Yes they are different, I still harbor a few every year, couple of us have never stopped since we were kids, I have learned a lot about them, some are very common, like the snapper, I had fun raising those, all of the ones I've raised from hatchlings were easy to handle, friendly and very gentle when taking food from your hand. When I let them go, as they need to be free due to their size, it was cool to think about how they'll probably outlive me !
I like the young hatchlings, both painted and snapping turtles lay eggs on our land, residents of our big pond, you know those snappers seem to all come out at once and not uncommon to find a dozen of them laying eggs, digging holes. Skunks like to eat the eggs so if it does not rain, most if not all the nests get wiped out, if it rains they can't pick up the scent to find the fresh eggs, so some years lots will hatch, other years not, so we take some and make nests in sunny areas on the lawn, 90 days later, fresh hatchlings, friends kids seem to really enjoy observing them as do we. They're cute, don't do a heck of a lot but swim, eat and sun, really not much work to provide what they need to live.
Ones I keep I just use a fish tank, set up for them, way overfiltered, keep the excess food cleaned up and the tank/filters cleaned as needed, not a whole lot of work to keep little ones, the shells on painted turtles are very colorful if you can set em up outside for the summer, direct sunlight is the best thing for em, though you can use UV B lighting indoors, when I seem em basking on their pad, it reminds one a little of summertime, after a year or so, I let em go and get new ones, been a hobby for years. I find they are not much for being handled, best left to be observed.
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