http://redfoottortoise.com/index.htm



Above link from http://turtlerescues.com/care_sheets.htm under Care sheet , look up red footed !!

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Tropics sp get more chance to encounter carrion and bugs in the wild so feeding them similar in captive wont do much harm (I think ) !!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Sep 14 2010, 01:29 PM

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Ya like camillenoir say they and a few other local sp are not the easiest as WC adult !!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Sep 25 2010, 05:17 AM

Its a Malaysian "Red-footed" Turtle @ Spiny Turtle !! Its death rate is very high as a WC !!

Not now but can be " trained" over the years to be used to our humid condition YES !!

Even adult can get used to it and stayed outdoors 24/7 most of the time with proper shading and maybe a heat source (especially during prolong raining non-stop for a few days ) when the ground dont get a chance to become dry !!

Takes time !! But some are more shy and thus need more time !!

Beach sand is free !! But many mesh size out there depending on where you get them and what your intention !!

Filter sand are expensive and more abrasive I think !!

Wow !!

How are they now ? SOLD ?

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Added on October 30, 2010, 10:13 pmI prefer tortoise over turtle breeding/ venture due to water management ....etc
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Sulcata ?? How hard is that sp ?

Now my 6 year old son is in-charge of his "sulcata big brother" (Male is 7+ yrs bought as hatchling) and his wife (bought as WC adult @15" June 2008 )
This pair lives at home !!
1st clutch somewhere December 2009 - 30/?? eggs (never found the nest only found 30 hatchlings when they hatch )
2nd clutch March 2010 - 18/21 eggs
3rd clutch September 2010 - ??/31 eggs

I believe the Female is from a huge Sulcata shipment sometime back in April or May 2008 Paid RM 5xxx for her to pair up with my lone Male sulcata



This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Oct 30 2010, 10:13 PM

Cherries - mine the Males started humping when about 5 inches One of the Female started laying tiny eggs at about 7 inch and viable before she reaches 8 inch (I think not 100% sure )
Now at about 10.5 inches she(that paticular F laid first and my biggest ) average 3 clutch of 6-8 eggs each per season (at least from 2009 till now )
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But my first batch of cherries bought as uneven carapace 3 inchers they could be older than their actual size !!

Why your friend say Sulcata is hard to breed ?? But our "Fatboy" is saying the same he got a pair larger than mine around end 2008 or early 2009 (you seen them ? these 2 free roaming in his yard ) Humping and eating every so often , just no eggs !!

This one the first clutch of tortoise eggs for 2010 (as written on the egg laid 05/01/2010)

Hatches out about 100 days later in mid-April
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Enjoy

Sure !! Will pass your regards .

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Added on November 1, 2010, 7:24 amThat orchard of his ?? I really like his water source but hate the deep slope LOL But sure cool no doubt !!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Nov 1 2010, 07:24 AM

Ya most of them unless its the X00-th eggs for that sp or lesser value sp like Elongata....etc !!

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Above is a picture from inside one of my "incubator" - eggs from 4 sp (S,Y,Elo n unmark )

Which one you meant ? - the unmark one in a seperate container ?? Black elephant footed LOL

Aldabras I dont have any !! Shhhhhhhhh

S=Sulcata
Y=Yni
Elo=Elongata
unmark = Not Manouria !!

Cherries morph working on them - soon to arrive !!

Ivory and Albino Sulcata already part of the clan just not breedable yet but soon !!

Got a hypo of some sort of M.emys emys now working on it (almost adult M ) need proofing if non-visual produced at laid (will take bloody long time for that ) !!

S's I posted right n you mention I weigh all my eggs ? But heres 1 more of the S
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The Y's I did not make any pictures this year But heres one taken last year !!
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Thanks , BTW what sp you keeping ?

Early this year I exchange 2 bigger Yni with 2 smaller one from Fatboy (He top-up with some RM ) I think I got their picture somewhere - will post the picture of the smaller 2 if i find it !!

Fatboy say he got them from LV (if you get what I am hinting)

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Added on November 2, 2010, 10:05 amOK but that setup is good for any reptilian eggs be them hard-shelled or soft-shelled !!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Nov 2 2010, 10:05 AM

I think he say he got them early 2008 at about 2 inch
Between 4-5 inch now

Ask Azazel
He saw them in person before !!

The one I send him are 9+ to 10 inch !!

So far no eggs laid either from Yellow foot or emys of any colour !! But his mom's I star managed to lay and hatch 6 babies early this year !!

Only eggs he touch or seen before are some brown emys (I send him gravid F ) and some Red footed ( Gravid F bought )

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I think he might be able to see or touch some sulcata eggs pretty soon as he say his F sulcata sniffing around being restless !!




This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Nov 2 2010, 01:41 PM

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Did they "kempis " more ? Got them for about 6 mths now !! The other 3 are some of last year's last clutch , the Sulcata are trade-back after owner abuse them with wrong diet !!

As for my avatar - Its Sarawakian Malaysian to be exact and they have laid eggs So should be getting both Homos and Hets soon !!

Eggs from Albino mom - 7 eggs from 3 clutch
Eggs from wild form Mom - xx eggs from 30 clutch

Thanks !!