Some more turtles

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Brooklynella;3500238; said:
Another of the side neck.
9-3-08%20school%20010.JPG
Click to expand...


The turtles I saw at turtle farm were same as yours African Helmeted Turtle .
Friend said can be very agressive ESP is kept with same kind but even than agressive with other turtles.

He doesnt have any but has lots of other turts and I saw them nipping each other at turtle farm.

Yet you say yours is easy going and no problem .
I wonder if we are wrong because they look exactly like yours but could be another type.
I dont know turtles but my friend does but who knows.
 
what an adorable face..........geez..it makes you smile
 
Louie;3578224; said:
The turtles I saw at turtle farm were same as yours African Helmeted Turtle .
Friend said can be very agressive ESP is kept with same kind but even than agressive with other turtles.

He doesnt have any but has lots of other turts and I saw them nipping each other at turtle farm.

Yet you say yours is easy going and no problem .
I wonder if we are wrong because they look exactly like yours but could be another type.
I dont know turtles but my friend does but who knows.
Click to expand...


Louie- as Mentioned earlier, go to http://www.pelusios.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=45 and read all about these turtles.
Your friend is misguided; some species are very dangerous to other turtles while others are completely harmless.
The website above explains everything.
 
Brooklynella;3579704; said:
Louie- as Mentioned earlier, go to http://www.pelusios.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=45 and read all about these turtles.
Your friend is misguided; some species are very dangerous to other turtles while others are completely harmless.
The website above explains everything.
Click to expand...


Okay thanks and let me ask you . Do your maps bask much?

I have a tiny map and maybe in a months time of checking them every day like 6pm,etc I have seen him bask one while the cooter bask lots.

The map sems to mostly stay in the water 6 inches deep under floating plants .
 
whoknows2008608;3497712; said:
It's a pastel red ear slider looking to be female by the tail and claws.
Click to expand...
Sorry, but it ISNT a pastel RES and more then 1,5 years will have to pass before you can make a good gess for its sex. Also I took a look at your sliders, they are nice and beautifull well cared sliders but sorry to tell you but none of them is a pastel, beleave me I know about sliders;) They are all normal sliders with the average color variations you see on thouse turtles. If you purchased them from turtle sale as pastels they defenetly fulled you (im not making you send them back to such horrible place, BUT they arent pastels, not by a long shot!).
 
Now this is a pastel RES alongside a albino female:drool:
1244169690_3b1c275824.jpg

Notice the abnormaly enllarged color paterns in the shell and body, as well as the lower degree of melanism.
 
Louie;3614981; said:
Okay thanks and let me ask you . Do your maps bask much?

I have a tiny map and maybe in a months time of checking them every day like 6pm,etc I have seen him bask one while the cooter bask lots.

The map sems to mostly stay in the water 6 inches deep under floating plants .
Click to expand...


Not really, no. I've caught my 2 Maps at 2AM sleeping on the dock though.
Mine are already growing pretty fast.
 
Brooklynella;3626485; said:
Not really, no. I've caught my 2 Maps at 2AM sleeping on the dock though.
Mine are already growing pretty fast.
Click to expand...

Okay thanks. Mine is growing at a snails pace. real sun eats well but can't fathom anything growing as slow.

What do you feed yours?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom