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dixieee · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:03 am Post subject:

romain lettuce
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

turtledude123 · Level 2 Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 52

yeah i have romain lettuce i hear iceberg has no nutritional value

is it safe for turtles to swallow cuttlebone and will the turtle taste any difference in the vitamin d3 and calcium powder??

dixieee · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:18 am Post subject:

i read that some turtles notice the taste of calcium powder and refuse to eat anything dipped in it. cuttlebone is safe yes but u'll have to remove the outer thing first and then cut them into small pieces (size of pellets they can swallow without choking on)
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

turtledude123 · Level 2 Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 52

thanks a bunch guys!

dixieee · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject:

anytime

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

turtledude123 · Level 2 Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 52

my 1 inch turtle is doing fine in a 5.5 gallon tank i think that rule should change! He swims happily, often doing laps from side to side and top to bottom. Laughing

dixieee · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:23 am Post subject:

i say so too but maybe they meant the best case from that rule
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

turtledude123 · Level 2 Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 52

is it good to put a oceanic background on the back of the tank aand around the sides (not the front)? just wondering

if iit is i'll probably make my own
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dixieee · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:29 am Post subject:

yep it makes a nicer/more realistic view for everyone (including the turtles) Smile

let stray talk about that
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:51 am Post subject:

I haven't done it for my current setup yet, but I am going to do it eventually, I used to have a background on my 10 gallon one though Very Happy

I also had copied pictures of rocks and pebbles and put it on the bottom (underside) of the tank, it make it look like there were rocks in the tank, unless you looked at it from the side. Very Happy

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TallysMom · Level 2 Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 60

Coming late to the food discussion -- but I think the baby Reptomin has more calcium in it, at least calcium is higher up in the list of ingredients.

I also found that the Baby food is thicker than the other, though shorter, so I cut it in two with my thumbnail for my tiny one.

TallysMom · Level 2 Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 60

Coming late to the food discussion -- but I think the baby Reptomin has more calcium in it, at least calcium is higher up in the list of ingredients.

I also found that the Baby food is thicker than the other, though shorter, so I cut it in two with my thumbnail for my tiny one.

Rexgame · Guest Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 3

Now that you've taken the turtle in, you can't release it anyway. NJ, PA, NY and several other states have laws against releasing any reptile or amphibian without a permit. In PA and NJ the laws are very specific to include animals that were once wild, they can only be released with permission from the state.

I can only quote the exact laws for PA as that's where I work but to check to see any other reg's about turtles in NJ check: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/

A.E.H.III
Conservationist

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:16 am Post subject:

That's a heck of a deterrent for people trying to rehabilitate a hurt turtle Confused

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Rexgame · Guest Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 3

The reason for these types of laws; people are releasing animals like sliders, that are not native to these areas and are very destructive to the local ecology. They make blanket laws like this so there are no loopholes for violators to get off easy. Injured wild animals should always be reported to the proper authorities, so that the local populations can be properly maintained.

A perfect example of the reason for these invasive species laws, is the snakehead. These fish are absolutely destroying the natural fish stocks in the US. As the fish stocks decline the number of mosquito larvae increase, the local bird populations that rely on these fish are starting to decline, and other smaller aquatic wildlife are now becoming the target of the snakehead affecting thousands of other creatures.

Turtles are very stout creatures. They can begin to adapt to their environment, and can very quickly support a population. The effects of a predator, like a slider, being released into an already fragile ecosystem such as those in the northeast US would most likely devastate the entire local community of plants, animals, and microorganisms.

Conservationist, around the US and the world, are always trying to maintain the fragile environments in which we live. Here's what happens, one person releases an invasive species, in one town over, another person in a totally unreleated instance, releases the same species, this gets repeated thousands and thousands of times in an area. All you see is the one person that released an animal. So do hundreds of other people. See what happens?

The laws are set right now to ensure that those who would attempt to knowingly or unknowingly destroy the local ecology cannot get out of punishment because of some legal loophole. Right now the natural balance is so off kilter that biologists, conservationist, ecologists, and thousands of others are worried of a total collapse of several ecolosystems in the US. It's a shame that those who are well intentioned get caught up, but if we could all do more this could change. Groups exist that are trying to help and oddley enough most of these groups are made of recreational hunters and fishermen, they see the environments changing, and try to spread the message, but it's still not enough. The rest of the population needs to help.

Spread the word.

A.E.H.III
Conservationist

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:57 am Post subject:

I realize the effects that a non-native species can do to a native turtle's habitat, I have read alot on the subject and although I am no expert, I do think that exeptions should be made for people who are performing a rescue, otherwise it would be bad for a hurt turtle to be left behind simply because people that would normally stop to help would be too afraid to touch the turtle, fearing that they would get in trouble for releasing the turtle when it get well enough to be on its own.

I know that in nature some animals die while others flourish, I have no problem with that, but a vehicle is not a natural thing. Very Happy

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Rexgame · Guest Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 3

Exceptions are made all the time, with permission from the state. Without this who is making the decisions? There are still too many who think they know better than those who do this for a living. I have yet to hear of a single case in, at least here in PA where I work, that legal actions were taken against a well intentioned individual. If everyone would accept what scientists are telling them about the environment, laws like this would not be needed. Not everybody does, so laws like this exist.

If everyone gets onboard, laws like this can be stricken from the book. Hopefully, for the environments sake, sooner than later.

turtledude123 · Level 2 Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 52

help!!!

a white glaze has coated everything out of the water that was once in the water of my tank, and my water level is going down fast!! Is the white stuff just lime build-up, and will it affect my turtle? I think the water level is going down because of the evaporation that takes place but i'm not sure...... Exclamation

please help!!!

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:44 am Post subject:

It is probably mineral build-up, not dangerous for the turtles in any way, just not nice to look at, it happens because of the mineral content of the water, I have heard that if you use filtered water (reverse osmosis) that the build up will not happen, but it would get somewhat expensive for a bigger tank. Don't be surprised if you see some on your turtle too. Very Happy

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turtledude123 · Level 2 Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 52

a thin, gasoline type film has appeared on the top of my new set up!!!!

i just got new, larger gravel, and a new floating basking rock and thats it (besides the tank) can u help!!!

thanx!

turtledude123 · Level 2 Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 52

a thin, gasoline type film has appeared on the top of my new set up!!!!

i just got new, larger gravel, and a new floating basking rock and thats it (besides the tank) can u help!!!

thanx!

dixieee · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:44 am Post subject:

where did u get the gravel from? maybe it will help if u boil them first
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u