wah.... adorable...

Wah you feed your ST with Kangkung? Its really bad to tortoise leh... have you wash the Sawi & Kangkung properly? Maybe got racun on the veges wor.... Its happend with me, 8 from 10 of my Guinea Pig had died in 2 hours after eat veges. I suspected its because i didnt enough wash the veges. Until now i still blame my self

so sorry to hear about ur RIP buddy

nickdf9818 : Your "Siu Keung" really very small leh. Hmm.. after reading what FatCat said about food poisoning, looks like I will prefer more on feeding pellets to my tortoises. But will still feed them green mustard once in a while.

beycont : There are still 2 or 3 russian tortoises at 88pets at Pandan Indah. Hmmm.. Last time there got a Libyan Greek Tortoise. A bit regret for didn't buy it. Nobody here got Golden Greek Tortoise? Now I'm waiting for the chance to buy Cherry Head Red Footed.

Elmo : Hmmm.. I agree with you. Last time I was at the Pets Safari there, myself also very surprised to see the 2 ally snappers there with such a cheap price. I couldn't believe my eyes so stare for very long time and after a while, noticed that they are actually common snappers. It's their mistake coz label it wrongly. But I think Common Snapper is also a very interesting turtle. Compared to Ally Snapper, I think Common Snapper is more active and more aggressive. Saw some videos about common snapper at youtube, it's amazing to see how common snapper chase and hunt for their foods!!!!!

now u r using that diamond kind of mineral water rite ? use it properly tiz time

hmm like that next time veg or any food have to wash 1st b4 feeding to them leh , if not sure very heart pain T_T

hu3. maybe i must be extra careful la pasni..

It is not recommended to brush ally snapper's shell with a toothbrush, better if you provide a good filtration system for the turtle.

Their shell have this very sensitive nerves that might hurt them, that's why they try to do so.

Sawi is okay, since it is high in fiber.

last time i used to feed them 20-30 of small feeding fish per week. now i only have res so their diet is different.

Maybe u need to feed it with smaller feeder fish.

the most small also long kang fish T_T

If those vege just rinse it should be ok?Or need to be soaked?

Wah bro, very bad lah. Home come until like that ?

RIP

Rinse should be enough. 1 more thing to take note, better if you choose those vege that have those bite marks by bugs. Meaning they dont use pesticide on their farm.

Could dai86's ST's prob be due to lack of calcium? coz its kinda hard for a tort's shell to be so vulnerable unless it was on purpose rite?

From what i heard..Young star tortoise require lots of calcium..

Yup, that we know..but i was referring to dai86's ST which should be about 3-4 inches?

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.

Please try NOT to feed your pets with LONGKANG fish. They are full with bacteria, virus & etc as their habitat is in Longkang, im sure everyone know how dirty the Longkang its self rite? Unless you quarentine the Longkang fish for fewdays in yellow powder or any anti-bacteria water. But this also wont guarentee 100% safe. I had very bad experience with Longkang fish which cause few of my baby Chili Red Arowana died after feed by Longkang fish So please becareful with what you feed your pets. Because if anything happend to them, we are being responsible on it

ELMO : maybe you can try to buy some Prawn from the market, cut them to small pieces ( dont peel off their skin, its calsium ) then wash with salt water properly.... then wash again with clean water few times. Then you can slowly try to feed you Common Snapper.
You can try not to feed them for few days then you try this method. Good Luck

bro what is the best food to feed a RES selain sawi and pallet?

This post has been edited by anbusan: Apr 2 2008, 09:24 AM

Crustacean skins consist of a combination of mostly chitin and some calcium. Not sure if a turtle can actually benefit from this(chitin passes thru most animal's digestive system without breaking down much). But since you're talking about a snapper, I'm guessing it's still a safe food item. Prawns are known for containing high levels of iron, zinc, iodine, phosphorous, potassium and vitamin B12.

This post has been edited by rafiqos: Apr 2 2008, 10:56 AM

uzairi, blazin,

mmm... it seems that it is being bitten or what. but my house no rat ah~~~ maybe termite........ i think she is ok, since she didn't show any shell softing (lack of calcium)... maybe because she keep on crashing with the food bowl.... but the male didn't have this problem.. huh.... suddenly saw it when i cleaning the housing. huh.... desperating now...

This post has been edited by dai86: Apr 2 2008, 11:02 AM

This might be happend when she panjat here & there 1.... Anyway, hopefully the shell will grow back seem the size still small. Give her a special care lor.... To make sure everythings are allright