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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...

I LOVE this story!!! Ha!! That’s awesome!! My first Platysternon was purchased at Parma Pets in NE Oh for 30 bucks!🤘🏻

No, I’m sorry. I thought you were one of those robot responses like the turtle forum does. Thank you, though!!!!

Are you legally retarded?

Simma……

4 1/2 yr old female. They are INSANELY active at dawn and dusk. Like a cat on catnip filled with steroids. But In between? You will not find them.

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.

They’re hunkered down at the moment, but an unrelated pair just over 7yrs old reside here.

I was bummed. The Wood Bros need a win this year, sooner or later.....

What you have is a Mauremys Caspica. They are endemic to your region.

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...

The first of my young group of 4 that I’m able to positively identify, and she’s a personable and boisterous one.

No. But I have a friend named Bonnie Lee Staggers......

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.