yes, they are quite sensitive to detecting temperature changes. they can even travel in the direction of the rainstorm, like galapagos tortoises. some burrow into the ground, only to come out when the floods subside, while others let themselves be carried away by the flood tides only to find themselves in another place . It all depends on the type of habitat and the species.

I got leopard hehehe u all got or not?

but can rear in garden and throw vegetables plus carrots and rear as big impressive pet wor hehehe

hahaaa!! showing off!!

btw... show us some pics of de leopards u r having...

Haha, that one is impossible. Even the baby costs around rm20k-rm40k.

Haha, current user pay 1/2 of the normal amount.

Yeah, and most of the tortoise will mate when its raining.

dudes... is 'water fish' called chinese softshells?

Err, im not sure about that. Does 'water fish' looks like a softshell ? If it does, then the answer is yes. If not then its not.

yeah, 'water fish' is a softshell turtle. labi labi. you can find them chopped up plastrons in herbal soups.

as i checked in ATP... they haf alot of sub species of softshells... got chinese softshells, got black rays softshells, native american softshells and many more... since so many chinese loves em... i just roughly shoot whether izzit a chinese softshells lor...

eujax... can i ask u why is ur razorbacks in different colors or one of em (de lighter color one) is not a razor but other species?



btw, how old oledi u haf de razorbacks ar?

Chinese likes to eat when they are juveniles or baby. They said good for skin.

They are the same species just that its bloodline is different.

ekiddie,

Well i guess its like what Uzairi said, different bloodline. They are around 3 years old. It is a Razorback no doubt on that. Anyway did you manage to find your Stinkpot? I think they stink on me this morning when i cleaned them



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This post has been edited by EuJax: Sep 16 2006, 10:10 PM

Yes 'water fish' or 'sui yee' is one type of softshell. I like Florida Softshell...kicking myself for not getting it earlier when they are available in pet shops


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but one drawback tho, is that softshells can be quite susceptible to shell rot or ulcers because of their ...um....soft shells..! if you keep a softshell do make sure you have a good filter running in your tank and do regular water changes. keeping it in stagnant water without filter is likely to cause disease to the turtle.

Just bought 2 red eared. One is so afraid being handled....

funkychips, You are absolutely right All turtles need to be kept in clean condition. Water based ones especially.

mike3300, congrats on your new turtle. Best of health to you and them




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ya... chinese ate those softshells turtles and served it in soup... errkss... so, are they 'chinese softshells'?? hahaaa! still no answer on that...

i got my softshell as wat they called 'water fish' d... it's very active tho... tho just hatchling... they got a very long neck than i expect too... and from alot of sites on softshells... they are an agressive turtles to handle... anyone here had pet it till adult?

eujax... no... haven't bumped into any stinkpot yet... if u do, do lemme know okie! thx... hehe... and i think my razors too do have some stinks on them... it's their defense i think when being handled... but does stinkpot 'really' stinks as much as it's name?

florida softshells? any difference? got pics? hehe...

de other day i went to Ikano and i saw an albino softshell for sale... then the coming week i went there again and wat left was just the empty aquarium... SOLD! who bought it?? anyone in here?

they do snap sometimes if handled...and they neck is long enough to reach to the back of their shell...it cuts through clean, mind you...my uncle had a bad experience with it some years ago...

same thing with the mata mata...i don't suppose anyone has mata mata hatchlings for sale? i bet those adults are wild caught pieces.

This post has been edited by funkychips: Sep 16 2006, 11:16 PM

They are not used to u so they acted like that. Mine in the other hand are very excited when they see me coming with the pellets.

Yeah, and one of my snappers tank got problem suddenly. All the feeding fish i put died in less than 1 hour. I suspect the water got some high toxic content. The Wood cover top got those fungi growth and i think that's what caused the problem. Tomorrow need to sun them and change the tank's water.

when de wood grows fungus ah... will that be harmful to our turtles ar?? mine do grows white spot fungus too... but they don when wholely 'in' water... coz' as for me, part of it are left on open air for my turtles to come out from the water...

just worry tat those fungus are harmful to them...