OMG YES!!!!! You just made my day reading this!! The memories……..
Almost every weekend throughout the 80’s I was there. My first snake, monitor, tortoise…..the list goes on!
But the exotic turtles they got in back then just blew me away. The only other place near this area that would also have...
A 6 yr old female. Believe it or not, she’s actually pretty tame. From the moment they hatch the protective head covering begins to form. The older they get the more pronounced the covering becomes.
The 2 females and male. The females were of the same clutch; the male is unrelated. The male is the one with the shed in the background. I’m estimating another 12-16 months before the females are ready, and the male is more than ready. In the past 3 weeks he has escaped twice, both...
These guys are a blast! All Cuora are, actually, but these guys have tons of personality. Especially the females. They're more aquatic than many other members of the genus, but not as much as aurocapitata.
Yes ma'am, up until mid-March. I cool them down from then up until the end of May. That is the timeline that has worked for me up here in N Ohio with the other Cuora species that I keep.
The 2019's have been growing along nicely. They were introduced to pinkies last week and gobbled them up with vigor. They haven't shown any interest yet in fruit or veggies, but that will come in time as they age. They have been quite entertaining to work with thus far. Their personalities are...
Another huge Fluval fan here. I use the 200 and 300 series on anything under 50 gals, Anything over 50 gallons I go with the Fluval FX 4's and 6's. They are workhorse tanks and literally almost indestructible.