Loki Y.B. Slider

PLEASE READ the description completely before contacting MATTS. Many of your questions will be answered below. I CANNOT be adopted to VA.<br/><br/>I am a 3" juvenile yellowbellied slider turtle for adoption in the Baltimore area, but transport is available to York and Harrisburg, PA. I eat Mazuri, Reptomin, and Zoo Med turtle pellets and other brands of pellets and dark leafy greens (including edible weeds). I ONLY eat in the water.<br/><br/>Since I'm only 3" now, it's impossible to say if I'm a boy or girl. I'm one or two years old. I would do OK in a 20 gallon tank or large Rubbermaid tote for now, but eventually I'll need AT LEAST a 55-gallon aquarium or 100-gallon stock tank or indoor pond when full grown in the next five to eight years. Boy sliders stay smaller than girls, so if space is an issue, it would be better to adopt an older juvenile or adult male, so you know what the future is. The aquarium or tank should have a basking area with a heat light and UVB light, with a strong external canister filter or really good home-made filter. I can be adopted with another yellowbellied slider or red-eared slider turtle of the same size, but be aware that turtles DO NOT always get along when they hit the "teenage" size, which is around 4-5" for sliders. Just because they get along now doesn't mean they'll get along in two, five, or even ten years from now. Plus, if one turns out to be a boy and the other a girl, they'll need to be separated.<br/><br/>When I'm larger, a Rubbermaid stock tank would make a good home, and those are cheaper than aquariums. A 100-gallon plastic Rubbermaid or Tuff Stuff stock tank from True Value or Tractor Supply Company is usually about $100, and they also come in 150-gallon sizes. In the summer, it would be great if I could live in a fenced-in, backyard pond (dug below the frost line so that the top won't freeze solid, if I'm spending the winter there, too). In southern NJ and southern MD I can live outside all year in a couple of years (so long as I can't leave the yard with the pond) starting in the summer.<br/><br/>I'm for adoption because someone didn't do research before buying me and didn't realize how big I would get. I might also be mixed with a little Red-eared <br/> slider. Turtle farms can be like puppy mills, and breed "mutts" of mixed subspecies/variations when the breeders don't care what's mixed in a pond together.<br/><br/>I'm a huge beggar and full of antics. No turtle likes being handled, so it's not a good idea to handle me too much.<br/><br/>My colors will get darker as I age, and if I'm a boy, I could end up with black and grey shell and skin! Sliders can live for 20-60 yrs, and can grow to be 5-8" for males, and 7-11" for females. They need large indoor aquariums or ponds, a basking spot, and water filtration. Indoor ponds and aquariums require a haul-out spot, a.k.a. basking spot, a heat light over a basking spot, a UVB light over the basking spot, a high-powered filter, and usually a water heater. Outdoor ponds must be in an escape-proof yard or the pond itself must be escape-proof. If you have a backyard pond, the turtle can't go outside for the first time until May, but can live year-round outside after that. Babies shouldn't go outside until they're about 3", so they don't become bird food. If using an aquarium, a good rule of thumb is at least 10 gallons per inch of turtle (straight carapace length). So, a 6" turtle will need at least a 55 gallon aquarium.<br/><br/>For ideas on how to prepare an aquarium or pond, visit www.turtleforum.com to chat with other keepers. Review the slider care sheet to learn more about caring for a slider. http://nebula.wsimg.com/ae4cb36565545a257b1ff6f17a885dc2?AccessKeyId=A3E784782F81D21389AD&disposition=0&alloworigin=1<br/>You can also get the ebook Red-Eared Sliders (Animal Planet Pet Care Library) by Katrina Smith.<br/><br/>REQUEST AN ADOPTION APPLICATION from matts_adoptions@hotmail.com.<br/>Please INCLUDE YOUR CITY AND STATE when contacting MATTS. An application will be e-mailed to you. Once completed, the application can be returned, and if approved, you'll then have to submit pictures of your set-up before picking up a turtle. We meet adopters in central locations such as Fells Point in Baltimore, MD, Parkton, MD, and York, PA, as we foster from our homes and do not have a central shelter. Shipping is possible if temperatures allow, if you're willing to pay for shipping, and if it's legal to have a slider in your state.<br/><br/>In NJ, since our adoption contract serves as a receipt for a permit (that can be obtained after adopting), visit https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/exotic_apps.htm<br/><br/>MATTS can show you ideas for making your own basking platform from PVC pipe and egg crate light diffuser.<br/><br/>PLEASE HELP OTHER TURTLES by spreading the word - baby turtles grow into big turtles! They do not stay small - they do not grow to the size of their enclosure! Please don't buy hatchling turtles at vacation tourist spots. It's illegal in ALL 50 states to sell a turtle this small in connection with a business.<br/><br/>Like turtles but can't have one? Want to help?<br/>1) You can share my profile on social media and share www.matts-turtles.org so people can take better care of their turtles and help wild turtles stay wild.<br/>2) MATTS has educational fliers (photos) to share on social media if you email matts_adoptions@hotmail.com to request them.<br/>3) Share our "Monster You Made" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_935eZl84k on social media.<br/>4) MATTS also accepts tax-deductible donations at MATTS, P.O. Box 341, Highland, MD 20777, or through PayPal at http://www.matts-turtles.org/support.html<br/>5) Visit our Facebook page for educational information, opportunities to transport an injured wild turtle to a rehabber or a homeless turtle to a foster home or an adopter, and educational material that can be shared or printed out. https://www.facebook.com/MATTSTurtles<br/>Our private group for the public to share information on wild turtles and pet turtles is https://www.facebook.com/groups/482605595440<br/><br/>Rescue is funded by donations only, and we find homes for over 100 animals a year.<br/>Thank you!

