baby ast?????

[powrisal]

lots of Qs
first how fast do they grow
next what do you feed
how often do you feed
how much do you feed
finally do you keep them in water only or like some water and a little dryness

 

[powrisal]

pic of the new guy

 

[powrisal]

ive been feeding him freeze dried krill and cichlid pellets

 

[Red tail catking]

lots of Qs
first how fast do they grow
next what do you feed
how often do you feed
how much do you feed
finally do you keep them in water only or like some water and a little dryness

1. Real fast, not completly sure how fast but its quick.

2. I know they like fish, sea foods like salmon, beef heart, vegies like dark leafy greens carrots, spinach, bannana , high quality turtle pellets, insects, water snails, minows, crayfish, and make sure you give them supplements like vitamin D3, vitamin B1, and calcium.

3. Babies, about once a day, adults can go three to two days.

4. As much as they will eat in a 10 min period.

5. they don't move to much, but they like water low enough to stick their nose out, they barley leave the water, its best to keep them in a outdoor pond.

 

[phantoms]

well, i got my guy when he was the size of 50 cent piece. the first 3 yrs he grew 4 inches a yr. he slowed down after that. at a little over 8 yrs he has a shell length of 17 inches or so. i kept water temp in the upper 70s-low 80s. fed the little guy everyday. reptomin, trout chow, minnows, worms, insects, crayfish, and thawed out rodents one he got larger. now adays i give him mainly thawed out fish i catch, fillets and frog legs from the seafood place, and thawed out rodents. the last few yrs i only feed him about 2times a week i never gave him any vitamin or calcium supplements. for the first couple yrs i did offer a basking spot butit was never used. so since then i havent had one. mine grew fast, so be ready. i have mine in a 300 gallon stock tank.

 

[powrisal]

thanks for the info
i would love to here some more stories of these guys so please post away

 

[powrisal]

hes now a whoping 3.5" in diameter from the original 1.5

 

[cassharper]

good looker! Maybe someday when I have my sectioned off pond for the turts and fish I will look into these cool turts.

 

[rc604]

Just so you know, that's a common.

More active than Allis and grow faster. Luckily, they don't grow as large as alligator snappers.

Good luck with raising him.

rc.

 

[Mampam]

if u want to know his sex, just wait 1yr, and handle him to see what it does (flash wise)