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 Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises V3, Shell reptiles please enter here...

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post Feb 29 2008, 03:54 AM

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QUOTE(inexsis @ Feb 28 2008, 12:32 AM)
i juz found sumone selling Star tortoise 4inch. he's selling at rm110 and get rm200 if take both...he even said that he can nego more....
seems like desperate....anyone interested ? i cant confirm the condition of the animal....but freaking cheap !!!!!!!!!!!! if i got extra cash...sure buy punye..... click here if interested... VERY2 CHEAP STAR TORTOISE


Added on February 28, 2008, 6:38 pmwhat happen if accidently tortoise fall down from stomach level height ?
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Er... Depends on age? But should be nothing. My friend's tortoise fell from the top of stairs before and luckily nothing happen. sad.gif But don do it la... Sakit right... And you won't know if something will happen...
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post Feb 29 2008, 10:14 PM

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Wah! Looks good. What's the floating stuff? I used to keep them in the niggest plastic tank available when they were that size too! But I keep the bottom bare because I read somewhere that they may swallow gravel if it's small enough. sweat.gif considering that mine were "hungry ghost" I thought for safety precaution btter bare bottom. Some more bare bottom easy to clean. Pour all water out, scrub, refill, done!

My RES didn't quite like floating islands and as they grew older the island can't support both of them. So I found a perfect large rock that fills a bit of one side. So they can bask securely lor. Also, when they don wanna bask but don wanna swim, they just grab on to the side. smile.gif They love that rock. I still have the rock. sweat.gif now the rock's job is to support my mum's flower pots.
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post Mar 2 2008, 04:49 AM

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By The way, will snappers choke? I've been feeding her some longish silver fish and wonder if I should cut it up or something.

@blazin_fir3: I hope your TTT gets well... We can only hope. Keep our fingers crossed!
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post Mar 5 2008, 09:31 PM

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QUOTE(blazin_fir3 @ Mar 5 2008, 12:46 PM)
Her story :
   It was a cold windy evening before anyone noticed the epic battle that has ensued. She already had swollen eyes and neck by that time. We did everything we could to help her cause.
Rushing from vet to vet only to find that it has to be the next morning before a vet that handles exotic pets can see her. However she endured the night waiting to see the person whom might be able to give her a solution.
  
The next morning, she went out to bask in the bright yellow sun for a lil while hoping that it would stop her running nose. When she finally got to see the vet, she must have been in so much pain that her head couldn't even retract to the safety of her shell. During the examination, with tears in her eyes she allowed the vet to check her symptoms without letting out a squeak. The vet said that it was a serious lung infection. She could not hold her tears back when the vet injected her but the medicine seemed to have allowed her pain to subside as she was a lil more active now, moving around to find a better place for her to lie down and sleep waiting for the medicine to take its full effect.
  
She slept throughout the day, not even having the energy to eat but still made the effort to give her supporters eye contact to let them know that she's still here fighting her battle the hardest she could. She wasn't able to do much until it was time to meet the vet again. However this time she was able to retract back into the comfort of her shell which was a good sign. The vet wanted to confirm her condition therefore an X-ray was performed. The X-ray showed that her right lung was filled with water due to the infection. Another jab was performed, maybe she was used to it, maybe she just didn't have the strength for another tear, she accepted it without any acknowledgment. Thinking that she needed her rest like the last time, her supporters placed her in her sleeping area.
  
Come feeding time, her supporters found her not moving, not even a smallest reaction when gently nudged. Stroking her softly, her supporters was unwilling to believe that she has left them. Still believing that she might have still been fighting hard, her supporters left her there, checking whether she moved even if a little. However, body started to get even more stiff and there was still no sign of movement. Still doubting the fact, her supporters left her in her sleeping area over night, waking early in the morning to check on her but sadly she did not even move throughout the night.

She lost the battle but she will always be remembered by her supporters. Her name was Decimus.

*sry for such a long post but i just wanted to vent it out*

The doctor said that she most probably died due to pneumonia. At the vet, the doctor said that torts metabolism rate is very slow which may be one of the reason why they can live so long but it was a setback in this situation as it took the medicine much longer to take effect. So as an advise, if theres anything wrong with ur tort, administer med as soon as possible as it takes longer for them to heal. Btw Uzairi can answer sum questions at the previous few posts bout the food n all plz. Tq.
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My ST which passed away had some infection too, but when took injection she didn't even have the strength to shrink into her shell and struggled very little. She also won't eat so I had to force feed her for about 2 weeks. She didn't make it...

If your ST looks very sleepy and hardly moves regardless of how much you bask it, and seems to have anything swollen or look a bit ballooning, please faster bring to vet. A soft shell is also very bad.

RIP Decimus... At least she suffers no more.

