duck and turtle sharing an outdoor pond?
i have a red-eared slider turtle who is about eight years old. he’s extremely healthy and in a big filtered tank with enough room to swim comfortably, along with a basking area and heat lamp.
my housemate has a chicken with an area for her (coop, run, etc.), and suggested putting a pond in. she also wants a duck. we thought it would be cool to use the pond for the turtle during the day at times, to let him in a bigger area to swim while being able to walk around on land. he’s quite big and i’m sure the chicken or the duck wouldn’t be able to hurt him, but my only concern was duck poop in the water effecting his health! i don’t want him to get an infection or anything, you know?
any suggestions and/or personal experiences?
red-eared slider turtles are swamp animals the only problem you will have with the dirty water is that you might not be able to see him but he will be very happy you can get a pond filter that will take care of the clarity of the water (i recommend one with a UV filter that kills all the algae) oh if any thing the turtle poses more of a threat to the duck and about the duck hurting turtle the turtle can hide in his shell and bite the duck,
P.S.diseases can be easily transferred from birds to reptiles and vice versa but if both are healthy there should be no problem
