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Post by ickyfishywishy on Oct 21, 2004 17:18:55 GMT -5
heres a wierd thing! i went to the pet store and found a small sea turttle put inside a tank thats allmost its size with less than an inch of watter!!! its being sold for 150 dollars! and i was woundering what kind of living condictions would a sea turtle need?! i would love to release it but i know my parents would kill me if i did that after paying 150$ so i decided to buy it and keep it for a while and then release it in the wild when i get a chance to go fishing in open waters i hope any1 could help me,,, even the slightest info would help  thanx every1 |
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Post by ickyfishywishy on Oct 21, 2004 17:24:50 GMT -5
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Post by dyingagain1 on Oct 21, 2004 21:33:46 GMT -5
what pet sore does this...pet stores shouldent have sea turtles!
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Post by twoluvcats on Oct 21, 2004 21:45:38 GMT -5
instead of buying it, contact a wildlife rescue organization in your area and they can probably help you get it released.
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Post by amanichen on Oct 21, 2004 22:01:56 GMT -5
Captive bred sea turtles have been reintroduced into the wild, but it has been under the care and supervision of marine biology institutes. I guarantee you that if you release the turtle into the ocean, it won't have much of a chance of survival.
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Post by ickyfishywishy on Oct 22, 2004 7:24:34 GMT -5
thats what i was affraid of amanichen "for who dont know this" i live in lebanon and there arent ANY laws on protecting animals here  im going to check on it today and see if its still there and alive i hope :S im checking for some organizations around here but none that i can find! all i can think of is buying the poor thing and helping it b4 some rich idiot who has no clue about animals buys it! im sure who ever has a salt water aquarium will think about adding the poor thing to his collection! the problem is hes not so small hes about 2 feet :S im sure it was captured i see seaturtles around sometimes when im going fishing with my brothers but they are allways near cabbins and marinas and too many boats and im affraid to release it here and some1 steps over the poor thing |
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Post by amanichen on Oct 22, 2004 10:24:20 GMT -5
It's two feet long?
Then it was most likely a wild turtle, caught for an aquarium. In this case, it might have a chance to survive in the wild, because it probably came from the wild. To be sure, find a university, or a nature conservation group near you, and check with them before you make sure. Or maybe get in touch with a large public aquarium if you know of any in your part of the world.
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Post by ickyfishywishy on Oct 24, 2004 16:50:19 GMT -5
lol closest aquarium is in paris  so i think ill just go to the university and see what they say, sorry i didnt answer sooner i checked him and hes doing fine, i talked with the guys working there and they said they feed him turtle pellets, is that ok for a tutrle like him??? what do they eat by the way i never heard anything about sea turtles diets on any nature show does any1 have any idea? iv been browsing but nothing on raising sea turtles |
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Post by amanichen on Oct 25, 2004 22:46:05 GMT -5
Turtle pellets? Probably not. It needs fresh food in the form of shellfish and/or aquatic plants. I don't know what type it is, and I know next to nothing about what they eat anyway other than it needs to be fresh, some are omnivorous, some are herbivorous, and some are carnivorous. Best to talk to the people at the university.
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Post by ickyfishywishy on Oct 26, 2004 11:28:57 GMT -5
thanx amanichen, i found a link on the top of the page just now seaturtles.org i think it will have some good info on it wish me luck!
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Post by amanichen on Oct 26, 2004 11:56:10 GMT -5
thanx amanichen, i found a link on the top of the page just now seaturtles.org i think it will have some good info on it wish me luck! I will =) |
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Post by Hannah on Oct 31, 2004 13:57:47 GMT -5
Depending what type of turtle it is it ranges from sea grass to jellyfish to crabs and bivalves. I would defintely check with a university or see if there is an oceanography or marine biology research organization near you. If your interested still, I can probably find out for you who they are and where they are located. Ahh, the greatest frustration of an ecologist. It's rather interesting how hard it is for an ecologist to get laws past by the government for the protection of the environment. Because of people wanting money and the conforts of life, the environment ends up suffering and those who care about have problems getting the support they need because of people being unintersted in what they are doing or because it'll cause them to loose money. Anyway, goodluck with opperation sea turtle  . |
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Post by ickyfishywishy on Oct 31, 2004 16:20:32 GMT -5
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Post by ickyfishywishy on Nov 6, 2004 17:23:53 GMT -5
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Post by Hannah on Nov 6, 2004 18:03:50 GMT -5
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thanx every1 
im going to check on it today and see if its still there and alive i hope :S im checking for some organizations around here but none that i can find! 
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