When walking a carbonemys backwards towards a turret it takes less damage towards the carbonemys , making draining a turret more efficient.

Before knocking out a turtle to tame it, magnifying glass it to see the base health so you know that you will get a good health turtle.

When backing it up to drain turrets, set it to follow something that's in a safe place before you hop on. That way if you get sniped off the saddle your turtle will follow whatever animal to safety.

I like turtles

The carbonemys is perhaps one of the best creatures to tame in the early game, and provides decent protection against dilos and lone raptors. The carbonemys can easily be knocked out with a slingshot, and even a survivor with base movement speed can outrun one, making it one of the easiest tames for the early game. Not only can it carry a lot, it can be used a bait for taming (or escaping) big carnivores that would love to eat you and you (amazing pink dodo) for a snack.
PROS
Amazing for early game
Bulky
Can carry lots of stuff
An easy source of meat, keratin, hide, and XP for early game players

CONS
Really slow on land
Gets stuck on stuff a lot
Makes annoying wailing noises all the time

When trying to tame jump on its back so it can't damage you and it can't run away so fast effective knockout

Ride it backwards towards auto turrets to drain the ammunition.

Dank Tanks

When using a turtle in a raid, carry it with a quetzal while a rider is mounted to drain those hard to reach turrets. Always raise health on a turtle if it's meant for draining turrets!!

Look for turtles with 5000+ health in wild for a decent war/breed turtle

If your new, hang out with these guys until you have a shelter. I did that when I was starting out and it saved me and my dodo from a scorpion.

Due to a recent update of turrets are set to players only the turtle loses its full potential as the turrets will target the person riding it rather than the turtle

Extremely dangerous apex predator, avoid at all cost

When I first tamed one I was really really really really stupid and didn't know how to use narcs so I punched it to keep it unconscious. It worked

Name him Salami, as he has a very strong appearance but a soft heart. Aim for the head, not the shell, he likes his shell. He likes giving free rides if you manage to get on his shell. Tell him his homie Merk sent ya. ~Tundra

Before knocking the carbo out, make sure that there are no other carbos around otherwise the others will attack you when they see you knocking a carbo out

When fighting any beach predators, run twoards the earest turtle. The turtle will save you.

If you are too lazy to tame but need an effective small creature defense hop on one's back in the wild and some small creatures will hurt it instead of you.

They changed the turtle it can no longer soak turrets this happened long before the date on this tip ):

When in need of large amounts of keratin most tribes will hunt turtles. Just remember to aim for weak points such as the legs and exposed neck to maximize damage.