Fly River Turtle!

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i've only ever seen one in person once at an lfs in OC

i didn't appreciate them until i saw it in person. TS' frt must be beautiful in person. i dont' think i've even seen one that young on here before
 
ceeej31;5159242; said:
Those ones are probably just captive raised. People go out during the breeding season and raid the nests. The eggs are then artificially incubated and the babies are sold as captive bred.

As far as I know the only true captive breeding of the species has been done by one guy in Australia (where they are illegal to export), one breeding at a german zoo, and once at the bronx zoo.

Most if not all of the frt on the market are captive raised individuals from new guinea. I did see an ad not too long ago offering zoo bred babies, but I have no way of confirming this.
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This is basiscally what I came across in my research when I was considering getting one...I think that their age for breeding maturity is an issue as well.
 
great pickup! - they are wonderful turtles - wish i had the space to house one :(
 
dvsgp6;5159752; said:
John can I adopt your FRT!:ROFL:
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You'll never know.. May be one day you get a text, and you driving to my house with a bucket.. :ROFL:
 
aeri;5159336; said:
thanks everyone for the comments :). he is extremely cute and active.

as for frowning upon owning an frt, i haven't heard of that. i do dislike however when people own an endangered animal without knowing anything about them. at least at its current market price it will dissuade most "newbies" from purchasing them.

i have read that they are slow growers, but can reach 50lbs. rare in the hobby, but more so in the zoo/wild. i've also heard that they reach sexual maturity at around 20 years old. the payback period and return on investment to breed these guys based on that fact alone would not be logically profitable. other factors would likely include compatibility issues, environment/climate simulation, sexing, availability of stock, licensing/regulations, survival rate, etc.etc.
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I just feel that someone could come across an extraordinary oppurtunity to buy or adopt older fully mature FRT's with or without knowing so. I just hope that person has the resources around them to make the FRT's comfortable enough to reproduce. They are amazing animals.

I came across a 10" one for sale today for 900$. i wish that it was a lil smaller. Minimum size considered legal for all turtles is 4", Right??
 
I agree.There are turtle breeders who live in the right part of this country climatewise and have the space to take on such a project.
 
If I had the space and the opportunity, I would try to breed them. But I doubt I will ever try, and even further doubt that I will succeed.
 
jlnguyen74;5160631; said:
You'll never know.. May be one day you get a text, and you driving to my house with a bucket.. :ROFL:
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dang bro, where was the frt when i was at your pad?

but you had plenty of eye candy none the less, so i can't complain
 
SumoNinja;5162472; said:
dang bro, where was the frt when i was at your pad?

but you had plenty of eye candy none the less, so i can't complain
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It should be here somewhere... Your eyes were fixiate on other fish that you didn't even notice my frt :D
 
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