found a lovely male batagur borneoensis(painted river terrapin) he will be arriving this week. Now for the little guys to grow up so we can breed these awesome turtles.
This guy is 18" SCL and 32 pounds.
This guy is 18" SCL and 32 pounds.
Big ol batagur
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Impressive turtle! Love it. I would love to see you place sometime, Kelly. Used to go to Texas all the time, but now down there rarely.
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Always a first impulse to think it's a Jicatee. Cool turtle.
Neat-O! Love that species. Hope you get lots and lots of babies in the future.
I wish. Still have hit a end,ess trail of that species in the US unfortunately.
Good grief...I thought it was a P. expansa at first glance. That is an impressive animal!
Best wishes on breeding.
Best wishes on breeding.
Man I wish. Still on the waiting list for expansa. Can't wait. Just a few more podocnemis species and I'll have them all. Just love those guys. South Americas finest in my opinion.
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I was just reading about those. They seem awesome! What size pond while it be living in?
Congrats! ! ! ! !
Right now he's in a 600 gallon tub. This weekend he will go in a pond. Eventually (few weeks or so I'm taking a chunk of time off from work) he will be in a massive outdoor pond. Somewhere in the size of 40' wide and 60' deep water depth of 4' or so in the middle.
Here he is in the big tub though.
Super friendly turtle.
And I got another batagur affinis too with this guy at a discount because it's she'll got nipped by previous owner. Building up the batagur collection. Love these guys. Next to the pangshura and podocnemis these guys are awesome.
It must be really interesting to work with such large turtle species. I wish I had the facilities to do so the 'right' way...meaning providing the space they need as you do with an actual pond.
I'd love to have a group of Callagur borneoensis cruising around.
I'd love to have a group of Callagur borneoensis cruising around.
Indeed. Most of the mammoth species I've added like podocnemis and batagur are young. I'd love some larger ones. But still have to upgrade large ponds. Our frost zone is 10b similar to 10a in Miami. So lots of keepers down in Miami area have success at keeping the late guys outside year round as long the pond is deep. In about 3-4 weeks I'm going to start on the crocodilians exhibit and large ponds. Man that pond liner is not cheap I'll say. I can't wait for these big boys to be swimming around like you say. The 8 acres I've plotted for the park is getting smaller and smaller each weekend. Ha
Wouldn't Bentonite be a better or cheaper sealant?
What's bentonite?
Such a cool turtle. He is starting to turn and get his breeding season colors. Carapace changing and head starting to turn red.
Pretty neat. Might have to give it a try and see how well it works and compare the prices. Pretty sure this would be a huge task using this though. Ponds I'm going to construct will be quite large not sure on gallon size, I'll try and figure it out.
Ha. A 40x60 at 4' deep in the center is 71,172 gallons. Ha that's a lot of water. Need to strategically construct these before the wet season for free fill up. My well might explode if I used a hose.
For using the sodium bentonite you would figure the overall square footage, not the cubic area. And you would put it down prior to putting in the water (I think)
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