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QUOTE(uzairi @ Mar 6 2008, 02:35 AM)
Nothing to worry if you only keep RES like me.  smile.gif
That's why i was wondering...  doh.gif
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blink.gif Uzairi don't keep Star tortoise and leapord Tortoise?
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post Mar 18 2008, 08:08 PM

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Can someone explain a lil more on runny nose syndrome? Wanna look out in case it ever happens.
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post Mar 22 2008, 01:06 AM

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more like the bigger ones are stronger and more dominant. eats faster too, gets the best sunning spot cuz can push small ones away from a good spot for themselves. This wan vet tell me wan o.
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post Mar 28 2008, 10:29 PM

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QUOTE(Fat^Cat @ Mar 27 2008, 10:42 PM)
Somewhere in Malaysia  tongue.gif


Added on March 27, 2008, 10:46 pm

Thats good to hear  smile.gif  I know someone selling baby Ally Snapper for RM600, comfirm Alligator Snapper BUT too expensive. If you got stock, roger me ok  smile.gif
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shocking.gif Wah. I bought my ally for RM 330 only wor. now she getting big liao. More brave some more. She used to hide under the log a lot. biggrin.gif Now she will sit at other places. And can take bigger fishies. And of course eats a lot more.

Yesterday I gave her her first "bath" to scrub off any growing algae of her shell. shakehead.gif She was sooooo fierce. Tried to snap at the toothbrush and the running water also. Wonder how to handle her when she's bigger...

mad.gif There's a case of getting cheated on ally? I say bring back and shoot. How can they do that.
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I think elmo just need to print out the picture of an alligator snapping turtle, bring to the pet safari with his common snapper, then ask the people compare and see if they say it is same a not.

If they say same then lost case. If they say not same then ask to see manager complain see what they can do for you.

I've been to ikano that shop often and i've only ever seen a real ally once in their shop. it's rather big dy wan. they haven't inpuut stock for ally for quite a while dy. And that was early last year.
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QUOTE(ELM0 @ Mar 28 2008, 11:03 PM)
erm if they say same then still can argue rite???
can make comparing of the mouth is different
duno can win or not +_+
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Hmmm.... When u going there? You go argue see how. If they still say no i bring my ally go with you see what they can say lo. Wan? You go try argue wif them first
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post Mar 28 2008, 11:25 PM

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QUOTE(ELM0 @ Mar 28 2008, 11:18 PM)
haha better just keep it to my self
rather go there cari gaduh and i oso get in trouble ekkeke
hmm jamiens allig snapper already so ganas want bite here n there
then my 2 common snappers with long neck i cant imagine how to handle them hahaha really nitemare
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shakehead.gif Wah u willing to get cheated. vmad.gif they like to take advantage of people like you le. they cant complain u buy illegal pet cuz they sell wan. if they complain you they will also get caught. Don't give in. If I were u and they say i buy illegal pet, i will shout loud loud "This people here sell me the wrong animal then don wan admit wrong say i buy illegal pet. They sold the illegal animal to me! don't buy pets from here! Pet safari cheat people wan!" I really will de.

I think she scared cuz it's the frst time she got brushed. She's still small so I think no need worry till a lot later. And yes, common more scary. Hehe...
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just see the manager. tell him they sold you the wrong kind. show him receipt that says ally. then show him a picture of ally and say it is different and wrong. Be firm. Don let them bully you. if u let them they are just going to cheat more people because they can.
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ur priority is yourself. prove to them it is not right to cheat.

if they know it's wrong they either have to change a ally for you or refund i guess. if not it's considered they cheat u into buying.

Just be firm. Don't settle for anything less than what u deserve.
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they sell u sick animal u not angry de?
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QUOTE(ELM0 @ Mar 29 2008, 07:44 PM)
how much do you guys feed your snappers
as in quantity like 2 to 3 pieces of frozen blood worms/ prawns???
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I let my ally eat as much as she can cuz she's still growing. She frequently has live lil fish swimming around so she can just open her mouth and lure when she wants to eat. I estimte some 5-7 fish a day currently. I'm talking about feeder fish.

Not yet shoot them?
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QUOTE(ELM0 @ Mar 31 2008, 06:27 PM)
those feeder fish looks big
my big snapper catch 2 of them in the small tank but when snap them already cant fit in too big then those let the snapper claw scratch til half dead the snapper duwan care about them haha go catch new 1

but now at the new big blue pool, hardly able catch 1  T_T
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You try to buy some small feeder fish which is slightly larger than longkang fish lo. 15 for RM 1. My snapper currently eating 10 for RM 1. Bigger ones. Sometimes I'll feed the long solver ones which are 17 for RM 1. They like their food live but aren't picky if they're hungry.

Put more fish maybe?How big is the pool?
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Wah ELMO. This sounds like your fault le. Or they're framing you? It sounds like u purposely buy?

@squareballs : of course hard lo... ywill be interested in ST? Or just because it's illegal dy? tongue.gif hehe...
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@ELMO : So you plan to keep the common? You're very kind but not kind to otheer incoming snappers....

@squareballs : why don get back from ur aunt?
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How come ally's shell can't brush? I used to brush my RES shells and they grow fine. I didn't brush hard la.

RIP siu keong....

I use bio-pure water to wash veges b4 give to my hammis, GPs and TTT. Doctors drink this brand filtered water also.
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My ally doesn't take veges. How to vary her diet ar? I give her as many different fishies a week.

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