Hi guy.... i m back.... hoho i alive again, SO RUN EVERBODY RUN EVERBODY!!!!   
eni1 still remember me??? the no 1 handy man...    ... this few month i take a long break to 4get my 2 little poor star tortoise.  .......

nice set up..for the RES in the 1st post.. how do u make the basking place? wut is that? somekind of floating thing

Be careful of impaction even thou some of the very small pieces are excreted with their poo I believe some still remain inside

Fine Sand which are smaller than the small pieces of loose styrofoam you mention and some but not all are always excreted with their poo in all Chelonian kept outdoors
No matter how fine the sand are they still cause impaction

All the best

Silicon might cause a problem too when the turtle chew them.

Nice setup...........   

Yang ni lagi ganas!!    !! so nice, u must each me in future..... i like this setup more compare to the RES tank  .
Waa... where u buy it??? and how much???    look so cute ler if masak asam pedas  hehe......
Sorry guy, this few day busy on my work, now out station in Kuala Terengganu comes here already 1 week liao ler   
Alomost everyday go to beach there kutip the serpihan batu karang (coral) and shell,    plan to put in my future aquarium. here got alot of tulang sotong (cutter fish bone), who wan it???  i can kutip for free....... cutter fish bone can give to our tortoise eat as raw calcuim la......

the current condition is great, feed once daily in the early morning with wardleys. biweekly oil their shell with gamat oil and weekly check their condition (eyes, limbs, shell) and sunbath every saturday for an hour. very active, react vigorously to a shaking food container. i feed them by hand, 1 pallet at a time. they always bite my finger, but quickly release it as they know it's finger. very tame, i can rub their head and geletek their leher like kucing. but their bites are hard and nyummy. they hardly eat vege.

you'd never believe those are red eared sliders... the temperament is amazing, can stroke heads and chins without getting bitten. have to buy a new tank to house them, cause all my other adopted res are quite aggressive (bitey bitey). kudos to leviathan, for providing love and care to his res.

p/s: i'd post some pics here afterwards...

yes, very true
all my 5 baby star die one by one. the last one just died

so sad...
i've done all i can and the necessary to keep them healthy.
they just don't want to eat

and all died with soft shell. problem is not eating the food

now left my sulcata (which touch wood, healthy)

sayasebuk, you still planning on keeping sulcata's in your father's lawn? 

they are hardier than stars, but still can't tolerate cold and humidity much. keeping them outdoor is advisable (they are active, unlike stars) but have to bring in during rainy season/night (cause we don't know if the temperature drops suddenly during night rain).

(just beware of sub-adult male sulcatas. they often get confused and likely to mount anything with shells  )

long term dream got to start now la 
asian giant ponds, callagurs, orlitias... yup i like them big ...
the cheapest is about 15k    Aldabra is can get cheaper though...
dry, but not too dry (40-50% humidity should be enough).. and not too hot either, can dehydrate them quickly. better provide gradient heating (light on one side of the enclosure) so they can regulate their body temperature. also, a bowl of water in the enclosure should help.

better use osram bulbs. rm1.50 at 7-11 

those UVs sold at LFS are most likely UVA lights, can't use on tortoises. and UV lamps don't produce enough heat for stars.

That's normal for a matured specimen. Males have longer front nails and female longer at the back.

I was referring to RES which is in captivity fyi.

Bro, how's your chelonians ?

Ya, you.

Boxie chasing ur hand might be because they are hungry ? About your res, it seems that the gamat is only good for cuts or wounds. I suggest you to try bethadine, which is good for areas infected by bacteria or fungi.  U can get them from any pharmacy which costs around rm6 plus or the betadine solution which is around rm4 plus.

Er, betadine ? Its called the yellow lotion but its different from the ones that were used. Just go at the Guardian or Watson pharmacy and ask from the people there bethadine, they'll know about it. The different between betadine and betadine solution is betadine is a cream whereas the betadine solution is in liquid form. Hope that helps.

okie dokie. so how to apply? similar to gamat method?

hey thanks bro

Is it ? Which pharmacy you went to ?