turtles
 

a friend told me they dont sell turtles in the lwoer mainland anymore. can anyone confirm this? if its not true where can i find some? thanks. too lazy to search:P

i think king ed's sells them but for a hefty price though. your probably looking at ~65 for a little turtle thats the size of a toonie lol..

where's king eds?

somewhere in new west.. use google to find it cuz i don't remember teh exact location.

still got some in coquitlam, pet habitat i think it's expansive... 65 i think...

here you go:
7377 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V3N 3B8
Telephone : 604-525-4955

Just a word of warning though, they have a bad rep for their livestocks, but they do have some killer deals on equipments

just wondering...why dont they sell turtles anymore?
they have tons of them in asia...?

i heard it was b/c they have a lot of bacteria in their shell and their tanks or whatever you keep them in will have a lot of bacteria as well, which is not good for little kids that would keep them as pets.

king ed would sell for around 40ish...

try the place across from dairy queen on kingsway and rupert(?) its all blue with a giant octapus painting outside. they sell ~20-25 each, and cheaper if u get more the owners name is mike ;)

Approx. sizing for those turtles at dairy queens?

They don't sel it in Vancouver cuz of what GLOW said but they do sell it in Burnaby.

The pet store at Metro has them and I think the one at Brentwood Mall does too.

ummmm i think *dont count on it tho* maybe 1.5x a toonie? theyre babies but theres a couple bigger ones
besides the smaller they are the funner to keep.

I'm not 100% sure but I think that the reason not so many stores carry turtles anymore is that they aren't allowed to ship them in to sell. I believe now that most reptiles must have been bred here for a store to be able to sell them. I could be wrong though, but I do know that 2 years ago they were talking about implementing this.

just go to deer lake and catch them... they're like infested there.

ok.. so instead of creating a new thread.. i'm gonna jack this one :P

so yeah, my dad brought home 3 turtles the other day... they're fairly big. the smallest one has a shell that is at least 3inches in length. just wondering if anyone here also has turtles and would like to share some info on how to take of them. they're red ear sliders btw. one thing i notice is that when i'm feed them food by hand, they go buck wild for it. atm, i'm trying to convince my dad to move the 3 turtles with the arowana that he has, but he doesn't want the turtles to mess up his fish. right now, we have the 3 turtles in one of those huge see-through containers that you can buy from superstore LOL... crappy but do-able.

uh, don't mix the turtles with the arowana.

the pet store at metro sells for like 100 bucks

get a tank around 40ish gal? be prepare when they get bigger aim for a 70ish? dont mix with the arro they ruin the water quality. as for any hardshell turtle it'll be a basking area (platform as a "drying off" area" along with a heating lamp/or just ur average lamp but dont need to to be on all the time.)
if u dont have a basking area, u'll help spread salmonella, and speed up shell rot.

thanks a lot. we're in the process of making a basking area and we also just purchased a new UV light.

dont hesitate to take pics when its done :D

They have a crap load of turtles as well as alot of salt water creature @ big al's on north road... They also have shark feedings on wednesday...

i bought mine for 40 dollars at king ed. how much do turtles cost at big al's and kingsway/rupert ??

i like turtles.

didnt know bout the shark feedings def gona check that out

make sure your tank is big enough for 3 turtles as they get quite big. Feed your turtles once every 3 to 4 days. Do not everfeed them. Turtles can go on for atleast 1week and a half without eating. Use a good filter as it save you from the hassel of constant water changing.

your turtle is going to outgrow the tank like crazy. its something like a 90gal for 1 adult turtle. It's better just to make an outdoor pond.