If the star tortoise turn turtle around 1 hour, izzit fine for them ?

Not that good , and if gravid female involved worse !!!!!!!

Years ago I gave Kaytee land tortoise pellets.... but then the protein was high, then switch to ExoTerra's land tortoise pellets but only give once a week.

How to feed timothy hay? Well, I have loads of that at home but when I place in my star's tank, it won't touch, more like hide underneath or use it as bedding to sit. Do you soak the hay? Chop it up?

put them in blender, add some water and blend, then mix the blended hay with pellets. or just mix the two together and blend, though the blender would a little messy with the 2nd method (sticky pellet/hay mixture). blended hay can be stored for later use (dry it and soak when feeding), however blended hay/pellet mixture won't be fresh for long.

can also change the mixture to grape/hibiscus leaves/grass to make them appeal more to the tortoises.

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Added on September 27, 2007, 1:17 pm

just wanna share a pic of my friend's pardalis forcing himself on an underaged radiata..

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added on October 1st:

DISCLAIMER: PLEASE PREVENT INTER-SPECIES COPULATION FROM HAPPENING AMONG YOUR TORTOISES/TURTLES.

if the eggs are fertile, they would produce hybrids. hybrid chelonians are undesirable (they dillute the genes of original species) and are shunned upon by naturalist. please be noted.

This post has been edited by camillenoir: Oct 1 2007, 07:52 PM

Camillenoir do really have some 'exotic' picture collection.

p/s: Did you taste the blended hay with pellets mixture camillenoir ?

since uzairi like exotic pics so much, i guess i'll drop in a couple more





i posted them somewhere else before, so some of us might have seen it

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hay+tortoise pellets taste like pellets LOL, the hay taste being overwhelmed by pellet taste. exoterra pellets taste like wheat cookies. gex pellets smells like candy and taste like cod liver oil. yucky, but the torts love em. i asked my friend to bring in mazuri, see if he bring in next week.

hey, what will came out is the radiated is mature and she lay eggs out??
haha... imagine...

the male is trying to show him strong to pikat the female right?? bite bite... haha

This post has been edited by dai86: Sep 29 2007, 12:01 AM

sorry can anyone tell me the chinese name of SAWI??? ty a lot!!

the picture above. what are the turtles doing?
they make love?

sawi in mandarin is 'chai xin', or cantonese is 'choi sam'. haha.... the turtle making eggs.
haha...

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Added on September 30, 2007, 7:28 pmsawi in mandarin is 'chai xin', or cantonese is 'choi sam'. haha.... the turtle making eggs.
haha...

This post has been edited by dai86: Sep 30 2007, 07:28 PM

People translate sawi from mustard green but if mustard green then cant be "Choi sum" have to be "Gai choi"

As sawi has a few variety - sawi bunga , sawi manis , sawi pahit ...etc

Anyone please post a pic of their SAWI aka mustard green to show us all , Camillenoir , Uzairi
So others wont feed the wrong green to their tortoises THANKS

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Oct 1 2007, 06:58 AM

Gai Choi is called Bamboo Mustard Cabbage, Chinese Mustard Cabbage, Oriental Mustard Green
http://www.melissas.com/catalog/index.cfm?...id=177&Info=YES

I use sawi, in US it is called Yu Choy Sum
http://www.melissas.com/catalog/index.cfm?...id=202&Info=YES
This veggie got 20% calcium

Some pictures of sawi from the internet.




Taken from http://www.nandyala.org


Mustard green family


I will post the actual photo when i buy them tomorrow. Now finished already.

is this mustard green sawi?? i bought it from carefour as "sawi pahit". . .

that's kai choy.. a type of sawi too.

the turtles are copulating, but i'm not sure if there's any love involved (humans are also able to copulate without love wahahaha)

#not making eggs, as eggs are produced by females and fertilized by males' semen. sometimes un-copulated females too can pop out dud eggs.

i edited post #1996 to prevent backlash

This post has been edited by camillenoir: Oct 1 2007, 07:48 PM

hi all..i'm net here. i juz bought a pair of Orange Headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys grandis) from camillenoir. i have a 3' long aquarium. i juz need more info on the setup..currently the turtles are doing fine in that aquarium. i did the basic thing. maybemsul i should get the water filter. any advice or suggestions for me? thanks

This post has been edited by TrutH_SeeKeR: Oct 2 2007, 10:31 AM

hi guys..

help me identify what species is this tortoise? it belongs to my neighbor next door. They juz moved in few months ago.. she kept it ever since she was 10 years old n now she is 65years old.. so i presume the turtle is like 70 plus eh? the reason why i fell in love with turtles cos i used to look at the huge turtle frm my windows every morning. it's huge.


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OMG, my friend's star turtle worth 80RM also being stole????can it be any worst? anyone sharing the same experience?? he is so sad..

water filter is a must, unless you want to clean the aquarium frequently. . best type is canister filter, but those overhanging filter box will do fine. other than that, like i told you, a basking spot for them to dry themselves off and for heat. the best timing is 12 hours a day, during the day.

assuming you're going to keep them indoors (out of direct sun), you can either install uvb lighting or opt for vitamin D3 supplement. commercially available (in malaysia) turtle pellets that contains vitamin D3 includes wardley's. reptomin, gex (that japanese one ). and sun them at least once a week for 15 minutes.

(frankly i'm not fond of the idea of using uvb, as uvb output would be reduced after an uncertain period and need to be replaced. basically, manufacturers state that replacement must be done after 6-10 months, but no exact uvb output reduction graph is the same between 2 bulbs. hatchlings especially, would suffer from prolonged periods without vitamin D3, as they need it to absorb calcium that are essential in their growth )

Asian Brown Tortoise, Manouria emys emys. yeah, they are wonderful.


yeah.. it could get much worse...

anyway, i hope that he'll find the star tortoise back..

good morning

thanks for the info camillenoir..i did exactly what u told me yesterday..i've done some research too over the net on stuff like food and lighting setup. and the importance of it. my aquarium is at the sitting area under the porch..and it is very cosy and shaddy. i still need to get the proper lighting as suggested. However, juz to let u know, i do have plans to let the turtles be outdoor ..i mean my house do have a small pond at the garden, but currently it is juz filled with teratais and some other plants. we left it vacant after our koi fish died several months ago. at what age should i let go the little heosemys grandis off to the pond?

oh yeah by the way..gotta mention here too..we do have a regular visitor from this guy who will come to our pond quite regularly perhaps for a bask at 10.30 am. he will be at his favourite spot. my question now is, is it safe to let this "guy" be friends with my turtles one day? i know u must be wondering where i am staying to have this guy coming to visit us twice a week..i am staying in petaling jaya..no hutan whatsoever nearby..or any unattended house around. it really amazed me tho' .. but civets are quite popular around here.

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