Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:10 am Re: Cousin's turtle not moving hind legs
From your picture it appears his leg it turned backwards. Is it always in this position. Can he lay both hind legs flat on the ground. I'm going more with the malformed. Personally if you just bought it from a pet store they should have never sold you that turtle. They should have known that isn't normal. Most baby turtles know how to swim and walk very quickly, just look at sea turtles as soon as they hatch they make a mad dash for the ocean to avoid predators. I would take the turtle back, if it is malformed it will have a difficult life.
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