Habitat - Indoor :: fake plants??

[harleysmom]

I was at the dollar store today and found fake plants for $1 each so I got two of them, the kind with the weighted bottoms so they sink down and stay there...my turtle's tank is kinda boring so I thought he'd like to hide in them/play with them...but he tried pulling them apart to eat them! I don't really care because they were only a dollar each...but will it hurt him? like if he does swallow bits of the plastic is it bad for him??

sorry its a dumb question.

thanks.

[seano997]

If he does pull off some parts, and if they are small enough, they'll probably just pass through without any issue. I'd probably be concerned if you started noticing some large pieces getting pulled off and him trying to eat those. If that were the case I'd remove the plants. I don't believe the pieces would be toxic but maybe someone will know for sure.

[Diamondbacks4Life]

Yea it will be okay everything should pass fine but i would take them out. I was actually gonna warn you that he probably was gonna destroy them but to late haha. You should look into driftwood, i think they make a fun decoration and turtles have a blast climbing all over them.

[harleysmom]

Yea it will be okay everything should pass fine but i would take them out. I was actually gonna warn you that he probably was gonna destroy them but to late haha. You should look into driftwood, i think they make a fun decoration and turtles have a blast climbing all over them.

thanks. I have two pieces of driftwood in there and he doesn't seem to notice them, he just ignores them, it's almost like they aren't there...he is interested in the plants, but he couldnt care less if i have the driftwood or rocks in there. hmmm. well i want to get live plants but he eats them. last time i bought 10 of them, thinking he'd leave at least one for a few days to give it time to grow but he destroyed them ALL that day. ugh.

[Listen97]

I was thinking of a way to make a small tank inside a tank for plants. While I know eating the plants can be helpful. I'd like a few to last a little while or at least get big enough so when they eat them they don't die or get shredded.

On topic, I had some fake plants and they tried to nibble them. After they learned it wasn't food they left them alone. But like others have said if you notice big pieces missing that could harm your turtle take it out.

[steamd rice]

i had the same problem with my res squishy so i just took the plastic fanworts out. but i spent 4 bucks on a 2 pack instead of 1 dollar T-T