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

They might chew on the silicon surface which are accessible to them the best they can do to the tank's silicon are to claw them out but RES and Boxie are not strong enough (both type of Snapper on the other hand are strong enough to clawed out the silicon holding the tank )

Nice how big is it ??

Is protected and you need license to rare it

Let me guess yours is a female right

If not sure post pic and we will help you out in sexing it

http://www.malaysiafauna.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=227


I found this in another forum with pics on sexing Manouria emys

Was it a Manouria emys emys or Manouria emys phayrei

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Mar 2 2007, 10:42 PM

It is a sea turtle My friend

Green Sea Turtle - Chelonia mydas to be exact so cant buy or keep legally

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Mar 21 2007, 07:00 PM

Why bother bringing them back to Sarawak when I believe they (red eared slider)are available in almost every fish shop

Not like in Australia no Red Eared Slider in any pet shop (ban from import ) many many years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian_Pig-nose_Turtle

Pig-nose Turtle , Fly River Turtle - Scientific name is Carettochelys insculpta

Aquatic species and get large more than 18 inches

HughieRmX
Stool - Poo , shit , waste ...etc
So where is the blood coming from ???

As you say they lay before did they lay in water or on land
Land if unburied for an hour or two , eggs will be lost
Water worst lost in a matter of minutes

If on land eggs if unburied the air will dry the egg and kill the embyro
If in water the embyro will drown as simple as that

HughieRmX

Yours is turtle (mostly water base) as you mention green one
His is Tortoise (land base)

Yours in aquarium tank with water to prevent ants his is either outside on lawn or in enclousure with no water to keep ants at bay LOL

camillenoir

Nice specimen you got there and real big too How long have you had her for ?? and can you share how you keep her (diet , enclosure ...etc ) THANKS

Thanks for sharing would love to keep some when chances arise

I think other than the Softshell that are bred for commercial sale the rest are " can see but not for sale "

I think there might be many backyard breeder that breed a few species for sale but sales are thru private sale and by word of mouth only

Who knows as when there are demand and price not too bad there will be supply ( imported , smuggled or breeding ) to satisfied the demand

Indotestudo elongata - Elongated Tortoise

A tortoise native to Peninsular Malaysia and mainland Asia

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: May 13 2007, 08:07 PM

camillenoir
Nice snapper turtle , yours or pic taken in some shop as display

The scutes on the back rised up like many little pyramid
Reason for that
- Some due to genetic
- Diet induced
- Poor husbandry upkeep

Alligator Snapper - Marochelys temminckii How big / long and How much is that guy being offered for ?

THANKS

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Jun 28 2007, 08:04 PM

The above in Hong 123's pic is definitely a
Alligator Snapper - Marochelys temminckii and not a common snapper

It is illegal to keep any species of sea turtle !!!!! Be warned

But just for your information they can be de-saline over a period of time to be kept in freshwater But their shell will suffer !!!!!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Jun 29 2007, 11:50 AM

In Sabah only RM 1 per piece LOL can buy 5 with same amount