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Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

Maggie is a Red-Eared Slider shes 1 year & 9 months

, Fabio is a Red-Eared Slider hes 1 year & 7 months

, Brigget is a Spiny Soft-Shell shes 1 year & 6 months

, Nance is a Yellow-Bellied Slider shes 9 months

, Kitty is a Florida Cooter shes 7 months

, Florence is a Peninsula Cooter shes 4 months

, Simon is a False Map hes 3 months

, Leyla is a Red-Bellied Cooter
shes 3 months

& Emite is a Red-Bellied Cooter hes 1 month & 7 days

. All togetter

dixieee · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject:

how sweet

i can see that ur babies grew a bit Very Happy

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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

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

alot they grow since than

centex · Level 3 Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 319

nice!!

cutie202005 · Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:55 pm Post subject: awww

AWWW they're all beautiful, i can't wait till my little guy grows up Smile

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turtlelover86 · Level 1 Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 8

Great turtles!!! look healthy Very Happy

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

Thanks

Hewwo2u2 · Level 3 Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 105 Location: SC

from the bottom of "his" shell and the length of "his" tail, Fabio there looks like "he" might be a "she". Smile

Miss Fabio? or Fabiette? It's okay..my PacMan became Miss PacMan after about a year. lol Smile

lovely turtles you got there! I love the softshell's cute little nose!!!

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

Dont think so (the photo is very old) and his nails and tail are lonnger know. But thanks Razz

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Hewwo2u2 · Level 3 Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 105 Location: SC

ah sorry then (my bad)

so do you keep them all in the same tank? I had a softshell once (I didn't know much at all about turtles then) and I had bought all of them together...the softshell did not live very long... It makes me so mad at the people that sell the little things telling you its so easy to take care of them...ofcourse I can only blame myself too since i didn't look into it first:( I hear they can get rather huge though

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

I keep them all in the same tank (but not Emite) because Maggie and Brigget were eating Him he`s with Brian know, but dont have a good picture of him( hes a Quachita map. I think Question

and i had 2 soft shells but Alyson drowned because she went behined the rock to escape from Brigget ( the other soft shell) never know they die so easly. I think she has been a year with me, shes a Chinese shoft shell., and in china they eat them how crule Mad

. shes 5 inchs know shes as big as my palm. she was 2 inchs when i got her (and the pet shop man said notting about them, just that they are Soft shell turtles.
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Hewwo2u2 · Level 3 Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 105 Location: SC

yeah thats the thing with pet stores. most of em only care about the money. Thats great that you've had her for so long (although i'm sorry to hear about the other). The book I just read says that a spiny softshell female can get to be 18 inches and that the Florida softshell can be TWO FEET! That's huge! They are soo interesting to me...it's the nose that gets me! I later found out from my vet that softshells are carnivores and will even eat prekilled mice! (eww) and that they need a fine substrate like sand to bury under. Keep me posted on her- I would love to see how much she grows! Smile

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

I would never kill a mouse or any animal to feed to one of my animals. I have 2 beutifule rats Very Happy

. She loves tubifex (Brigget) the Chinese shoft shells only 10 inchs they grow, not that big Sad

. I really really hope she doesnt die because i dont think they sell them in Malta any more. Why dont you get another soft shell??? Question

ill keep you posted dont worry. Razz

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Hewwo2u2 · Level 3 Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 105 Location: SC

I would but i dont have the right substrate for a softshell to burrow in and she would probably get SCUD from rubbing the rocks. and I also don't have a big enough tank. I have an adult RES in a 75gal but i might consider it the next time I upgrade. Smile

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

i dont have anything in my tank just a 2 rock (for them to sunbath). no sand for her to go under, well its because i dont have a filter.
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Hewwo2u2 · Level 3 Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 105 Location: SC

woah no filter? with 10 turtles? Geez thats alot of cleaning!

centex · Level 3 Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 319

woah.......10 turtles in one tank, no filter geeeeze....how big is the tank? Sounds like a cleaning headache to say the least........or am I missing something here?

Hewwo2u2 · Level 3 Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 105 Location: SC

I agree! I'm very curious to know how you do this!

centex · Level 3 Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 319

Yes I would think at least a 100 gallon tank for 10 of these guys........I can't even imagine how often you would have to clean that thing........................please....let us know how you do it!!! Surprised

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

Sorry didnt replay sooner, but i didnt swich on my computer for 2 days. its only a 14 and a half to 28 inch tank (hight 13) and has 8 liters in it because of the hight of my turtles sell. (only take 2 hours and a half cleaning it).my father made it but i wanted him to make it bigger . In summer last year every 2 days i cleand the tank. and this year im going to start working so i wont have time. so im going to put them in over pond (when i empty it and paint it)... Razz

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dixieee · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:32 am Post subject:

are they getting along well?
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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

Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

yes there ok.
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turtleman941 · Level 3 Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 165 Location: Oregon

ur soooooooo lucky that u have so many turtles i dont even have 1 Idea

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Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

If you love turtles and will never dump them in a park pond... get ae.
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Nevfalath · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject:

You keep all of those different species of turtles together?? You may want to consider separating them. Especially since you have turtles of different ages living together. Turtles (especially Softshells) are aggressive animals and will fight.
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Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

Yes but 2 on their own Emite & Brian(dont have good pic of Brian) Because Brigget & Maggie attacked Emite. So i hade to separata them. Plus there almost the same age the small ones are under 1 year (Fabio is 2 months &1 year)& Brigget is 2 years. Plus my big baby Maggie is 2 years & 2 months

. Also Brigget stoped biting since Alyson drowned(soft shell) because of Brigget Sad

. Brigget is very gentil (know)... Razz

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Nevfalath · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject:

I see.

You may want to look into buying a larger tank. Turtles need 10 gallons per inch of shell length.

I would separate them by species.

Good luck with them though.
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Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

have no money to buy a tank. but im going to paint the 200 inch pond(so thell be happy in summer.
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Pia · Level 3 Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Malta

will update pics of my Babies (when my sis gets the good camera) Razz

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