Habitat - Indoor :: Gravel

[turboturtle8]

We use to have really small gravel in my turtles tank.They ate it so we switch to a little bit bigger gravel and put a couple river rocks in there.Every now and then I see them try to get food in between the gravel and sometimes eat it.Should i switch rocks and if so what type

[adam85491]

If the rocks are smaller than your turtle's head, than yes, change them as they will be able to eat them and could get hurt. I use rocks that come in a green netting from the dollar store. They are smoothed out and are about the size of golf balls; I believe they are called river rocks.

They are like this, except come in different colors (white, brown and black and mixed). http://www.dickblick.com/zz611/38/

[turboturtle8]

Yeah I might do that.We put a couple of river rocks in there because there filter was slipping and needed to hold it up .They really like it though

[myrtle1123]

I saw myrtle do that when I had gravel in the tank but I took it out just to be safe! you dont want your baby gettting a gravel belly!

[SpotsMama]

Yes by all means take out the gravel - the sooner the better. There have just been too many threads on here from people whose turtles ate gravel with disasterous results.