what kind of turtle is this ???
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A very cute one is all I can say.
So CUTE! Is it yours?
i been wondering what kind of turtle it is for about a month !
Gerards said:
of course you would know the answer!
does it have a "common name"?
no is not mine i wish it was , it belongs to my friend but i look so weird to me because i never saw anything like it ,my friend could not tell me what kind it was because he bought it and didn't ask any questions he bought it becase it was pretty!! lol
Big head turtle...nice
Very scary that your friend would buy a turtle he doesn't know anything about.. ??
Very scary that your friend would buy a turtle he doesn't know anything about.. ??
Especially considering the extremely specialized care this species requires. If you cared to, I'd tell your friend to start researching NOW, or this beautiful turtle won't last long with basic "turtle" care.
These guys live in mountain streams with very cold aerated water, and are probably as tough as any turtle to keep healthy in captivity. Of the 300+ turtles out there, there probably couldn't be a single worse turtle to buy based only on looks.
Very sad story that gives us keepers a bad name. No offense to you at all. Just sad to see. And the seller should have educated your friend a little, but this is the world we live in.
These guys live in mountain streams with very cold aerated water, and are probably as tough as any turtle to keep healthy in captivity. Of the 300+ turtles out there, there probably couldn't be a single worse turtle to buy based only on looks.
Very sad story that gives us keepers a bad name. No offense to you at all. Just sad to see. And the seller should have educated your friend a little, but this is the world we live in.
i told him the scientific name of the turtle species he has, i hope he is doing his homework now ,,,im gonna keep an eye on him and the baby turtle so i can make sure he takes care of it ,, i know it is sad to know people that just buy animals just because of how they look ,i just hope everything changes with time and people educate them selfs before buying any kind of animal
It may be tough to find good care info on them via the internet. This is a species that there will not be caresheets for, and it's not like you can find similar species to mirror your husbandry efforts after. These are just about as one-of-a-kind as animals come. I'm fearful that this will be a losing battle from the beginning.
I thought Russ' book may have had one.
I haven't done more than "stop by" on the TTPG site in a while, since most of it hasn't been updated since 2011, and I haven't heard back from them via email for over a year and a half! So I didn't know he had a caresheet there.
I wan't to get membership for the entire TurtleRoom all at once, but I can't get an email back. He emailed my wife back when she bought me Amanda Ebenhack's book a while back, but no responses for me.
I haven't done more than "stop by" on the TTPG site in a while, since most of it hasn't been updated since 2011, and I haven't heard back from them via email for over a year and a half! So I didn't know he had a caresheet there.
I wan't to get membership for the entire TurtleRoom all at once, but I can't get an email back. He emailed my wife back when she bought me Amanda Ebenhack's book a while back, but no responses for me.
Haha.. Can't hurt I suppose...
just send it to me ill give it all the care it needs !!!,,,JON
Seriously. Where on earth did he just happen to buy something so rare and precious? Can you ask your friend if he'd be willing to sell it? I'll give him whatever he wants for it and I'll pay for overnight shipping too.
I'll send him 10 "pretty" turtles in trade.
I'll send him 10 "pretty" turtles in trade.
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