting one soon

@benlin4271 Жыл бұрын

I love red ear sliders

@alis8677 2 жыл бұрын

I once had 2 false Mississippi map turtles (1 male 1 female) and they were my First pet/s but i sadly gad to give Them away to a “Nature reserve kinda place were The guy that Owned The place had over 100 different turtle species (sry for my bad grammar i’m european😅)

@chrystalparsons3583 Жыл бұрын

Hi Dan! This video was very helpful! could you possibly help me find a spotted turtle? i trust you and am not having much luck

@PondKingWaterGardensMN 2 жыл бұрын

I bet Turpin comes in number 1… saying that seeing #5 being red eared sliders… they are very dirty in aquariums for sure!

@PondKingWaterGardensMN 2 жыл бұрын

Spotted turtle…. I was way off! Handsome little guy :)

@laniig572 2 жыл бұрын

They tear up plants and are very greedy but I love them so much

@SuperVeeveez Жыл бұрын

I have a Mississippi map, it’s a girl, I was really hoping for a not bc of the size but we’ll just have to make adjustments as she grows.

@noahnewborn9088 7 ай бұрын

Would a diamond back be a good tank mate with a false map?

@madginger3634 2 жыл бұрын

Cool ty. About how much do each of these species cost? I'm brand new to your channel and love it.

@DanTheTurtleMan_ 2 жыл бұрын

Musk turtles are fairly cheap, $30-125, spotted turtles $125 ish, terrapins for regular northerns are $75-100, painteds and maps are like $20-75! These are super rough estimates. Sliders you can get for free with patience

@zhanghenry1453 2 жыл бұрын

@@DanTheTurtleMan_ Woow, it's way less expensive than in China.

@lexqqy4032 6 ай бұрын

Dan…where have you been all my life? I like turtles too

@tasminwalker-ru4oz 7 ай бұрын

Love your videos

@Ghost165-g6t 2 ай бұрын

I’ve had two yellow belly sliders , 5red eared slider ,well actually 6including dribble go to my Carnell if wanna now who dribble is , anyways I’ve had a box turtle and I might get an albino red eared slider 🐢

@duncandonuts5268 Жыл бұрын

Are those spotted turtles super skiddish? I'm temporarily hanging onto these baby red eared sliders that I ended up with and noticed they dart whenever they see me coming.

@nolimit_5418 Жыл бұрын

Do you bread the diamondback terrapins? Also is there a certain name for the orange one with the spikes you picked up first?

@Cartoonshipper 10 ай бұрын

My mom loves turtles, we had two Red Sliders, one died and we released the other

@hollyswanson8960 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos!

@AdrianReid-uy3ix Жыл бұрын

Can softshell turtles be in the same aquarium as mollies?

@emilywelch5744 4 ай бұрын

Post a video on what turtle's need.I LOVE you I'm IN KENTUCKY ❤ Chanel ❤you

@zearosss759 11 ай бұрын

Man, I wish I could've gotten a diamondback terrapin, but its hard to find online that ships to the UAE, so I am getting a red ear slider

@colinTredmond17 Ай бұрын

What’s the difference between red sliders n yellow belly sliders??

@AquaStockYT Жыл бұрын

The Fortunate Son killed me

@kingspencll1815 2 жыл бұрын

Ur turtles are so cute I just saw a clip of dragon fruit and I love her and what your doin

2 жыл бұрын

I really hate when they try to charge for a baby BDT more that 700 when you are a reputable breeder and never see those #

@Advtaiwan Жыл бұрын

Chinese golden thread tutrles son , the future of cute turtles that grow big. My yellow blotched map turtle is huge are you sure ?

@darthskywalker2467 11 ай бұрын

Looking to get turtles for my 8 year old twins . Which turtles won’t get too big and great pets ?

@AudreyThacker-b6q Ай бұрын

I ❤ turtles

@xanglatervang4696 2 ай бұрын

I have no idea how these animals. If I'm being examine then if my pet needs a new tank or something can I get some luck, I'm stuck figuring how come the internet has all these nice little setup. Should I just nam it AE86?

@kit2130 2 жыл бұрын

My under 1 yr old red eared slider’s name is Hermel. Just FYI.

@josedanielhuaman7445 Ай бұрын

I have a red eard turtle it's his birthday and his birthday is July 16 he is a great little turtle his name is Raphael

@joel801area2 2 жыл бұрын

Spotted turtle are too expensive.. they are like 300$ dollars … I wish they were cheap… instead I got a stinkpot turtle which was like 25$ dollars.. they so small

@zxtrexx4550 Жыл бұрын

I have a yellow belly slider

@wilsonbros1923 Ай бұрын

I’m getting a red eared slider

@theunstopabbleduo1054 7 ай бұрын

what about river cooters? i have one and am new to the turtle community

@nealtran1856 19 күн бұрын

which turtles can stand cold weather?

@quique302 4 ай бұрын

where do i get diamond back terrapins and how much

@aldoheredia8434 Жыл бұрын

yeah otis was not having it 😂

@Theresa.mMares-ll1yj 8 ай бұрын

Different I have a red ear turtle and he loves me is winking at me I play with him I pick him up and he doesn't try to bite me he is so wonderful I love him he's my junior can you take care of God bless

@jase123111 2 жыл бұрын

Red Eared Sliders (females) get too big, are really messy and dirty, can be aggressive to each other and other turtles. I agree they should be No. 5. I love the look at Diamond Back terrapins but can't get them in my country :(. Box turtles are cute, but more difficult to make a half land and half water environment for the first time turtle owner. Mud and Musk are ugly looking to me. The best turtles I have kept are Chinese Golden Thread (Stripe neck) turtles. They have very tame, gently and friendly personalities, are not aggressive with each other, don't get too big, are really easy to care for, are have nice patterns on their bodies and nice coloured shells.