Rose E. Painted Turtle Painted Baltimore, MD

Please read ALL of my description before contacting MATTS.

Update 2021: I was adopted by a great family in Maryland who specifically asked for an older turtle!

I'm an adult female eastern painted turtle who was for adoption in the Baltimore area. I am an aquatic turtle which means have to live and eat in the water. Eastern painteds stay smaller than red-eared sliders, but we stay colorful as we age, unlike a slider. I'm about 6" long and full grown. I'm around 25 years old, but could live another 5 to 10 years. For my new home, a 50 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank would be great, and those cost less than an aquarium. A 40 gallon aquarium would be OK, but a 55 gallon would be even better. I'll come with my own basking platform where I can haul out of the water and sit under a heat light to dry off, but you need to supply a heat light, a UVB light, a good filter (home-made or external canister preferred), and if my water gets below 72F at night, a water heater.

I'm used to living in an aquarium in the living room, where I can see people.

I eat pellets such as Omega One, Mazuri, and ZooMed Maintenance, and greens such as leaf lettuce and edible weeds.

I'm for adoption because 2020 was a really rough year for everyone, including my last family.

Female painteds tend to get along with other female painteds, cooters, and map turtles, if you're wanting more than one turtle.

There is a $5 adoption fee. If interested in adopting me, please e-mail matts_adoptions@hotmail.com TO REQUEST AN APPLICATION; please INCLUDE YOUR CITY AND STATE in the e-mail, since not all turtles are legal in all states. Local pick-up is by appointment in Baltimore, MD, or Parkton, MD. Shipping is possible if the adopter pays for shipping (usually $35 - $60 depending on location). Once you've completed the application and emailed it back as an attachment or in the body of an e-mail, the adoptions coordinator will go over it, and if everything is good, you'll be asked to create an enclosure if you don't already have one, and send pictures of the enclosure. Once that's reviewed, MATTS will contact you to arrange a pick-up or shipping time/location.

I cannot be adopted to NY unless you get a special permit from DEC, and I can't be adopted to PA.

A good book for beginners when learning about aquatic turtles is http://tfhpublications.com/reptile/redeared-sliders-animal-planet-pet-care-library.html
and there's a great in-depth book that can be downloaded for free https://www.lulu.com/shop/richard-lunsford/captive-care-of-north-american-water-turtles/ebook/product-17551523.html