Unnamed Musk turtle
Musk turtle · Female
Co. Mayo, Ireland
This little Musk Turtle has now arrived into rescue. In the UK we took in hundreds of turtles over the years - red eared sliders, yellow bellies, soft shelled turtles, Chinese turtles, musk turtles and at one stage a snapping turtle (although that particular turtle had to go to a specialist as he was very dangerous to handle). In Ireland it is much rarer to be asked to take them and we've only been asked to take two in nearly 8 years. This one was owned for 5 years until the owners got bored and gave her away. She then stayed at another home until the child got bored after 6 years. And now she is here. We will never get bored of her but will try to find her a nice responsible home who appreciate what they have. She cannot live with my two because they like a deep water environment. Musk Turtles are prone to drowning in deep water so they have to have a shallow water environment. Turtles are a long term commitment. Musk turtles can live up to 50 years in captivity so they have to have extremely committed owners. My own turtles are around about that age now and I hope to have many more years with them.
