Sure or not ? Coz there's juvenile and adult burmese mountain. Ask them, if they say emys emys then its a burmese mountain tortoise. Ally snapper also eat any meat if u teach them from baby. They actually have hatchling ally in stock, just wanna wait till lots of ppl searching for them and they will stock in the shop and hike the price. Usual tactics.

Depends on the quality of the specimens. If u tak tahan u can take it, if not u can wait as there's gonna be more choices later on.

ah.... cause i thought it is sulcata

this is the 5 new giants i m talking about

Manouria emys

which is larger, burmese mountation tortoise or sulcata?

This post has been edited by sayasebuk: Oct 13 2006, 11:36 AM

http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/burmmtortoise.htm

The Burmese Mountain Tortoise is generally considered the fourth largest land tortoise in the world. It is second in size only to Geochelone sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise) among the mainland tortoises, reaching maximum weights of close to 100 lbs.

wahlao
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If no food is offered, they may well try a tentative bite or nip to see if a finger or toe is tasty. Watch out, they can bite very hard!
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P.S.
later today i've to send my bubu back to hometown for my dad...
farewell

This post has been edited by titansulcata: Oct 13 2006, 12:19 PM

They are more black compared to a sulcata. That's why i wonder.

Dont worry about titan, he's sure gonna be fine.

why send back? ur dad what's to take care of it? make sure you teach him the do's and dont's

- judging from the photo, most probably your Tortue suffering soft shell, although its hard to tell just from the look in photos

Soft Shell

cause by:
insufficient calcium intake

Calcium intake also affect by the amount of vitamin D, vitamin D helps TTT absorb calcium.

where to get vitamin D?
- UVA/UVB (light bulb / sunlight), refer first post for more info


btw, nice pic there, its really hard to see such a young turtle basking...

a month ago my dad got influenced by me and he started looking around for tortoise in my hometown. He couldn't find one decent one

so i decided to give bubu to him cause it is already stable and in good heath

upon giving out bubu i got excuse to buy my ABCDE gang... Hehe... Yesterday they are exactly one month with me

my wife is sad to let go, yesterday merajuk

wanna ask how much for a star??.. since u guys said it is for beginner level.. after looking through this thread, makes me wan to have some of this baby.. HEHE...

where u guys recommend me to buy.. i stay in PJ area?

Ohh got new turtles in Ikano? Will go check it out Thanks for update


Kamekame.

For starters, its better to get a RES first. Then move on to a higher level. U need to gain experience and learn how to pet them. U wouldnt want a dead tortoise do u ?

I hate the fact that almost every kid and occasional young adult end up with a dead RES on their first to second attempt. but then again, a sacrifice is a just cause if the owner is willing to learn from mistakes and not just let it die like that without knowing the cause.

hahahaaa... i have 2 RES now... can i up my level..??? 2 RES is mating noww.. hahahaaa...

of course dude, why not? as long as you have what it takes to tackle that potential problem your tortoise may have, go ahead! It's what makes us curious to further explore this hobby!

so do u think a star is jus nice for me now... or any recommendation?? thanxx

IMHO a starter tortoise for me would be a star. but there are other hardier species of tortoise from our native country though they would be rare/protected. this is my two cents, but uzairi our tort/turtle master is in a better position to answer this hehe....

RES do luvs to bask... u see those RES in petshops ar... most of them are going away from de water and basking on rocks or higher grounds... btw, will u guys sitll like ur RES when it grows to adult size?? hope u do and not just throw them out... hmm... kesian them... young time everybody wants... old time, nobody like adult RES d... hai~

stars for starter r? izzit good? i donno but it's oso de cheapest tortoise around... maybe de count of it is alot and tat's wat makes it cheap... try asian tortoise lar... tat wud be easier to pet coz' de weather is suitable and they can live on humid ground too... stars more on dry land... i guess... thos i have never rear one... asian leafs and elongated are nice too ar...

let those experience owner speaks...

Yup, sad to hear that too. But its better to lose a RES rather than a Star Tortoise rite ?

You can get an Elongated Tortoise besides Star Tortoise. Not nice as Star but u can learn few stuff about tortoise and then move on to Star. Price is cheaper and they are not as fussy as Star Tortoise.

it is actually not hard to keep a star... just take note of these few things:-

1) don't buy a sick tortoise
2) if you don't have much experience, don't get a too small hatchling
3) you have to keep them in a dry environment
4) make sure your room tempreture is 28c to 30c
5) you can get a basking lamp to create a hot spot for them 31c to 35c
6) feed them proper food daily (e.g. sawi)
7) twice a week, give them some calcium supplement
8) once a week, give them some vitamin supplement
9) twice a week, soak them in luke warm water
10) sun bath them whenever you are available. best time 9am to 10am. if you can't sun bath them, you can get a UVB lamp
11) make sure there are no predator around

last but not least, give some 'love' to em...

yeah... alot of loves to 'em... tat's for sure!