They do shape like a leaf. Notice the back of the carapace ? About the snails, im not sure but i only see it with underwater plants sometimes. Last time when i was small i always see those snails at longkang. A kampung type of longkang. Back then i like to catch fishes at the longkang.

ur wife merajuk for letting go of bubu? wow, seems that ur wife really is into turtles now. guess you will no longer have a jealous wife
those snails very easy one. my aquarium have lots of them. they usually come with aquarium plants. just get two snails and place in a plastic container ( you can even use the 1.5liter plastic bottle). put beside window for sunlight. you can put some plants or veges for start (later they just eat the algae). in 1 to 2 weeks time they'll multiply like crazy.

just saw the pictures. definitely unique neck and head. never saw any other turtle looking like it

Thanks Eujax! It does look like a Asian Leaf turtle to me as i see in chelonia.org Flatshell turtle seems to be different in colour i think...not too sure though. Anyway thank you thank you!

Btw eujax, Asian Leaf so ganas? Try to bite always? Doesnt sound too good for me....


Kamekame.

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need some advise, i was given a star tortoise which its front fin was badly bitten by rats...SIGH.. Dont ask me how it happen. It could hardly crawl, I have been using iodin to kill the infection and its progressing slowly. Would like to know its there any other way to revive the little fellow ?

gotto go shops and look for those aqua plants tat got some snails sticking on it d... hehe... breed 'em!!! hahaaa!!

mwtang... poor stars of urs... hmm... hope ur star will be alrite very soon and start walking all by himself... how to cure? well, i'm really not sure about it... let de experience one tells ya... hehe...

Uzairi, that is a Dentata. Platynota looks like this...compare it Anyway Chitra Chitra is cute but space is the major concern. It gets really huge!

kamekame, maybe you should try look for some other turtles maybe Malayan Box? Since Asian Leaf is a bit rare right now. Just my 2c.

mwtang, get to the vet as quickly as possible. Good luck.



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spoke to the vet, he says just apply iodine to clean it. then leave to nature to take it course...

U can try cleaning the wound with dettol, let it dry then u can use Minyak Gamat( Sea Cucumber). That's the best way for me. The would heal quickly compared using normal medicine i think since Sea Cucumber is the best healing medicine u can find.

If ure not sure what to do just bring it to the vet.

Yeah, but it looks like a juvenile Playnota. That's why im wondering. Since the head is different also from mine.

kamekame, the asian leaf is very rare now. I think u can get the malayan boxie first. That's a great turtle too.

ya... get a malayan box... it's a nice turtle... really... and it's hardy too...

best choice is always to consult a vet
no need to buy la. just ask shop owner to pick some snails for free. they dont even sell it. if buy plant you need to check and make sure got snail or snail eggs. if dont get, then rugi je beli (eventhough they just cost RM1.50/RM2.00)
yes very hardy. irene aquarium all sumbat2 in one aquarium (i dont condone such practice though)

Irene aquarium eh ? I heard they got quite a number of species. Wanted to go but no chances to go lah. Huhuhu..

anyone can recommend me a vet that knows how to treat a star tortoise.

last time i read in forum in tmn megah dr. yeoh or wat d... can't recall... gotto search back old archive tho...

ya... i've been to irene but i din see got malayan box... but i've seen others aquarium shop tat snug alot of malayan box in 1 tank... kesian oso to see those malayan box turtles... they don get de treatment like wat RES is getting... poor turtles... they are a turtle alot nicer than RES i wud say... just tat it grows kinda huge tho... to me, they are nice... but i've never bumped into any hatchling... anyone?

buy plants coz' i wanna haf those plants too mar... hehe... so buy those plants i want and stick some snails on to it lar... hehe...

it's at the back of the shop. hujung sekali. dekat the feeder fish and shrimps. looks as if they dont bother of selling malayan box
i think both RES and malayan box receive similar ill treatment. RES sumbat2 when kecik, malayan box sumbat2 mase besar. It's just that since RES smaller, so don't look like kejam if sumbat2

kesian oso on how they treat those turtles... hmm... but nothing we can do... when one kind tat grows easily and in lots of quantity... sure they will do tat to it... when it's rare or small amount of de turtles available... sure will jaga good good as it's worth a price... hmm...

money plays everything in here... poor thing... maybe we can buy some and release it to the pond or in de wild? hehe... just hope they don go catch it and sell it on de shop again... duH!

neway, haf anyone bumped into malayan box hatchling?

Malayan Box hatchling ? All the specimens that we can see is wild caught, ive only seen a CB Malayan Boxie from my fren. He successfully hatched his Boxie's egg. I wonder when is my turn. LOL

Dr Yeoh at Taman Megah... you can try there.... or Animal Medical Center... but be prepared to pay a bit coz their prices are steep loh.

How steep should we expect ? I think i wanna bring my ally snapper there for a checkup.

wonder how do de VET inspect a turtle? some turtles are very very shy... they will hide in their shell... how do de vet see them then?

and uzairi bring his ally to de VET... how de VET will inspect on him ar?? later 'snap'! hehe...

ya uzairi... how long d haf u been keeping ur malayan box turtles ar?? no breed yet ha? hehe...