Turtle baby story

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:

pluses , minuses and my animals

pluses addition

14+14=28

8+8=16

6+6=12

4+4=8

2+2=4

8+5=13

13+13=26

16+16=32

minuses now subtraction

1-1=0

14-14=0

5-2=3

17-5=12

5-1=4

14-4=10

16-7=9

8-4=4

now animals

I have 30 animals at my house , one of them is a leopard gecko I feed him 10 big crickets every day

.I love to play with my guinea pigs ( 2 of them ) and my bunny ( 1) , I have a dog at my house. I like going to the beach and marches hill to throw the ball and play with her. I love to play with my frogs to , I love their nice, soft and slimy backs ( I have 6 of them ). I can't wait until April when I can catch bugs for my frogs. I have a lot of fish , like neon tetras (3) , guppies (4), sunfish ( 1), beta fish (2) and goldfish (7). I also have 3 turtles , the fastest turtle is skipperdy  

Ladybugs

Today I learned about ladybugs to be precise I learned about the Asian lady beetle Ladybugs are so beautiful and I love looking at them and playing with them. Ladybugs have round shape and have many dots on top of them today I found a ladybug in my church yesterday and today I counted her little dots and she had 15 dots. Ladybugs favorite food is aphids. Farmers led ladybugs going to their gardens in their crops sometimes even on purpose to prevent all the aphids of destroying their gardens because the ladybugs love to eat the aphids they just take care of them. I have seen ladybugs in my backyard laying eggs in the spring last spring their tiny beautiful orange dots almost looking like eggs really pretty.

The Antlion

An Antlion is a dragonfly larva.

To eat he digs a hole in the sand and then waits for insects to come in. After they fall in and struggle to climb out, the antlion snaps them up. When it becomes a nymph it also eats tadpoles.

But when the frog grows up, it eats the dragonfly.

I love dragonflies because they land on my finger when I stand still.

Goldfish

Taking care of your goldfish

First you want about a 10 gallon tank. Never put a Goldfish in a tank that is too small with other fish. Make sure your goldfish has the right food. Also your goldfish tank needs to be clean. If your tank has real plants it will help your goldfish breath. Giving to much goldfish food to your goldfish will make its tank dirty. Only give your goldfish goldfish food night and day, Only a pinch of goldfish food. If you see any bruises on your goldfishes skin call the vet. Your goldfish needs hiding places to hide. Buy your goldfish from a good pet store. If you see an active goldfish with fins pointing strait up that is a good one to pick. A goldfish you win as a prize may not be healthy. You need a filter in your tank to filter the water. When you get a goldfish in a bag put the bag in the tank for around 20 minutes to make the water temperature the same in the bag  as the temperature in the tank. Then you can free your goldfish. Only remove your goldfish with a net never with your hands. Their scales will become less smooth and the fish will not be able to swim. Clean your tank once a week.


Goldfish
 Goldfish eggs are like little jelly balls. A goldfish can live up to 25 years. a mother goldfish can lay 1000's of eggs. The different parts of the goldfish are: Tail for swimming, Smooth body for swimming, scaly skin for protection, Eyes for seeing, Fins for steering,Breaking and balancing, Gills for breathing the oxygen in the water, Mouth for tasting ,eating and drinking. 




Source: A pets life: Goldfish