Product Description
Western Painted Turtles grow to be the largest of the painted turtles (typically 6-7 inches). They range from Canada to Mexico, so adults, once acclimated, make very good outdoor pond turtles in all climates. Juveniles do well in community tanks, learn to come to feeding hands, love to bask, and stay very active.
True omnivores, they will eat pellets, most water plants, romaine lettuce, insects, fish, worms crustaceans and meat. Western Painted Turtles are distinctly different from other painteds in that they have very impressive red and black belly patterns. An excellent choice for beginning and intermediate keepers.
One of the best and most common choices for garden ponds, adult Western Painted Turtles quickly learn and adapt to their new environments, constantly bask and surface, and learn to recognize their keepers quickly. They add lots of color to your garden pond, and are more visible than most pond turtles. Ours readily eat pellets, water plants, romaine lettuce and cut fish. An excellent choice for both warm and colder climates, Western Painted Turtles get along with most other popular garden pond species.
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Western Painted Htachling
Couldn't ask for better service. Shipping was delayed and they let me know about everything that was going on. Turtle is extremely active and ate as soon as he was put into the tank. You can't beat turtle source 10/10
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Hatchling Western Painted Turtle
Our little Zleta arrived feisty and alert. Ate right away and has taken to her new tank well. Great packaging and arrived secure! Thank you!
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Western Painted turtle
The shell was kind of messed up but still healthy
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Western painted turtle
Amazing specimen! Will order more in the future
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Beautiful little creatures
These guys at The Turtle Source are great. I’ll be back.
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Western painted turtle
My new baby is here and is very well Secure packaging he came in was great heat packs vented so he stays warm no container but had a breathable bag. He isn’t scared at all which is great he’s up and moving all over getting to roam his new surroundings. He is very much what I wanted thank you!
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Western painted & Midland turtles “yearling”
Turtle arrived overnight delivery and was Packaged in a foam box to protect it from the environment with a heating pad. After a short acclimation both turtles immediately started eating. FYI…. They also followed up with an email asking if everything was satisfactory! Great Job “TurtleSourse”
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Fast shipping and great customer service
I love my baby turtle, although the turtle is scared because he’s in a new environment and have to adapt to change. I would recommend them to anyone
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Western Painted Turtle 3/4”
Overall healthy turtle, he/she came slightly bigger than expected. I had selected no imperfections but the turtle’s shell came slightly imperfect on the top middle part and the bottom part. I’m not going to ship him/her back. As I am in NY and it’s winter time, It’s been almost a week, he’s been under a UV lamp and he’s still not eating the pellets that I purchased from TS. I was told this was normal. From my experience aquatic turtles generally are not picky eaters. I finally couldn’t wait any longer. I fed him frozen blood worms that I defrosted and right away he ate 2 full cubes! He still won’t touch the pellets though! I was planning on ordering a baby red foot tortoise from TS but now I’m unsure if I will do so…