How to take care of turtles or terrapins?

You will be surprised to know that a turtle and a terrapin are both different things. There are a few species of this creature.

You will be surprised to know that a turtle and a terrapin are both different things. There are a few species of this creature. Turtles live in fresh water and oceans. Terrapins are type of turtles that live in brackish water.

So, if you are planning to own a pet turtle or terrapin for your family here are some great ideas so that you can know that how to take care of turtles.

Turtles are great creature as pets, in fact it抯 a great fun watching them at your own home, one measure advantage of having turtles as pets is that they do not require any kind of training and they have along life expectancy. But as they have average life longer then other pets so it would be somewhat difficult to take care of turtles.

You need to pay attention of a few things while taking care of turtles as pets

1. Make sure that you provide them both dry and wet habitat
   
2. Take care of the temperature around them for their well being and long life.
3. Turtle requires plenty of Fresh Food
4. They should be kept in Clean and Fresh water.
5. You should be able to recognize the difference between male and female turtles because they should be taken care in different ways

燝enerally turtles require more care than any other pets. You should keep a regular watch to check early signs of an illness; usually it can be detected from abnormalities in its shell.

Finally if you do decide to keep a turtle or terrapin as your pet, be knowledgeable that you need to commit some time to take care of turtles, so that they can live a happy and healthy life and can be an ideal pet for you.