I hardly ever put up photos of my aquatic turtles but as I've been uploading some onto my Photobucket account I figured to post some here.
Red-cheek mud turtle, Kinosternon scorpioides cruentatum. I've kept and bred this species of mud turtle off and on since 1983. My favorite of the muddies!
This is Peggy, a six year old hatched by my friend Eric Holt.
Some juveniles I'm raising up.
Some of my Staurotypus salvinii. All hand raised from right out of their eggs.
My adult male Katsu...
When Katsu was younger he used to carry this stone all around his aquarium. Have no idea why.
He didn't appear to be trying to eat it but rather he just seemed to enjoy swimming around with it in his mouth.
Katsu would pick it up, swim around a bit, drop it and then shove it around with his nose. I finally took it away from him though as he would keep us awake at night by dropping it on the tank bottom all night long. Plus, as he got larger I was afraid he might swallow it!
This is Kifu then...
and then later...
and now...
One of my female Staurotypus salvinii, Miss Beasley. Yeah, I give my turtles goofy names.
Sorry.
A neonate alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys apalachicolae.
Here trying to fool guppies with his worm-lure tongue...
He takes this business very seriously.
I love my tortoises but will readily admit that my aquatic turtles are way more 'fun'.
Red-cheek mud turtle, Kinosternon scorpioides cruentatum. I've kept and bred this species of mud turtle off and on since 1983. My favorite of the muddies!
This is Peggy, a six year old hatched by my friend Eric Holt.
Some juveniles I'm raising up.
Some of my Staurotypus salvinii. All hand raised from right out of their eggs.
My adult male Katsu...
When Katsu was younger he used to carry this stone all around his aquarium. Have no idea why.
He didn't appear to be trying to eat it but rather he just seemed to enjoy swimming around with it in his mouth.
Katsu would pick it up, swim around a bit, drop it and then shove it around with his nose. I finally took it away from him though as he would keep us awake at night by dropping it on the tank bottom all night long. Plus, as he got larger I was afraid he might swallow it!
This is Kifu then...
and then later...
and now...
One of my female Staurotypus salvinii, Miss Beasley. Yeah, I give my turtles goofy names.
Sorry.
A neonate alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys apalachicolae.
Here trying to fool guppies with his worm-lure tongue...
He takes this business very seriously.
I love my tortoises but will readily admit that my aquatic turtles are way more 'fun'.