regarding the wood chip, today i found 2 small pieces of wood chip in my 3 inches star poo, i think he might be accidentally eat the wood chip...

i think we might have to reconsider which substrate is good for our tortoise, another thing about the wood chip is that they seem to keep moisture and kinda hard for them to dry. to me the best would be the turned upside down tile.

btw the wood chip im using is as the image below, the star in the picture is around 2 inches big.

You are using XL size or what ? For now the safest i think so far is the recyled paper pellets. Forest bark also have some slight percentage to be swallowed by the st. 

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Added on February 4, 2008, 10:34 pm
Wah, you sapu all 5 ?   

wakakakakakak......i didnt open it.....already put sayur in it....
is it safe for the torts if my room fan is at max speed and i live in 7th floor...soo constant cold air coming from window....kinda sejuk in my room....
is it ok for the torts ? or i need to cover the tank with sumthing so the cold air doesnt enter the tank ?

i wonder wat's left in de selayang's aquarium shop ha?

i feels like buying a turtle to celebrate cny lar... hahaaa! wonder what's nice to buy? hehe...

New member reporting in! (after 11th pages of V3    ) 

Just bought my niece a star last weekend. Bought it from Selayang Baru shop (i don't know whether this is the shop you guys were saying about) but the shop have all kind of exotic animals. Saw 2 big ally and long neck there, monkeys, birds, marine fishes (this tow key is all rounder man!!) Also there is an alligator (or is it crocodile) in the shop!!   

BTW, last night went to PS Ikano to find basking lamp for the star . Luckily the staff there quite friendly and he guide me to buy which kind of bulb. plus there is 1 guy (customer there) also give piece of advice on the bulb.   
here it is (dont know the gender yet, and no name yet)

BTW, how long should i puts on the heat lamp? during the night i bring the tortise into my room (fully aircond, set to 23deg temp) so i puts on the lamp for whole night. Day time im not that worry because my maid will help me to let the star out  for sunlight (also for my niece to play with)
      ***Sila beri tunjuk ajar!!**    

just a reminder.

after the recent announcement of stricter trade laws of star tortoise, seems that everyone is rushing to buy new tortoise/turtles.

just be sure that you are well prepared (mentally, financially, responsibility, socially, etc). too much pets at one go will be quite overwhelming.

cheers

    all points noted!!

Did called home just now to make sure that my maid did used the drift wood that i provide for the star whenever she let the tortoise out...it will be a good shelter for the star....

was thinking to put a rack at the 2nd living room upstairs so i can place the tank there....
after all my wife had warned me that she don't want to see any tortoise inside the bedroom when she came back this wednesday      (even i bribe her with a new "corner litter pan" for her bunny she still say "NO TORTOISE IN THE ROOM!" ) ..... but then again from your inputs it is bad to put the star in airconded room so i guess wife will be very pleased to see the star inside the living room   

You should have check them out early last year ( 2007 ) similar size specimen selling for around the RM 5 K mark only !!!

elongated as in Indotestudo Elongata?

i think they got 4 elongata at rm200each and 2 emy emys at rm550 last saturday IINM.

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Added on February 6, 2008, 8:40 amemy emys rm550 each

i dont remember the name but this is some map i tried to sketch it for you. (but let me warn you this shop punye price a little expensie!!   )

(disclaimer : I dont have any share nor associate with this shop/towkey)

Wow. Thanks
Will take a look after CNY

This post has been edited by dzi921: Feb 6 2008, 11:38 AM

hello everybody . New member report in together with my 5 stars.   

chitra chitra...im living in puchong  so where issit?