I wonder how they tolerate the shell rot in the wild.

Better buy those 3 inch specimens, they are more hardy and you can differentiate them whether they are healthy or not. Those 50cent sized ST might already have MBD which may cause death in months and its more challenging to take care of them.

Guys ... finally I can capture 2 images of my both tortoise ... Take a look !!

MBD means?

is there diff species of ST as some shell are black back and some are yellow back?? like most ST pics i see were black back wif yellow lines and not vice-versa... especially de adults one... are they diff??

Do your tortoises get tired of a particular vegie? My Star is bored of sawi... no mood to eat sawi.... but once I chop some Opuntia cactus, grape leaves and romaine lettuce, straight away eat.... if I mix the sawi, he won't wanna eat hahahah....

happens.. a male of mine won't take leafy greens anymore. usually can feed them with grape leaves, hibiscus, grass & pellets, sometimes supermarket greens. now he's basically living on lady's finger and pellets. not good, but since it seems that he'd rather starve for a week than eat leafs, got no choice. got to gradually reform him.

i think uzairi's whole collection is facing the same problem now.

what is the maximum size and weight of start tortise???

thanks for your information. i asking bcoz plan to get a pair

whats a tuntung?

i don know if this quote would help u in any way Hate_Myself, but here it is...

"If a painted turtle's shell is chipped, or broken, the shell will not grow back completely but scar tissue will be formed. The scar tissue will not take the exact shape of the original shell but will provide protection that is as strong as that of the original shell. If the tip of their tail is cut off, they will grow it back eventually. Some people carve designs into their turtles, this hurts the turtle, and can lead to a deadly infection and kill the animal. Painting the shell can cause eventual deformity of the shell."

Yeah i think is funfus infection of something....maybe not enough sun light?

I'm a beginner in this so.....they live in a beginners 'cage',the most common type and the water is filtered water,the only thing they don't have is sun light or the UVB,i think that's the reason why that became like that......after knowing some diseases and it's remedy,now i'll put them outside my house everyday to have enough sun light and also maybe to dry off the fungus...it's ok to do that right?

erm..hello everyone,
i had a 1 cute small tortoise.
can i know how to check is the tortoise is male or female ? 
my little tortoise is lonely now and need to in love. 

depends on which turtle you're trying to differentiate...

anyhow, for general sexing purposes:

i) males have concave plastron, females have flat plastron
ii) males have long front nails, females long hind nails
iii) cloaca on males closer on tip of tails, cloaca on females closer to body. males usually have longer tails

(the simple logic for the above traits on males are to help them mount females)

other methods:

i) in most species, females are bigger than males. so if any specimens had already exceeded male size, high probability is female.
example: Star tortoise - males are normally no bigger than 7-8 inch, females get up to 11-12 inch. However in species such as Orlitia borneensis and those from Heosemys genus, males are usually bigger (from experience with H. grandis and H. spinosa)

ii) coloration:
males more often have brighter color, especially during breeding season. Example: male C.borneoensis had solid red 'hat', male B. baska are deep black. Their female counterparts had much duller coloration:

please note that juveniles are usually not sexually dimorphic, so if any seller tells you how to differentiate baby RES through the color of their carapace, please smack them.

fellow forumers please add if i miss out anything.

hey, anyone raring snake neck a.k.a long neck turtle?

yes. but this is big one. hehe...

wah you also interested in tortoise also.. erm i do have 1 big tortoise at my house. But i don know what breed also. I keep as pet mainly because it walk in my house, don know where it come la... he just simply come in my house only 

Any Star Tortoise keeper can post some star tortoise picts here ??

Golden Thread Turtle. Beautiful or Ugly?



She's a god's work tainted with human faults.

do any of you guys have Cyclemis oldhami in possession

Nooooo.... since when Star Tortoise eat insects??? They are vegetarians, herbivores lah.

Which caresheet in the Internet tells you to feed mealworms?

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