Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:44 pm
If you keep a turtle in too small a space with adequate nutrition (but many people overfeed), light, warmth, etc., it will grow no matter what. It will, however, not have enough space to swim/exercise and is likely to become fat (obviously not healthy for it). If you keep a turtle in too small a space but don't give it what it needs to grow, it will stay a small but sickly turtle. Either way, the turtle will have a less than happy life (and more than likely a shortened one).