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dixieee · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:40 am Post subject: my green, mint, and lemon

It's been a loong while since I last posted pix of my babies. They've grown now and there's an addition to them Very Happy

The new guy is little Lemon. here are they:

Green (bottom) and mint on top of her as usual on their boat

Green and mint basking..mint is piling on her "as usual" too. P.S: they were eating that's why the water is messy around it's never like that

Green and mint on the boat, that's part of their setup

this is baby lemon and yes this is the "death bowl" but that's what i rescued him in and had to keep him there to recover. he moved into his new home now but stopped eating so he's doing shifts on both Rolling Eyes

hope u like them Smile

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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

turtleman941 · Level 3 Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 165 Location: Oregon

thoes r some pretty kool turtles Razz

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turtles1 · Level 3 Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 196

what do u keep ur bigger turts in?

Nevfalath · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject:

Very adorable!
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dixieee · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:

thanx everyone Smile

they all live in rubbermaids..i'm not sure how big but it's about 40+ gallons for the bigger ones and almost 15 for the little one
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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

trtlduv · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject:

They're so beautiful, dixieee!! Wink

Do you worry about them getting aggressive toward each other?
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dixieee · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject:

thanx trtlduv Smile

well of course i do worry especially that i witnessed some attacks from green she did bite mint's hand twice but it happened during feeding time so now they eat separated. other than that i'm so thankful they enjoy having each other around especially when basking. i'm worried about little lemon though, he looks so lonely and he's a desperate little guy
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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

trtlduv · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject:

I so wish I could have more, but I just don't have the room right now. My house is tiny so Snap's tank already takes up a lot of space, but I'm hoping to build a pond in the backyard this summer. Lots of work, but I'm sure it will be worth it! I don't think I can afford to keep it heated in the winter here and I thought I heard something about not letting them hibernate until they're five or so (is that right?)... so maybe by then I'll be able to afford to heat it! Laughing

A girl can always dream, right? Wink

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Nevfalath · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject:

Don't worry about your turtle being lonely. They are not social animals and don't need companionship.
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cefira21 · Level 1 Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 24

They're so cute dixieee. I wish I could giv Earl (my RES) a boat like that too. Right now he only has a tub. Where do you plan to put them both if, let's say they get to be 10-12 inches long? I think Earl is about 8 inches in carapace length. Wink

dixieee · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:54 am Post subject:

trtlduv yes they shouldn't hibernate b4 being 4-5 yrs old and btw, building a pond for them is my dream for them too Smile

Nevfalath yes i know but still i feel sorry for him when i look at my other 2 swimming and basking together while he hangs in there alone..

cefira21 thanx Smile

till then i hope that i get myself a house with a backyard to make them a pond in
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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

Nevfalath · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject:

He's probably thinking to himself: look at those two over there having to share a room when I get one all to myself!! Smile

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Lion777 · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:32 am Post subject:

That's right.LOL
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turtleman941 · Level 3 Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 165 Location: Oregon

how big is ur big turtle or how big do they grow Question

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dixieee · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:14 pm Post subject:

VersteckterGeist · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject:

that's so sad he was in the death bowl?

i give you major props for rescuing him from it though!

your turtles are beautiful! they look so cute on that boat ^___^
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dixieee · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:55 am Post subject:

thanx VersteckterGeist, yes i know it's sad but he had RI and couldn't swim so everytime i moved him to the new tank he went to gasping again and i had to remove him + he would never eat in there so i had to keep him in that death bowl until he gets a bit stronger. as soon as things started getting better, he suddenly started gasping away and passed away in 2 hours..as peacefully as it could ever happen

RIP little lemon..
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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

cefira21 · Level 1 Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 24

how do determine a death bowl? Is it because of the small size of the tub? What if I couldn't find a tub with the required minimum size for my RES? the biggest I could find is 18x26 but the required minimum is 18x36? Will it be okay?

dixieee · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

the death bowl is called so cz it's not made ready to handle all the required lightings, filters, heaters...and it's too small that u can't inc the level of water or else u will have to give up the dry land+ it's too small to fit a hatchling, yet they tell u that ur turtle can live there for good claiming that it won't grow much bigger

about the measurements, sorry but i don't know how much that would be. what i can assure u is that u will have to go for 10 gallons/inch of shell length
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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

sunny41 · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject:

i dont like death bowls netheir. i dont like those turtle lagoons i seen tiny turtle lagoons in some pets stores i think the tiny turtle lagoon is not really made for an hatchling turtle. dixieee i love your turtles buit i think it sad that lemon pass away. and by the way how much did the rubbermaid tub cost?and i have another question what do u think a 20 gal. rubbermaid tub would cost?
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dixieee · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:53 am Post subject:

thanx sunny..

this one is about 30-gallons and costed me about $6-$7, don't remember how much exactly cz it's been a while. i don't know how much do they cost at the US cz in here they sell them for underbed storage but nobody seems to use them that's why i get good bargains on them Cool

the only benefit of living in "the lost desert"! Rolling Eyes

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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

sunny41 · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

your wellcome.i think it cute that they use those mini floaties as basking is seen some pet stores use that or baby toys as basking.
wow if it that price i will defenly buy an rubbermaid tub instead i was at pet smart but a 20 gall tank with an hood was like about $54.00.well i did not get a chance to get it so i will ask my mom on sunday or monday since monday she got a break of no work.and sunday she got no work neither.plus she has the credit card and that what my dad need to get a turtle cuz they are expenive these days.dont know about adopting one.
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claireRESlover · Level 1 Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 18 Location: New Jersey

omg! take pics of your setup pleaaase. i want to see.. ! Laughing

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sunny41 · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:

who me?
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