A common musk turtle living in a wild habitat eats a variety of insects such as crayfish snails earthworms and mollusks.
Common musk turtle tank size.
What does the common musk turtle look like.
Common musk turtle diet.
As you may expect from the name the flattened musk turtle has a shell that is more flat rather than high domed.
The musk turtle can grow to 100mm 4 4 long and needs a proportional amount of space to live happily.
Housing one or a pair of common musk turtles is easily accomplished in an aquarium.
They also feed on aquatic insects like damselfly nymphs tadpoles and dragonfly and fish eggs.
The common musk turtle also known as the eastern musk turtle or the stinkpot is a popular choice as a pet because of their size and relative ease of care.
The common musk turtle is known as the stinkpot turtle because they can emit an offensive foul odor.
I have used a 20 gallon long tank to keep one adult musk turtle with a fluval 2plus canister submersible filter to keep things clean.
The common musk turtle is a small species reaching an adult length of 7 5 12 5cm 3 5 inch.
Still more to cover on this species including marie going on a diet.
Although musk turtles are considered carnivores by nature however they may also eat algae.
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They are an aquatic turtle that comes from eastern north america.
Common musk turtles are found in the eastern parts of north america all the way from ontario down to florida.
Males can be determined by the longer tail and overall larger size.
Their shell colouration can be black grey or brown.
For this reason we suggest a tank with at least 600mm in width.
If they feel threatened they can release a foul musky odor which is how they got their alternative name of stinkpot.
3 0 3 9 in 7 5 10cm lifespan.
They have a pair of yellow or green strip running from the tip of their nose to the neck.
They are typically brown in color with the head having a olive color with speckles on it.
Looking into tank mates.
Look out for part 2 coming soon.