getting everything together for baby paints

[Red Devil]

liz they will be fine in the tank lol

yesterday one was under the dock..his little legs swimming like crazy to find a place to come up to breathe.. then i check them later and one is nudged in between the dock and the glass.. rrrrrr why would you go back there and move the dock out of your waythen last night i turned off fish room tank lights... and pictured them in the dark swimmingand took them out... i have to get use to this...

 

[reptech]

i have a baby map that is in a tank thats %75 water with the same dock and it does fine give them a chance they will suprise you

 

[Horiyoshi III]

what is shedding scutes..

See how their shell and plastron (underside) is comprised of plate-like sections?When they grow they shed these individually.I sometimes find them clogging up my filter intake, a good sign of healthy growth.

I also find mine beach themselves quite a bit, so yours will take full advantage of any and all dry land they get.

Keep us posted.

 

[Red Devil]

i have a baby map that is in a tank thats %75 water with the same dock and it does fine give them a chance they will suprise you

thanks ... i left them in all day...and they are fine...but nighti am still i am trying to be brave..

 

[Red Devil]

See how their shell and plastron (underside) is comprised of plate-like sections?When they grow they shed these individually.I sometimes find them clogging up my filter intake, a good sign of healthy growth.

I also find mine beach themselves quite a bit, so yours will take full advantage of any and all dry land they get.

Keep us posted.

thanks i understand now.. i will keep you updated..love to see your turtles as well... thanks very much...

 

[coura]

how horrible.... wow cool you have one too... what is shedding scutes.. all this is new to me... you don't have to apologise .. i bet they do look alot bigger in pics,...mine was like a quarter size the end of spring..so i wonder if they are growing okay...

It isnt that direct it needs to be a combo of circunstances, normaly cold and not very clean water, its much more usual in pet shop brougth turts and small ones, yours should be safe Just keep the water changes and a dry basking place and your good to go

 

[coura]

Also your turts will not take much more time untill is possible to make a reliable gess on their sex The males owesame front claws will start to gradualy develop as will their longer thick tail. Im able to sex my cooters, sliders, maps,etc, normaly at 1-1,5 years old. However sometimes it takes longer specialy because some animals resemble the animals of the opposite sex, quite interesting.

 

[Red Devil]

It isnt that direct it needs to be a combo of circunstances, normaly cold and not very clean water, its much more usual in pet shop brougth turts and small ones, yours should be safe Just keep the water changes and a dry basking place and your good to go

thanks Coura... you have been great help... and i will ask you in about a year to sex them for me... do they breed in captivity... also may be chance they are siblings...

 

[Davey_8313]

Looks good Liz.

 

[coura]

thanks Coura... you have been great help... and i will ask you in about a year to sex them for me... do they breed in captivity... also may be chance they are siblings...

Yes they breed in captivity like any other turt but given the chance they are brothers dont breed them together. Males will be ready in about 5 years, females in 8-12 years or even more