Profile: Map Turtle

False Map Turtle

scientific name: Graptemys pseudogeographica

date: Friday Aug 7.

Price: $70.

size : 1.5" diameter. sex:Male

diet: Pellets

water temp: 75F basking temp: ?

comments: You can tell its a False Map , A) caz its common and B) the yellow marking behind the eye isnt a crescent moon shape like the Mississipi and the stripe does not go through the eye like the Mississipi. Also you can tell its not a Mississipi caz its not buck tooth and married to his sister .. play me out Piano Cat!

I originally had a stone slate for his basking area but he never basked. So a week later I added a log.. now he basks non stop.

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UPDATE jan28/10
I just measured him officially.. he's barely 2". I thought he was a little bigger. He's so puny.

I also started handling him more , he's not as skittish as I thought he would be. I put him into a feeding tub and he ate with no problems. Good to know the feeding tub technique works with him