One of my fren found a turtle in the middle of the road and brought to FLUFF.

I was thinking to release it back to the nature since I felt bad for not able to provide it a bigger place to roam.

Any good suggestion? FLUFF is near Old Subang Airport Road / LDP.

Not a good idea to release it back, what more Old Subang Airport Road / LDP.

Better if u adopt it to someone responsible.

I suspect it might be a RES or a Malayan Box Turtle

yeah,try upload the picture and put them in adoption thread..if malayan box,u can release it to a nice place,but if RES, better adopt..

why want to release a Malayan Box Turtle?

As they are local specie thus release do not harm our eco-system !!

SAM already answer the question..if RES,it has a possibility to become successful invasive species here,so dont ever release it into our waterways,longkang,sungai,etc..

Personally, Just release it, it wont worth much ~ u can get an adult for rm10 at jln psr ~

This post has been edited by Skatila: Mar 5 2009, 03:37 PM

cheap and easy to get it is not the matter..just think before u release it..if it native,better to release it,but if it foreign species,better to give it to someone..u already know how the foreign species can affect our ecosystem..maybe it look simple for us..i still makan nasik even i release RES into the river,but we dont know how many native species got affected by their presence?being an animal lover is not just loving animal in our captivity,but for all,especially for those still in their natural habitat..if we dont care about it,who else?sorry for my broken english.

This post has been edited by slackerz: Mar 5 2009, 05:51 PM

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skatila,i reply that post when u are watching television behind me,LOL..

Correct, one thing to take note. Even if they are local species, releasing them on man made lake like bukit jalil is not an option. It will encourage more ppl to release them there without knowing the fate of the animals later. Do they get enough food ? Can they survive with 1000+ of them in 1 small lake ?

This is something that even ppl in the animal profession dont really see the core problem, some even told me this "Actually I'm thinking where is the right place to release, I don't want the turtle to be confined, I hope to give back the freedom it should enjoys."

I wonder what confined defines to him, does it mean "trapped" alone in a luxury toyogo box or trapped "freedomly" with thousands of them in 1 lake ? To see it in a simplest and easiest way, we take food availability and feeding ratio and put aside other influencing factor aside first. Under the care of the owner(assuming that he is responsible enough the take care of the said specimen), the specimen would get enough food constantly throughout the per week or should i take per month ? Overfeeding is another problem but at least the food supply were always there at least in my opinion.

Another one sounds like this "Releasing them to the lake, any consequences? " What does freedom defines to you ? Lake ? Big space yet not their native habitat ? Trapped in a man made lake with thousands of others, waiting for ppl to throw pellets at them ? This kind of trend is getting worst as more and more ppl releasing their "overgrown" animals to the lake to give them "more freedom". Duh

I might be wrong, as a human i make mistakes too. So take it as a pinch of salt. No hard feelings.

This post has been edited by uzairi: Mar 7 2009, 10:07 AM

agree with u uzairi..sometimes they seen happily swimming and roaming,but at the bottom of their heart,they are starving..hey bro,this is ur last sem rite?

there's a druid's grove behind my shack - a safe haven of 3000 perches, where any deposed fleshy beings would be unconditionally taken care of by nature (provided they are expensive morphs, 2-headed mutants, have high resell value and don't get killed off by slithery miss o. hanna).

so, leslie... i'm sure that it would be best for you to dump all your earthly possessions (including your girlfriend) there before you fly on a didge to oz (send my regards to dorothy)


This post has been edited by camillenoir: Mar 7 2009, 11:59 PM

oh ya...i got one more question...

hmm...SAMPERTH told me that the RES can eat all the thing we throw into their home...

well..i tried today to give them sawi and kangkung....

and the result is!!!!



NO RESPONSE....just sit and watch...

hmm mayb your res didnot recognize that the kangkong n sawi is actually a food..this also happen to one of my fren res..it also doesnot eat any vege..mayb because since small,my fren omly feed it with pellets...
just my RM0.02.heheh

maybe u must use starving method to introduce sawi n kangkong to them..RES do eat everything,LOL..

atok194

Urs are still so small !! Green stuff do not get their attention!!

Red - Blood worm
Live stuff - glass shrimp , guppy ....etc
Are better choice

But sick animals with bad shell rot will have less interest in food ( not even want to move much )

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=133&t=906527&st=0
p/s While searching for when I reply your post I found out that you are coming to Sabah for a while !!

Theres nothing there for tourist unless you going Island - Mabul , Sipadan , Kapalai ....etc

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This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Mar 9 2009, 10:30 AM

Some chelonians belonging to a friend who has taken on a new interest in other pets
Hi black radi and sulcata! Collectors who have a hi yellow would usually like a hi-black to pair up with...

**pls note that this hi black Radi is hi dome as they usually are...

This post has been edited by Omegaminx: Mar 8 2009, 11:52 PM

Thanks mate....

Owe you a lot..

No worries mate !!