African Mud Turtle East, West, and Helmeted. Lots of info!

[@monicagarcia3026]

aww so cute when it came up to the camera ❤🐢

[@LillivvyP]

Here in New York we found out my sister had a African mud turtle. We thought she was some sort of slider. I'm happy I stumbled upon your video! We alter some of her habitat now and find some plants for her.

[@PictureMaria1]

Great video! I'm in the Central Florida area and seen your add on Craigslist and decided to check you out on KZbin! I love what you all are doing! Keep up the awesome work!

[@CrazyCrittersInc]

Thank you so much! We enjoy the lifestyle we have, There is always work to do and challenges to overcome. However, we know these animals give us way more than we can ever give them! Thank again, we appreciate it!

[@MarcoIsidori]

Nice video...beautiful turtles.

[@CrazyCrittersInc]

Thank you! We love them so so much! We know we are blessed to live the lifestyle we do. We get to interact with all these amazing gifts of nature. We try to take it as seriously as possible. There are always challenges in life, but these guys make everything worth it. Thanks again!

[@MarcoIsidori]

Thanks for the reply..

[@阿部行夫-.6]

How do you the fishbowl clean? My thought fishbowl filter's not enough?

[@CrazyCrittersInc]

We agree for sure that filters are not enough and are why turtle owners find themselves frustrated. We use live plants that help filter the water but we rely more on an overflow system using PVC that allows us to add clean water while taking all the dirty water away from the enclosure. Then that filters through natural sand. It stinks to sort of wastewater by not recycling with a filter, however, we find it costs less than the electricity of it all. Plus, it has been a really long time since we had a contamination issue or disease problem and we house hundreds of turtles. It would be great to have an easy way to raise a turtle but that poop does not go away on its own. Ideally, we try to get this turtle wastewater to a plant that can benefit us or the turtle such as tomatoes or lettuce gardens. These ponds in this video are in a greenhouse setting but our babies or indoor enclosures all drain into a bucket where we carry the waste-water out to the bamboo, then we add clean water. Thanks for asking this awesome question!!!

[@阿部行夫-.6]

@@CrazyCrittersInc It's amazing to see you do your in the effort best for even a small turtle life. You 👍 If I were, I would have been too lazy to raise turtle.

[@williamwerner7086]

East African MUDS ARE RARELY SEEN IN THE PET TRADE?RIGHT?

[@KingJohn2007]

Petsmart sells them for $34.99 they go by the name African Sideneck Turtle. I just adopted one not to long ago.

[@colbolt54]

I have a short video on the West African sideneck

[@CrazyCrittersInc]

That is awesome! We will go check it out! They really are the neatest species of turtle! We have had success two years in a row and the offspring have been so fun to rear. We won't be able to check out your vid for a few hours but when we do, we will subscribe! Thanks for finding our video. You must be super bored with the Covid Quarantine. Who knew we would be putting ourselves under types of protocols found at animal facilities? Be safe stay healthy!

[@akincb3114]

What's the type of floating water plant do you have? Thanks

[@CrazyCrittersInc]

That is the invasive Pistia stratiotes aka water lettuce. Not legal to sell or transport in Florida, we are lucky that the state brings us out some a few times per year when they clean out the local lakes and ponds. They know we keep it in a contained greenhouse and all of it is consumed by these turtles. They eat a lot a lot of it! These same plants are HUGE this year. Each floating rosette is over fifteen inches around! They are crazy cool!

[@akincb3114]

@@CrazyCrittersInc Thanks the details :) I also have the West African and African helmeted turtle, they are look similar but different at the same time, their color of their body & shell shape, also structural of the shell are very different but not sure about the East African haven't get one yet😅