SPOTTED AGAIN...

[Redfoot NERD]

I raised and bred these from '00 to '05.. and have been 'spotless' since - until last November!

From the FedEx box to a gallon ice-cream tub to wake up a bit -

They started in a 20 long aquarium first - right at 2" SCL -

Individual pics -

Typical plastron -

All 3 are female.. see that "vanilla" face? -

Then a 3" 'male' joined them.. December '11 -

How about that 'darker' ( male ) face -

Incredible "mirror-image" SPOTS on his carapace! -

 

[jonathan512]

Nice ,those r some great looking spotty's

 

[l0velesly]

They look so stunning!

 

[african cake queen]

very cool little guys.

 

[jackrat]

Wow,those are nice.

 

[Momof4]

Your so lucky!! Those are one of my favorite turtles and they have such great personalities.

 

[terryo]

They are beautiful NERD. I haven't seen any in a while, but they have been seen here a few times in local ponds. I always loved them.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

They are beautiful NERD. I haven't seen any in a while, but they have been seen here a few times in local ponds. I always loved them.

Terry I've been out on the back roads in South Carolina among bogs and swamps but have yet to see any in the wild! Thanks...

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Yep and thanks all..

Look at the colors of this 'proven' South Carolina female from back then - [ note date ] -

She was a bright "Salmon" color.

Look at the size of those spots -- I actually like the 'Southerns' with the fewer spots!!!.. ( better than the speckled ones for sure )

 

[jareeed2]

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Heres my spotted turtle.. I also have redfoots

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[tortoises101]

They are beautiful NERD. I haven't seen any in a while, but they have been seen here a few times in local ponds. I always loved them.

Terry I've been out on the back roads in South Carolina among bogs and swamps but have yet to see any in the wild! Thanks...

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Yep and thanks all..

Look at the colors of this 'proven' South Carolina female from back then - [ note date ] -

She was a bright "Salmon" color.

Look at the size of those spots -- I actually like the 'Southerns' with the fewer spots!!!.. ( better than the speckled ones for sure )

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Anyone else notice the gleam on the pleural scute?

 

[Redfoot NERD]

What is "...gleam on the pleural scute" Tony? What do you mean by gleam.. and what is the pleural scute.. ??? Never heard of a pleural scute... I'm serious.

 

[dmarcus]

Wow they are pretty cool looking...

 

[IRTehDuckie]

rofll look at the fedex guy.. hes probably thinking.. "all this ... for.. turtles? grrr" haha

 

[DixieParadise]

Those are some pretty spotties.....

 

[Redfoot NERD]

rofll look at the fedex guy.. hes probably thinking.. "all this ... for.. turtles? grrr" haha

Yeah he said he was from South Texas and wasn't used to all this snow, etc. He was running 3 hours late because of it!

Jay really liked the pic.. he said he's seen multiple pics and videos of opening FedEx boxes.. but never actually being delivered!!! Take a look - http://www.turtlesandtortoises.com/shipping.html

Jay has always taken care of me.. he da man!!! [ he did good on that little guy for sure ]

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Seems like someone asked about their set-up.. a 55 with less than 5" of water -

And every once in awhile I get lucky "with-camera-in-hand" -

 

[terryo]

NERD...what made you go back into water turtles again? Didn't you stop for a while when you started with the RF"s?

 

[Redfoot NERD]

NERD...what made you go back into water turtles again? Didn't you stop for a while when you started with the RF"s?

Actually Terry the spotted turtles came after the very first redfoot tortoises acquired in late '98. I had hatched a few different water turtles over the years.. but spotteds were the first "long-term" breeding project [ '99 -'08 ] - they are small and beautiful and always easy to find homes for. However they can be a challenge at times.

In fact now that I think about it there was only maybe 6 months that I didn't have water turtles.. I got a pair of terrapins late fall after selling my group of spotteds early spring '08.

I got back into them because they were always my favorite water turtle.. and I have the space, etc. that I didn't have before.

 

[tortoises101]

Look back on the front carapace of this guy and you'll see it.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Look back on the front carapace of this guy and you'll see it.

That didn't answer anything Tony

 

[tortoises101]

I circled it.