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21-Oct-07, 07:44 PM
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hey all. i was heading around to all my local petstores today to have a look for a staffy and when i went into the living jungle in dandenong i had a look in their reptile section, the turtle tank (with only 1 turtle) had a tiny little dry dock and in the tank there was an adult turtle with what looked like a lawn growing out of it. i figure its an advanced algae or something but it almost covered its entire shell. its bright green and about 10-15mm long. is it really bad husbandry? or a common occurence in turtles? i was under the impression all turtles need a large spot to heat up and avoid algae growth.
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Originally Posted by rednut  Emo burglers, they'd spend all their time jumping through glass windows and never bother to steal anything...... | |
21-Oct-07, 08:01 PM
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You would only see algae growing on their shells if they have been kept outside, and yes, they need somewhere to get dry and warm, but it doesn't have to be huge.
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21-Oct-07, 08:03 PM
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by tiny i mean about 2/3rds the size of the turtle...
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21-Oct-07, 08:06 PM
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cant beat staffies, heres my bigboy doug
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21-Oct-07, 08:10 PM
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im in the market for a male uncut (lol, i mean not desexed) english staffy prefferable 6-8weeks old, brindle in colour with white patch on his chest. picky much? lol. it's been my dream dog to buy, hopefully will get one in two weeks.
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21-Oct-07, 08:29 PM
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Hi Michael,
The algae is harmless and quite common.
Provided the turtle can get out of the water and sit on the dry area, it is probably just adequate in size.
Several Victorian pet shops used have a tendency to put only a small amount of water in their tank, so the turtles could walk but not swim.
Do the pet shops still do this, or have they realised that turtles are aquatic animals that swim?
Regards,
Michael.
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21-Oct-07, 08:33 PM
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i would say the turtle was wild crt imo
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21-Oct-07, 08:33 PM
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thanks michael (top name isn't it?)
this tank is probably 900mm long x 600mm deep and 600mm high (not accurate thats just my memory) the water would have been about 300mm deep. so it was well and truely deep enough. not having kept turtles before i didnt know if it was common it just seemed to be a weird coincedence that the turtle had the growth and such a small dock. thanks for the answers.
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21-Oct-07, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by crush the turtle i would say the turtle was wild crt imo | ...interesting...why would you presume that?
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21-Oct-07, 08:38 PM
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thought the exact same thing. it seems to be thrown around a lot.
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21-Oct-07, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Aslan ...interesting...why would you presume that? | alot of pet stores in melb catch thier turtles from the wild coz of the 10cm rule, and that we dnt need lic to keep turtles in vic, so they can just take them without being court
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