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Old 14-06-2008, 02:53 AM
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I was curious...can frogs and turtles live together?
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Old 14-06-2008, 06:11 AM
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Mine do. They lay loads of eggs every mid summer, and the turts eat most of them. Some do make it though.




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Old 14-06-2008, 06:41 AM
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Oh yay! That makes me so excited. I love them both.
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As stated it's more than likely that the turts will eat the frogs, so technically that's a no. Abit likely saying "Can I put Gazelle in an enclosure with a pride of Lion's?"
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If you love your frogs then don't put them with turts, they will get eaten! The only reason some survive in ponds is because there are so many to start with and the turts can't eat them all. If there's a limited number of frogs they will all get eaten.
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Old 14-06-2008, 09:01 AM
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In an artificial setting - no.
Frogs are pretty sensitive to water conditions and turtles poo in the water...lots... You'd have a lot of hard work keeping the conditions suitable for frogs, that's before any eating considerations.
In an outdoor pond setting you'd be hard pushed to avoid it, if there's a body of water wild frogs will come eventually.
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Old 14-06-2008, 02:59 PM
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Awww...well hey...it was worth a shot. I thought Terryo meant something else. I feel dumb
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I meant just that. I have 1,000 gal pond that have fish, turts, and frogs, and snails, and who knows what else. I also have a 60 gal with rosie reds, 2 Southern Painteds, and some frogs that go from one pond to the other. I made the 60 gal for my hatchlings, and put some tadpoles in to start. It is two years now and I always see the frogs sitting on rocks. They are in both ponds, and I don't know who gets eaten, but I always see them. In the Spring, there are lots of frog eggs, and a lot of them make it because I see little tad poles in all process of development. So I think they just do what comes naturally....that is live together.
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Yes but what you've got Terry is a little bit different than a couple of frogs in a fish tank with a couple of turts. No doubt many frogs do get eaten, it's just a numbers game.
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You are not the stupid one....I am...sorry

I must have misunderstood. I thought you were talking about a pond, not a fish tank. I would never recomment putting them together in a tank. Only once, I put two BIG tad poles in my indoor tank, and they were gone the next day. I had two yearling Painteds in the tank and the tadpoles were pretty big, with two legs each. I didn't know better at the time. In a big pond where there are plenty of hiding places, in a natural setting, than nature would take it's course....not in a fish tank. Sorry about that.
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