crazy la perhilitan, making a fuss until want import permit. as if they will make use of it. thats their job to check from all those who they gave license to trade, not the responsibility of the buyers to spoon feed them to do their job. stupid perhilitan people~

thanx for the explaination camil

hi everyone,

i did brought one tortoise a months ago from overseas. i never thought i will pet one of these kind of animal, but suddenly fall in love on the first sight - thanks to their cuteness

to be honest, i don't have any knowledge in this field. i don't even know what species mine is, how old is his age and other information about him. for a start, may i know what kind of species mine is originated? i will continue to learn about them based on that. thanks in advance!



From front.


From side.


From back.

hi. i hv a pair of reeves turtle to sell. interested pm me ya

Nice cute tortoise, looks like a marginated tortoise...it's just my wild guess..



This post has been edited by iminuru: Feb 16 2011, 02:25 AM

it looks like a herman tortoise if not wrong....

hi all,

i just buy a litlle softshell turtles... (labi2)

i put it inside the plastic aquarium, with a small rock...

anyone of u that have an experience to take care of it?

come and share with me

Mr Docter>> Does it open its mouth when you try to touch his nose or something? Btw how do you know it's a "he"? Shopkeeper told you...? Any traits to "read" their gender?

I have 1 terrapin currently XD Got it as my bday gift 15 years ago! So yup, she's 15 years old now...! I used to have 2, 1 male and 1 female but after about 8 years, the male 'ran away' from home. It's 'coz we usually let our terrapins go out and in of their "pool" freely (it's pretty low, they can climb out & back in on their own; especially in the morning where they know it's feeding time they'll go back inside the water). When they climb out of their water, they usually explore the house - living room, kitchen, even the bathroom - all the rooms/ places that's practically downstairs. Unfortunately back then our gate has a big hole and they were smaller. One day the male just escaped from the front gate and we didn't realize until we couldn't find him after ransacking the whole house (both of them have their own favourite 'hideout' where we can usually find them). He was gone and we learnt our lesson. My mum even walked throughout the neighbourhood but there's no trace of him. Hopefully a kind neighbour found him and take good care of him

I feed my terrapins the Nutrafin Basic terrapin pellets. Both liked it and my female terrapin had been taking the same pellet for 15 years. I used to change brand once (because they ran out of Nutrafin in the shop and I was running low on the food supply) and they don't seem to like it. Yes, they still eat but little. So when it finished, I went back to Nutrafin.

I used to feed them (fresh from market) raw prawns and boy, don't they love it. Unfortunately it's really smelly (the water and their poo); and for few days they refused to eat the pellets when I feed them (waiting for the prawns) so in the end my mum said we shouldn't give them the prawns anymore. Besides, there's more nutrients in the pellets. Sometimes we give them kangkung leaves. I give them banana and apple bits as treats (they enjoy it) but pretty rare. They poo get watery and lembik with the banana.

This post has been edited by sweet_pez: Feb 18 2011, 10:28 AM

I got both my tortoises from normal fish shop.

So which type are they? any specific names for it?

Amount = size of the RES' head.

any pictures?

Later i upoad it =D
I remember it cost me RM4 only for each.
The normal type one~

Should be RES. Bright green shell? Or the soft shelled one? That one cook soup very nice ... Joking!

oh maii you are good! it is indeed! now i can start my study about my Kuma-Kuma ( i kinda like that name )

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm..._marginata5.jpg

definitely looks like mine, but mine is slightly.... fatter?

i googled Hermann species as well, but the dorsal appearance is not the same. it pretty much look alike tho

mine is "she" i guess, based on the picture provided by the Wikipedia


no sir, my Kuma-Kuma is kinda shy (or scared? i believe its normal) when she see a finger that pointed to her head, to touch her head. she will immediately withdraw her head into her shell, but eventually the head will pop up again when she know its not a threat. how about yours? i am really excited reading your story. oh God i hope my pet will stay alive as long as yours too!

i don't keep my tortoise in the case too. i prefer her to walk freely around my bedroom (its lucky since this kind of animal don't have any strong smell ). after few days, i will identify her favorite spot and start putting her food at that place.

regarding her diet, i don't start feeding with pallet or any artificial food yet since i don't know where to start. i just give him vegetables and she loves cabbage. really loves it compared to the rest. because i don't know how this animal drink, i just dip their vege into the water and hope that the water is sufficient for their need..

Lucky guess, your tortoise should be a male marginated tortoise. It has a longer tail compared to the female marginated tortoise. You need to soak it once in every 2days for 15minutes with warm water but not hot ( for it to drink and defecate )and make sure you dry it with a clean towel.

This post has been edited by iminuru: Feb 20 2011, 08:20 PM

could you please define soak in more detail please? completely immerse the tortoise into the water? or only till what level?

Soaking is important in keeping the tortoises well hydrated, healthy, and it also keeps the tortoises digestive and urinary tracts functioning properly.Soak your tortoise in a shallow/tepid water and keep the water level low, below the tortoise's mouth and nose so that it has opportunities to drink.

Hi,

I have been feeding my sulcatas with Romaine Lectucce only. Any other types of vege I can give them?

Thanks!

yeah soaking tortoise in water helps a lot..


and wanna share the photo of my ST.. =p



This post has been edited by neTToboy: Feb 23 2011, 10:24 PM

Recent occurences in this thread seems to be is getting wayyyy out of hand, so please let me re-iterate.

All tortoises and a long list of turtles are protected under Act 716 and Act 686, please be discreet in discussing them. While there are species that could be legally procured, it is quite apparent that some species recently exposed in this forum could not and had not been acquired legally throughout the whole history of permit issuance in this country.

i know that there are still threads in the Pet Store section advertising animals illegally/without permit, but most of them are old threads dating back pre-July 2010 and are revived by people who certainly had no idea about the implications of their actions. please do get informed on the status of animals before starting discussions.

And what is this thing about bringing "tortoise a month ago from overseas" without even knowing what you are getting? It certainly smells of smuggling, as legal shipments requires scientific/binomial details on various documents. please be noted.

And yeah, i need to be anal on this matter.

hibiscus leave and flower is good also