Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoise V2, Shell reptiles please enter here...
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 Jan 6 2008, 09:38 PM
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Hi there everybody . I'm new here.
I m planning to buy an albino soft shell turtle tomorrow? what are the equipments needed for such species? Do they need the UV light and basking lamp? |
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Jan 7 2008, 09:39 AM
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QUOTE(uzairi @ Jan 6 2008, 11:19 PM) Nice pignose you have there, how big ? I do not know Uzairi..I m clueless when it comes to species of soft shell turtle... Dr Yeoh at Taman Megah, PJ. What species ?   Anyway enclose here is the picture of the soft shell turtle that i m planning to buy today.. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Jan 7 2008, 11:50 AM
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QUOTE(SAMPERTH @ Jan 7 2008, 10:47 AM) U sure you buying that ?? Same pic posted in http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/index.php?user=136758&cat=500 as Leucistic Lissemys P. Andersoni by Werra !!! Thanks for the prompt reply..hehehe...I took the photo from that website lo...  but i m sure the turtle i saw on that shop was the same species.. would post the pictures when i bought the turtle.. Any special requirement for such turtle? Do they require sand as substrate? |
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Jan 7 2008, 03:00 PM
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QUOTE(camillenoir @ Jan 7 2008, 01:11 PM) i think you are getting albino Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese soft shell).. Thanks camillenoir..safer to get bigger specimens as hatchlings are very fragile, furthermore they are albino and can't bask that much.. The 1 i m getting is around 6' in carapace length...does it still considered as hacthling at such length? does that means i do not need the basking light.. |
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Jan 7 2008, 09:57 PM
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Hi everybody...
Here are the pictures of my albino soft shell turtle that i purchase today.. On the last picture, it seem that there is an old scar on the carapace. Based on the owner it would heal after a while. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Jan 8 2008, 12:39 PM
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This morning I went to creepy crawlies pet shop in summit USJ to buy my basking lamp. Since there is no customer in the shop, we started chatting. When i told him i got an albino soft shell he seem to be a bit shock and wish me luck. When I asked further, he said most of the albino soft shell came from Johor and at most it will survive for about 1 week only. Anybody interested in an albino RES..he said he sold two recently.
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Jan 8 2008, 03:53 PM
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QUOTE(SAMPERTH @ Jan 8 2008, 01:59 PM) That one week is due to them being hatchling or below 1.5 inch in size but yours is close to 6 inch ( sub-adult) thus more hardy but one could still kill them in a matter of days if things are not followed or provided ie water too cold ( fungus infection) coarse substrate causing scratches ....etc Thanks a lot Samperth..that guy give me a scare when he told me my softshell wouldn't survive more than a week.. QUOTE(NewbieBetta @ Jan 8 2008, 02:41 PM) so wats on sale now at creepy crawlies? hi NewbieBetta,They have lots of RES in an aquarium,1 star tortoise and a huge alligator snapping turtle. Besides that they have some tarantula and snakes too. |
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Jan 8 2008, 04:41 PM
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QUOTE(SAMPERTH @ Jan 8 2008, 05:21 PM) I am interested in that , how huge ? just the carapace alone it is about 12' |
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Jan 11 2008, 09:37 AM
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QUOTE(inexsis @ Jan 8 2008, 11:33 PM) around rm45-rm50.... I got the small exo terra basking light at rm45 in creepy crawlies yesterday..i rase rm47....... u want to buy ? i think i want to let go my exo terra basking light medium n try to get small 1...... never been used bfore.....  if interested, pm me.....but i still not sure want to let go or not... Added on January 10, 2008, 11:50 amaiyoooo......y this thread tooo quite ? nothing new ka ? They still have 1 or 2 there.. |
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Jan 16 2008, 09:34 AM
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QUOTE(ekiddie @ Jan 16 2008, 01:20 AM) wonder where's de shop u found this in selayang dai86? hehe... Thanks Ekiddie, Added on January 16, 2008, 12:39 am very nice albino softshell u got there... i missed mine tho not albino... hmm... I m currently feeding him fish and small shrimp. He seem to prefer shrimp as shrimp doesn't avoid him when he gets near to them. he doesn't like to bask. |
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