I used to know a guy who had Kachuga Tectas. He was aiming to breed and multiply the species. Just like Astrochelys yniphoras, they are branded as CITES 1 for a reason. Most of the time, such reason is due to extinction. But he failed and the animals were released to our ecosystem instead. Thanks to the heroic efforts from a certain authority. That guy has a message to the authority: "I am sure your efforts are praised by most of our dumb and blind society because you only portray the truth BUT NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH. Thanks to you, they may now end up being an invasive species. Congrats MOFO! Now please go back home, twist your d1ck towards your damn ar$ehole and fuc.k yourself. Why? Because you deserve it."

For your fuc.king info please.

Regards

Profanity unnecessary, Azazel.

Anyway, two wrongs don't make that guy right.

1. Obviously you haven't dealt with them before. Anyway, I do not wish to extend the matter further and therefore please accept my sincere apology Admin.

2. True. Unfortunately, "what's wrong" and "what's right" are just perceptions.

Regards

before i know the real story,i keep asking y some of us really phobia with that authorities..and i even got flamed by someone here for some reason..ha3.. but when i knew the real story,i understand y..i respect all of my senior here,and i salute u for what u've been through..

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Added on July 11, 2009, 12:54 amtoday one of my tortoises passed away..i bought it a few years ago because i saw him dying at the pet shop..i named it Alpha,coz he is the first IST i have..but today he passed away not because of his sickness, but..dunno to say..actually he's not with me rite now,my sister taking care of him at my hometown..today she bring out him with other IST for basking..and when she want to take him in,he already dead..i cannot say my sister wrong,because the other three basking happily and alive..so i just accept it and calm her down..i ask forgiveness from god if i did something wrong to Alpha and didnt fulfill his need..hope he can rest now..

This post has been edited by slackerz: Jul 11 2009, 12:54 AM

i've always been telling beginners here to be discreet, to opt for animals with proper documentation, etc but even that got scorned

some moron even claimed that 'perhilitan told him' that cites animals can be kept without permits, making the impression that permits for cites 1 animals can easily be obtained, even had the 'courtesy' to tell me to update myself, etc.

well, breaking news - confiscations don't make headlines, and most of those who had problems with authorities won't bother telling their story.


This post has been edited by camillenoir: Jul 12 2009, 02:30 PM

The missus just decorated our tank.. it looks really Wow now!



compared to what it was when we first bought it..

nice tank bro..

I thought you are the one who should decorate it

My RES' lower jaw/beak is chipped.

Before:


Notice the little hole there?

After:


What I want to know is whether if it would grow back or will it stay that way forever?


I'd tried searching on Google but found nothing, yet.

I want to but I can't

that looks like the keratin part, in which will grow back in time.

question: are there any corals in the setup?

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wkkay : nice setup

(i don't have the that much initiative in setting tanks up ).

There isn't any corals. Just drift wood and a cuttlefish bone. Oh, and an ornamental bridge! Could that have chipped it?

So it's something like a finger nail that would grow back? Does it take really long?

This post has been edited by maskingtape: Jul 17 2009, 08:31 PM

finally my tiny one can climb onto the rock! i increased the water level to 2 inches now... before this it would do a backflip, as if it couldnt swim. the bigger one swims well. i slowly increased water level and going to move them to a bigger tank when i move back home

I just realized that my tortoise with a chipped beak (His name is Loti) bites anything he sees. Including a rock with jagged edges. Somehow I got a feeling that it would be very hard for that keratin to grow back. =/

Oh, and I got some live shrimps for them to chase about in the aquarium.
Loti caught one and ate it the way a snake would! The one he caught was like 1.6" long, and he's only like, 3"? 0.o

I wonder if eating something that mega would hurt his insides, since the recommended serving portions are the size of the said tortoise's head. :/

Anyone here had experiences like this?

hmm.. i brought st 2yrs ago.. sorry, not sure its legal to discuss this here..
recently, fren of mine gav me his, since he knw im having one..
this st kinda young, i notice when he is sleeping, i wake him up, his eye looks waterly... its not cloudy or anything, jus waterly and clear.. jus like human after having yaw.. is tht normal? is it disease?
unlike the old im having, i woke him up, his eye look clear, but not waterly..

another question, any vets around klang valley? will i get caught if i bring st for some treatment since its illegal now?

This post has been edited by desperadoo: Jul 18 2009, 09:16 PM

can i feed them capsicums?

rheum is completely normal. eyes do produce mucus, so as long as it is not excessive, there is nothing to worry about.



why are you asking for trouble?

as capsicums vary greatly in scoville count, the results could vary from nothing severe to very severe.


This post has been edited by camillenoir: Jul 18 2009, 10:07 PM

hi guys, i've been researching abt stars since i am taking care of one at the moment...
i mostly heard that star tortoise have to be kept in a dry environment and to watch out from humidity as it can effect them badly, but the other day i came across another website which was explaining how star tortoise in india actually live hidden in the humid jungle and come out to dry spots just to bask... thats when they are normally caught to be sold afters... is this info right?
cos i tried keeping my star in a dry and warm environment, with uvb light, infrared light... i keep it in a wooden box i made but i did not add a hiding cave cos else my star just sleeps in it all the time and does not recieve any uvb light... i do soak it once a day and it also has a water plate in the box...
also feeding is pretty hard cos it would not even touch the pellets and barely touch other types of veggies, it only seems to like french beans (which i know are high in prot, therefore i gave it a break) and pumpkin T_T
i really want my tort to keep going... sigh... but the mortality rates scare me like hell...
anybody got some good tips for me :-)

well, obviously i am asking for opinions before taking any actions as i am not sure. that is what forums are for isn't it, asking for opinions/share thougts, etc? since i've read that peppers are allowed, what about capsicums?

http://www.redearslider.com/plants.html

Try cutting the foods and mix em together( More veggies then beans ). Mine seems to be doing good with it.

How about basking.. how often did you bask them?