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Eastern painted turtle

The eastern painted turtle is a stunning turtle that is a common household pet. Its name comes from the paint like markings around its shell. Generally red, orange, and yellow colors will be found as stripes decorating their beautiful plastron. However, their carapace (or outer-shell) tends to be fairly drab; often times a yellow or cream in coloration. These turtles have black colored flesh with yellow stripes down their neck and legs.

These turtles can range from four inches to eight inches, with the females being the larger of the two sexes, which makes it slightly easier to find out the sex of any one particular turtle.

The eastern painted turtle likes an environment ranging in temperatures from low-to-mid eighties in air temperature, eighty to ninety degrees for basking, and low seventies for their water temperature. For this reason, it is important to have temperature control gauges and thermometers to create the perfect atmosphere for your eastern painted turtle.

When feeding your eastern painted turtle you can expect to feed both live and pellet food. This is so that they can lead an enriched life. They are omnivores and can be fed meal worms, feeder fish, and vegetables.

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