LEVIATHAN

The res you are refering to is Red-eared Slider -Trachemys scripta elegans I presume

Even thou the male may/may not start showing interest towards female but I am 100 % that female at 4 inch - 6 inch will not lay eggs even if mated / not mated to

From what I know RES 's male only grow longer nails thicker longer tail and no concave plastron

Have you got another species or ???? I would love to see your RES's concave plastron
PLS do post their pics
THANKS in advance

dear SAMPERTH,
ya ya res is red eared slider. i pwn them 4. and oh that's good if the female wont produce any egg in near future. i love to have a pastel res. haha. but absolutely not now. im not ready. i dont have neither a basking lamp, nor sand for eggs. later later.

about concavity of the male res' plastron. maybe im wrong but the word concave means curving in or hollowed inward. and i do believe that plastron of a male res, do concave. and here is a link to confirm this. i have pictor of them, but not the plastron. hehe.

Are the four RES your first RES or have you had other RES before as I have seen many adult RES be them Male or female NO male RES has a concave plastron
That link is just teaching you to sex M and F turtle in general not just slider species
Pls do post your RES 's plastron pic (the concave part ) would really love to see that (eye opener )

Thanks

Impressas, impressas, impressas.

Yeah, my male RES doesnt have that concave body either.

Nice impressa you have there, and i pressume you are hans ?

That is correct. Do you keep impressas as well?

Cheers

anyone from penang island~?help me.im searching for star tort~

My Star Tortoise is sick!

I think it got flu? Or bitten by something?

- Nose is watery and comes bubble (could be flu)
- Always sleeping for 2 days without eating
- Eyes is always sleeping, watery
- Don't want to eat
- After opening eyes for few seconds, it goes back to sleep
- Sometimes it walks with eyes closed.

any tort doctors advise?

This post has been edited by hivemy: Feb 22 2007, 09:45 AM

Watery Nose could also mean allegeric to small dust particles stuck in nose

But bubbles only mean flu - Runny Nose Syndrome (RNS)

Could be easy to treat if preventive measure like vitamin given regularly

High humidity in tropical monsoon season usually cause species from drier area have RNS

And the eye are they sunken or puffy and watery too ???

Yeah, the eyes are watery too!

So what should I really do to help my tort?

I 'm Impressed very Impressed with one of the rarest tortoise in captivity in the world

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Added on February 22, 2007, 10:44 amI need more information like where are the tortoise kept , in and on like in fish tank on saw dust as substrate or ????
If just allergic to dust particle easier to reticfied than if RNS caused by bacterial/fungal/viral infection





This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Feb 22 2007, 10:44 AM

i kept my tort indoor in my kitchen on the floor beside a wall. it's in a basket covered with newspapers. it's not covered. i'm afraid it might be bitten by mosq sometimes. that's all

hivemy, you'll have to get a tank for your tort. Get a basking lamp as well if you don't have time to sunbath your tort. From what I see in the pics you posted, I assume you must have it for sometime already? The shell formation and underfed look plus the sickness is because it hasn't been getting enough sunlight and warmth. Btw would like to know what have you been feeding it?

erm...i just bought 2 green tortise...donno wat species are they.

i have a problem now. they seems don want to eat...how can i treat them?

tqtq

yea, i bought him some 1-2 years ago i can't remember.

i usually feed him all kind of veges i have in my fridge. sometimes he eat ladies finger, bayam, sawi, carrots, long bean etc.

hope u don't mind to followup in my main thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/416494

thanks for the advise!

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Added on February 22, 2007, 10:09 pmmaybe they are still trying to get use with their new home?

mine doesn't really want to eat at first. maybe because the food is too big (i bought them when they're babies), so i break the turtle stick into half so that they can eat.

right now, they're almost 10cm long. eating & eating. quite a worry if it grows bigger & bigger how big can a green turtle grows??

This post has been edited by hivemy: Feb 22 2007, 10:09 PM

i think they are still not used to the new home.
now they are only about 5-6cm long

what do you feed them? i feed them turtle stick since day 1. they will eat it soon or later if there is no food..

i feed them with turtle stick and also kangkung...but seems they don eat it yet
i will try another sunbath session tomorrow morning

I dont keep impressas for now, maybe in the future.

I supposed they are Red Eared Slider.

It takes some time for them to get used with their new environment. Dont worry about that.

Well then, you know who to look for