Today I went to Frog pond. I caught two baby turtles and brought them home and made them a special habitat. They are Eastern painted turtles. They are so cute and I love their little noses. They do not bite. One of them is a boy. You can tell because his tail is shorter and his claws are shorter. The other is a female. You can tell because the female has longer claws to dig her nest and has a longer tail so she can pat the nest after laying. Most of the hatchlings will be females, because they can dig their way out easier with longer claws. Males will still make it but not as many as the females.
You can tell how old they are from the stripes on the plastron or tummy. Each stripe is about a month old. They haven't eaten anything yet, but I think after about 3 days they will eat.
They are very friendly to play with and we go out on the back yard on my grass.
Here are some pictures:
