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Coolio asked in PetsReptiles · 1 decade ago

what kind of turtle is this and what does it eat?? please help!!?

he doesn't really have a pattern on its shell. its a tortoise. it kind of has a square shaped nose. an we found him in south Texas.

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its about a foot long. ive tried to feed it everything. i know its not a texas tortise.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Do you have a picture of this Turtle/Tort? If so please post as it is easier to determine then..Thank you

    Golden Turtle-Owner of 4 Turtles

  • 1 decade ago

    I have a book with a few different types of turtles in it. For almost all of them it says you can feed it low fat dog food. But there is differences between each type, some also eat fruit and green veggies, some berries, and some worms etc. Its hard to tell what kind it is by your describition. So i'm going to list them off for you and you should google image, or altavista image search them to see which one it is. If you get a match and would like to know all about their diet then plz e-mail me.

    Leopard Tortoise

    African Spurred Tortoise

    Hermann's Tortoise

    Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise

    Central Asian Tortoise

    Red-footed Tortoise

    Yellow footed Tortoise

    Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise

    Bell's Hinge-backed Tortoise

    The rest are turtles - Painted turtle, Florida red bellied turtle, Red eared turte, yellow-bellied turtle, Mississippi Map turtle, Ornate box turle. western box turtle. eastern box turtle, three-toed box turtle, Chinese box turtle, malayan box turtle, Ornate wood turtle, South american Wood turtle, North American wood turtle, Spotted turtle, Reeve's turtle, Eastern mud turtle, yellow mud turtle, striped mud turtle, red bellied side-necked turtle, razor-backed musk turtle, Matamata, African helmeted turtle, and indonesin snake necked turtle.

    Source(s): Reptile, amphibians and invertebrates by Barron
  • 1 decade ago

    Here is a link to the turtles and tortoises of Texas- http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/turtles/

    You can get photos of most of these either by googling them or at the World of Turtles gallery at http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/

  • 1 decade ago

    http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/gallery.htm

    The link above is a tortoise gallery and it has about 200 species.

    Try giving it a mixture of food. Leafy greens mixed with some fruit. Collard greens have a lot of vitamins.

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  • 1 decade ago

    this is a link to all the tortiose in texas hope it help try feeding him earth worms every turtle likes earth worms try greens

    and other veggies like carrots celary hope this helps.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The only tortoise native to Texas is the Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri). They eat vegetation.

    It is a protected species. You should release it where you found it.

    If it's not a tortoise, then it's a box turtle. You should release it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Try greens, spinach, ect. That dont work take to Petco or vet asap for more info and help.

  • 1 decade ago

    square nose?? oh... it's spongebob SQUAREpants distance relatives.... they eat shrimps and chicken

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