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 Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises V4, Armored reptiles please enter here :p

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gailkun
post Apr 3 2010, 07:36 AM

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guys, i've heard people using olive oil to shine the tortoise carapace & plastron instead of using the commercial tortoise shine thing. wat do you guys think? is it possible to use olive oil?
gailkun
post Apr 8 2010, 03:55 PM

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QUOTE(Ben99 @ Apr 8 2010, 08:26 AM)
Hi All,

1st Post in TTT Thread.

Would like to know anyone currently keeping Musk, Mud or US Origin Box Turtles?
Hope you will share your experience with these species.

Been checking around prices are quite high.
Want to know what is the acceptable market value here in MY.

Planning on small sized turtles only. Max 6".

Hoping to kick start my old interest in late July 2010. rclxm9.gif

Btw, can we import turtles ourselves ? Is this allowed?
What do I need to do? Application with Govt Dept etc...? Anyone with experience?

Thanks.
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im keeping a musk turtle biggrin.gif , i think they're quite hardy, mine eat alot @_@.

i would love to import turtles myself, but i think we need to get permit from wildlife department, honestly i do not know the procedure, if i know, i swear ill be a turtle supplier wakakakka biggrin.gif but anyway.. there will be risk importing as some of them may die & sometimes theres always problem from da gov. this and that & delay ur collection & wat not (i dunno about animals)..


Added on April 8, 2010, 3:56 pm
QUOTE(deviannear @ Apr 8 2010, 03:32 PM)
Seriously
Raise the water level as high as possible,
Remove the gravel , they will accidentally swallow it.
And do you have a filter?
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right u are devianear, and i think he has filter, atleast it looks like it biggrin.gif


Added on April 8, 2010, 4:02 pm
QUOTE(wiebie26 @ Apr 8 2010, 02:33 AM)
Hello all...
I'm new here.. nice to meet u all.. ^^
I own 2 RES... they're still baby i guess... about 3 monts and 2 months old..
here are the pics...  smile.gif

This is Kurabo the smaller one
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This is kurabi the bigger one
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This is the tank where i kept them (Pict taken at night, it's placed near sunlight)
Provided wide space for hem to swim n stones to bask
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Both of them..  smile.gif
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nice! & cute names biggrin.gif

u should name kurabo to kuraba, so you will have:

kuraba = kura-A
kurabi = kura-B

wakakkak get it?? kura-A & kura-B?? A & B?? hahah..hah.......ha... damn it not funny =_="

anyway get a bigger filter smile.gif

This post has been edited by gailkun: Apr 8 2010, 04:02 PM
gailkun
post Apr 8 2010, 04:30 PM

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QUOTE(angie224 @ Apr 8 2010, 04:21 PM)
Can anyone please advise me on which light bulb to use for these following tortoises? I'm planning to use Exo Terra products.

a. Leopard
b. Cherry head
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im not too sure about bulbs, i use to use 50watt uvb. but now they're living in my garden..

my red footie isnt eating the vegs that i cut for it, i dunno why it doesnt wanna eat wat i gave, mustard greens & stawberrys so on.. just wanny eat my grass and now my stars are following my red footie eating grass @_@ but atleast my stars are eating vegs..

does ur cherryhead have da same prob? sad.gif
gailkun
post Apr 8 2010, 06:03 PM

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QUOTE(angie224 @ Apr 8 2010, 05:58 PM)
I haven't buy the tort yet biggrin.gif
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*falls off the chair* rite.. good in a way to prepare before u buy smile.gif
gailkun
post Apr 9 2010, 07:52 AM

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QUOTE(static @ Apr 8 2010, 11:59 PM)
Will the cats/monkeys disturb the tortoise? I plan to put my RES in my outdoor pond, but my neighbor has a lot of cats (very naughty) and we live near the jungle, so monkeys are abundant here. Can see them everyday.
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same here, my neighbour has cats tht likes to come over to my house, but so far for me no prob with da cats, i have my turtles & tortoise outside my house. but monkey.. have those monkey reached ur house before? if they had then better not to put ur res outside unless u got some special cover that can lock them up.
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post Apr 9 2010, 08:12 PM

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ya lols, when i just moved in to my house also alot monkey all da way to my roof, but now they're gone already cuz more ppl have moved in & many did renovations & so on..i guess they left da area smile.gif
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post Apr 10 2010, 07:11 AM

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QUOTE(ELM0 @ Apr 9 2010, 10:14 PM)
please sifus help me identify what tortoise is this ???
by luck it came to my house , so i decided to adopt this feler, coz the distance from the river to my house its like 500m apart
but i got no idea what type of tortoise is it , please help me identify it so i can do some feeding
i tried giving orange but still doesnt want to eat  cry.gif
is it a leaf tortoise??
what do it feed it??

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it is heosemys grandis giant asian pond/wood turtle, take a look at my signature, im selling one biggrin.gif
gailkun
post Apr 10 2010, 06:28 PM

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QUOTE(ELM0 @ Apr 10 2010, 07:42 AM)
me?? im from KL la haha

o.O giant asian pond turtle hmmm any idea what to give this wild guy a meal?? i tried giving banana and oranges still doesnt seem to eat
the enclosure for this feler  : 70% land 30% water should be ok ?? maybe i just dig a pond for the feler in the garden, give me bad headache dont know where to build its enclosure.

my snappers occupied most of the space haha
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70% land & 30% water is good, best if u can put him in a place where he cant see outside his enclosure, as this guy is wild he would always try to go out, try feeding apple first, do not need to chopped till small pieces, just cut it to half, remove da seed area.
gailkun
post Apr 12 2010, 06:54 PM

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cool you've done the right thing bro smile.gif
gailkun
post Apr 13 2010, 10:05 AM

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QUOTE(camillenoir @ Apr 12 2010, 07:15 PM)
elmo got Cyclemys dentata...

Me and uzairi have had breeding populations of H. grandis, C. dentata, C. tcheponensis, etc ... check out TTT thread version 1/2/3
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oh s**t! im so sorry for my mistake lols my bad tongue.gif oh well.. anyway thx for the verification smile.gif
gailkun
post Apr 14 2010, 09:14 AM

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thx for sharing bro smile.gif sad to see this.. i doubt theres a way to stop this..
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post Apr 16 2010, 05:11 PM

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QUOTE(ericolim @ Apr 16 2010, 10:06 AM)
my sulcata enjoy eating poo.. dunno what to do.. since nobody at home, after back from work, there is no poo at all.. but my sulcata forgot to wash his mouth.. 

my solution is give them bath with warm water.. and poo a lot..
any extra idea?
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lols.. maybe try providing more food and see? how old is ur sulcata? smile.gif

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