Meet Milkshake, our painted turtle! Milkshake is a newer addition to our family. We adopted him from the animal shelter a few months ago. He lives in a large aquarium with several goldfish whom he was a bit overly excited about at first. He quickly realized, however, that they were way too large to fit in his eager mouth. Milkshakes new philosophy on life is, "If you can't have them for dinner, make them your best friends!"
Painted turtles are indigenous to most of the United States. They live in freshwater ponds, rivers and lakes. They are very common, much like their cousins the red eared slider. Painted turtles get their name from the beautiful coloration on their skin. Milkshake has some awesomely gorgeous orange stripes interspaced between his equally handsome green and light yellow markings. His favorite hobbies are sun bathing (well, in his case, that would be basking under his uv light,) eating crickets, turtle pellets, and fresh veggies and, from time to time, chasing after his "best friends" just to make sure they still don't fit in his mouth. :) Someday we will have an outdoor pond for Milkshake...really the most humane and best way to keep these types of turtles. Until then, we will make sure he is continues to be healthy and happy in his aquarium and can't wait to bring him along on our next Animal Outpost presentation!
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