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05-Dec-07, 09:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-05 Location: Townsville Age/Gender: 26  | | |
Just curious, - probably a stupid question but I couldn't find an answer anywhere!! Do turtles actually 'shed'? - Im positive I've found little pieces of what appears to be a form of 'shed scales' from my little fellas back around the tank. Also, I currently have pebbles in the bottem of my tank, and was thinking of looking into to changing to white sand. Has anyone else tried it?
Cheers,
Dee.
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05-Dec-07, 09:15 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Brisbane QLD Gender:  | | | | yeah, they shed their skin and their shell |
05-Dec-07, 11:17 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Adelaide Gender: | | | | ive got a silly question....... do turtles drink? |
05-Dec-07, 11:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age/Gender: 17 | | | | Yes turtles drink |
05-Dec-07, 11:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | R u kidding me. Turtles drink. OMG
That explains y the water level in my tank is so low.
Theyve been drinking it!OMG
and all this time i thought it was because i had it next to that window so that the glass tank recieves direct sunlight almost 12 hours a day. Do you think i should feed my turtles? I kno this is prob an stupid ques but since fuller told me im also here to recieve wisdom, wat do you think of that?
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06-Dec-07, 12:01 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age/Gender: 17 | | | Lector - Meerely purchase multiple turtles and let the victor eat the losers   |
06-Dec-07, 12:09 AM
| | Regular Member | | | | | I have to purchase multiples anyway cos they keep dying, so i guess nature fixes itself in the end anyway.
Do u think a water temp of 45 C is high enough or should i try for higher. I am new to keeping turtles and i assume they are just like snakes and need a hot end and a cool end, but bc ive got a water heater to warm the water i have left it reduces me to throwing ice cubes into the cold end and hoping for the best. I keep talking to the breeder that i buy my pig nosed turtles off, but i have failed to mention this prob to him yet. He just seems happy to keep selling them to me.
what do you suggest?
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I dont want to go to camp.There is always something crawling in your sleeping bag, like a spider or a counsellor
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06-Dec-07, 12:14 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age/Gender: 17 | | | | ya not all there are ya dude? |
06-Dec-07, 12:19 AM
| | Regular Member | | | | | just a small coke short of a happy meal
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I dont want to go to camp.There is always something crawling in your sleeping bag, like a spider or a counsellor
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06-Dec-07, 12:22 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age/Gender: 17 | | | | Lmao! |
06-Dec-07, 12:25 AM
|  | Big Hobs Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: transporting herps along the east coast Age/Gender: 35 | | | | so what did your old user name used to be lector lol
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06-Dec-07, 12:26 AM
| | Regular Member | | | | | But u must admit i hide it well
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I dont want to go to camp.There is always something crawling in your sleeping bag, like a spider or a counsellor
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06-Dec-07, 12:29 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age/Gender: 17 | | | | Ok im lost? |
06-Dec-07, 12:40 AM
| | Regular Member | | | | | sorry i hide my insanity well.
WHAT on earth makes u think THAT I would have an old user name?
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I dont want to go to camp.There is always something crawling in your sleeping bag, like a spider or a counsellor
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06-Dec-07, 12:45 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age/Gender: 17 | | | | Yeah, thats the bit i got lost at, old user name thing, i got the insanity thing | | |
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