want to ask for ur opinion what price i will put to sell pnt 1.5 feet......please help

male bro

want to ask for ur opinion what price i will put to sell pnt 1.5 feet......please help

wahhh damn so high price.......its that true......

I saw some yellow-bellied slider/River cooter for sale at RM48. Size is 2 and half inches.

Another species (which the price caught my attention!!) is the Chinese stripe-necked turtle/ Golden thread turtle which is being sold at RM28. 2 inches too.

Okay, the reason that I'm looking at these turtles is that currently I have a RES and is looking to expand my collection. I'm searching for variety actually.

So my question is:

1) Is the price reasonable for such species?..

2) Since I already have a RES, are these two species of turtle too similar to the RES? Or would sifu/Guru here recommend that I look at other species for varieties? Like I mentioned above, I'm would prefer to have a species not too similar to RES (to me i think the yellow-bellied slider is quite similar to RES).

So, currently, I'm also considering venturing into keeping tortoise. Hope that Guru and Sifu here can provide some helpful input to my above queries.

thank you thank you sifu samperth!!!!      

yes, after careful consideration, maybe tortoise may not b so suitable, unless its Greek or Russian...

for turtle, i can at least get the big blue plastic tank to accomodate the size.

looks like yellow bellied seem to b the better choice as per sifu's advise. RM48 for 2 incher not too steep?..i know tat Exoreptiles in KL also selling at around RM50, but dunno the size.

quite hard to find good variety of species here in kuching. so pretty much limited to a few fish shop for supplies.

Ok so here's the current problem with my RES. Scutes on her bottom half are peeling off. One of them has peeled completely and reveals... bone? I'm not sure if that's what it is, but it doesn't look good. The weird thing is that it only affects the bottom half of the scutes, the top half look fine. I also noticed one of its legs jerking violently while basking.

Other than that, she is doing fine. Good appetite, loves basking, and very tame. 6" SCL and about 3 years old.

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Opinions?

What I think is the "bone" is the 2nd-rightmost scute in photo #1. Researched more and think that maybe it's a fungus-infested scute?

I'll peel the rest and take more photos when I get back to them on Monday.

Hi Sifu2
My tortoise lay egg last night. . any idea how to care to hatch the egg?
Tq

Not sure which species but its the normal green coloured tortoise sold in most aquarium shop.  Bought it more than a year ago about bigger than size of 50¢ Coin now about 8"-10" pair.

Is it ok to make available too much vegetables? My RES can't seem to stop eating romaine leaves...

Hi All Sifus,

Please assist me to determine the gender of these tortoises.

Pic 1 - 4 are Leopard, and Pic 5 - 6 are Sulcata.

Thank you in advance.. 

Bro mozambique, what SAMPERTH meant is
1 - Male
2 - can't see from the pic
3 - female
4 - Male..

Mr Samperth, is there any pet shop@ aquarium in tawau? i managed to find one in Kubota Square, but they only sell dogs...tq in advance

Hi Sifu,

I have a question over here.

When I bought my 2 star tortoises, they were about about the same size. The difference was only about 0.5 inch with the male bigger in size.

After 8 months, the male has grown another inch (about 2.5 cm), but the female has only grown 0.4 cm. Now when I look at them, I can see the difference very obviously.. 

The female is actually eating fine. Only thing is she has sprayed legs. I also notice the male has a nicer shell.

What is the reason/ cause for this slow growth in the female star? 

Tq in advance.

Hi SAMPERTH,

The male is about 6 inches (15cm) and female is about slightly over 5 inches (12.8cm). Length is not the only difference. The width is very obvious as well.

I will post up the latest pic of them side by side later when I am back home.

I am not 100% sure, just based on what I read online and by the seller.

Attached is the pic I took on July 2012.

Cheers.. 

Hi SAMPERTH,

The male is about 6 inches (15cm) and female is about slightly over 5 inches (12.8cm). Length is not the only difference. The width is very obvious as well.

I will post up the latest pic of them side by side later when I am back home.

I am not 100% sure, just based on what I read online and by the seller.

Attached is the pic I took on July 2012.

Cheers.. 

How do humping & raming cause one to be smaller in size? The male will only push the female away during feeding time.

I have attached the only suspected humping pic I have (took by my gf). 

Due to the obvious size difference, I always let the female eat first for about 10 minutes before I entice the male to eat. It is easy to do so as the male is much shy as compared to the female who will always crawl to the food first.. 

I will show the latest pic tonight.

Tq for your advice, SAMPERTH.. 

Uh Hi all, I am new in tortoise, can help me details what tortoise eat?