Caimens and Red ears

touie · 21-08-2006, 10:38 AM

OK not a tortoise but wasn't sure where to post! Is this safe (for the turtle)? Just been to Birldworld and they had caimens and Redears living together!. There was a big softshell in another enclosure but it was buried so I couldn't get a pic

piglet · 21-08-2006, 11:53 AM

Alot of collections mix these two speices , in general Caimen are fish eaters but i'm sure they would eat small turtles in the wild in captivity they tend to be well fed and so tackling a hard turtle is something usually avoided.

Both speices mix in the wild and turtles will often use the backs of Caimen to bask .

Darren

21-08-2006, 10:38 AM	#1
touie Member Hatched Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 426	Caimens and Red ears OK not a tortoise but wasn't sure where to post! Is this safe (for the turtle)? Just been to Birldworld and they had caimens and Redears living together!. There was a big softshell in another enclosure but it was buried so I couldn't get a pic

21-08-2006, 11:53 AM	#2
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	Alot of collections mix these two speices , in general Caimen are fish eaters but i'm sure they would eat small turtles in the wild in captivity they tend to be well fed and so tackling a hard turtle is something usually avoided. Both speices mix in the wild and turtles will often use the backs of Caimen to bask . Darren __________________ 17 years old 25 years ago

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