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26-Jan-03, 04:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sutherland Shire (sydney) | | |
Hey All!!
i picked up my baby murray river turtles today :!: :!: :!:
They are sooooo cool, they had there first feed today!!! |
26-Jan-03, 05:47 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Hunter Valley | | | | They sound nice. Are they long necked or short - what about some photos - I don't know what they are like.
I found the shell of a turtle near one of my dams - it's been eaten out probably by ants Id say. The ones we have here are short necked - I left it where I found it but I might go back and get it - give it a varnish and keep it on the wall of the snake house (when I build one). |
26-Jan-03, 10:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney, NSW | | | | Murry turtles are short necks (I think)
You are so lucky!! What are the being kept in |
26-Jan-03, 10:37 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Hunter Valley | | | | Mine are wild - they live in all the dams. If you sit by the dam when the light is right you can see them haning in the water just beneath the surface and drifting with the tiniest bit of the head out of the water. Some of the dams have dozens of them - even the smallest which is only about 30 mtres in diameter have four or five. I'll post a piccy of the shell when I go back for it. One thing I do know is that on the few occasions when I've helped them off the road (on their way to a new location) is the smell - they absolutely STINK!. |
27-Jan-03, 01:26 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sutherland Shire (sydney) | | | | I keep them in a food storage container with the UV light over them.
They don't stink (atleast not yet!)
there shell is about 1.5-1.8 cm!! |
27-Jan-03, 01:34 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney, NSW | | | | ok.
They must be so cute |
27-Jan-03, 01:39 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sutherland Shire (sydney) | | | | oh they are!!
i had a look at ultimate reptiles and they have them for sale @ $90 each!!!!!
Mine were $100 for 2!!!
i'm gonna feed them soon |
27-Jan-03, 01:41 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: penrith.nsw | | | | the stink is a defence mecanism i think and it works every time they get me |
27-Jan-03, 01:54 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sutherland Shire (sydney) | | | | haha |
27-Jan-03, 02:41 PM
| | | | The stink of turtles in the wild is a defence mechanism and related to the environment they live in. Captive bred turtles do not have the same smell, partly due to the environment they live in and their proximity to people constantly. |
27-Jan-03, 03:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney, NSW | | | | ok |
27-Jan-03, 05:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: penrith.nsw | | | makes sence  |
27-Jan-03, 10:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sutherland Shire (sydney) | | | | they have been hesatating to come out of the water,
but one of them came out of the water so i got him out and had him running around, BOY can they move!! |
27-Jan-03, 10:02 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Townsville | | | saikrett, first of all congrats  second, are you in sydney? if so can you tell me if the breeder has any left... and their contact info? my brother might be getting some for his bdayheh thanks mate |
27-Jan-03, 10:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: melb vic | | | | turtles
yeah lm keen to know were to get som of those little fellas | | |
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