fully aquatic turtles?

[snakeguy101]

fly river turtle. i been dreaming of owning one but never have there so so cool. i dont even thing there available any more

They are gaining popularity in the trade and are around $600-800 each now which is a significant drop from a few years ago.

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

They are gaining popularity in the trade and are around $600-800 each now which is a significant drop from a few years ago.

Whoah. How much were they before?

 

[snakeguy101]

Whoah. How much were they before?

$1500 range. Some of the nicer ones that are full grown captive bred babies are still around that price but imports are much cheaper now.

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

$1500 range. Some of the nicer ones that are full grown captive bred babies are still around that price but imports are much cheaper now.

Thanks for the insight.

 

[zenyoungkoh]

Corrections, only MALE Fly river turtle is fully aquatic. Female fly river turts need nesting box for them to lay eggs every year once they become sexually matured. They are like chicken. Even if there is no males, they still have to lay eggs every year.

 

[snakeguy101]

Corrections, only MALE Fly river turtle is fully aquatic. Female fly river turts need nesting box for them to lay eggs every year once they become sexually matured. They are like chicken. Even if there is no males, they still have to lay eggs every year.

correct but since they are infertile, it does not hurt for them to be laid in the water.

 

[methos75]

Alligator Snappers are also almost fully Aquatic, the Females come on land to lie Eggs and that is about it. There are isolated reports of them basking, but I have yet to see it in the Wild or with the ones I have owned. I now just do fully aquatic set-ups for mine, and they seem happy. Of course though, they are not safe with fish at all. Many of the Musk and Muds are also close to fully aquatic and rarely bask, and most seem to do fine with Fish so they might be an option. But you would need plenty of plants or wood for them to climb up to breath since they are not the strongest swimmers for the most part.

 

[EricIvins]

correct but since they are infertile, it does not hurt for them to be laid in the water.

In a perfect world that would be true........However, when a Female holds them too long because she's wired to lay Eggs in suitable nesting substrate, you then get to deal with a bound up Turtle........You then have a 70/30 chance of killing the thing through ruptured ovaducts, septocemia, and a myriad of other Reproductive tract problems......

 

[zenyoungkoh]

correct but since they are infertile, it does not hurt for them to be laid in the water.

As EricIvins said. You cant just tell them to do it. They are wired to lay eggs on land. 90% of the time they would just retain their eggs and become eggbound. Then decay/ fungus sets in and tons of ammonia produce in the womb of your FRT, and she would eventually die. Its like having a dead baby in a human womb and not using surgery to get it out.

 

[davdev]

Aren't stinkpots almost fully aquatic. I have heard many stories of stinkpot owners who say they never go onto the basking area.