PLEASE READ the description completely before contacting MATTS. Many of your questions will be answered below. I CANNOT be adopted to VA.

I am a 3" juvenile yellowbellied slider turtle for adoption in the Baltimore area, but transport is available to York and Harrisburg, PA. I eat Mazuri, Reptomin, and Zoo Med turtle pellets and other brands of pellets and dark leafy greens (including edible weeds). I ONLY eat in the water.

Since I'm only 3" now, it's impossible to say if I'm a boy or girl. I'm one or two years old. I would do OK in a 20 gallon tank or large Rubbermaid tote for now, but eventually I'll need AT LEAST a 55-gallon aquarium or 100-gallon stock tank or indoor pond when full grown in the next five to eight years. Boy sliders stay smaller than girls, so if space is an issue, it would be better to adopt an older juvenile or adult male, so you know what the future is. The aquarium or tank should have a basking area with a heat light and UVB light, with a strong external canister filter or really goo

PLEASE READ the description completely before contacting MATTS. Many of your questions will be answered below. I CANNOT be adopted to VA.

I am a 3" juvenile yellowbellied slider turtle for adoption in the Baltimore area, but transport is available to York and Harrisburg, PA. I eat Mazuri, Reptomin, and Zoo Med turtle pellets and other brands of pellets and dark leafy greens (including edible weeds). I ONLY eat in the water.

Since I'm only 3" now, it's impossible to say if I'm a boy or girl. I'm one or two years old. I would do OK in a 20 gallon tank or large Rubbermaid tote for now, but eventually I'll need AT LEAST a 55-gallon aquarium or 100-gallon stock tank or indoor pond when full grown in the next five to eight years. Boy sliders stay smaller than girls, so if space is an issue, it would be better to adopt an older juvenile or adult male, so you know what the future is. The aquarium or tank should have a basking area with a heat light and UVB light, with a strong external canister filter or really good home-made filter. I can be adopted with another yellowbellied slider or red-eared slider turtle of the same size, but be aware that turtles DO NOT always get along when they hit the "teenage" size, which is around 4-5" for sliders. Just because they get along now doesn't mean they'll get along in two, five, or even ten years from now. Plus, if one turns out to be a boy and the other a girl, they