My lovely turtle <3

[Sylph]

You don't make it easy for me LOL But it's okay, better to be aware of those things in advance :biggrin:

:3 .

Some plants, like Pothos Vines(The devils vine :o) work great in fish tanks, but I'm not sure about turtle ponds, but I hear they're great decoration pieces, and the turles won't eat them, but would probably climb on them . They love to climb.

If you can grow a big section of Anacharis (their favourite food) and have it last for awhile, it might stay, but as it is their favourite food, it'll probably be gone in a day . Well depending on the size of your turtle. Anacharis grows fast, but since they love it, it all depends on their size and numbers.

[Nick9]

and the turles won't eat them, but would probably climb on them . They love to climb.

you know... many times during our talks I just wondered if you were making fun of me :biggrin:
So turtles love to climb, huh? I find that hard to believe :biggrin: :biggrin:

[Sylph]

you know... many times during our talks I just wondered if you were making fun of me :biggrin:
So turtles love to climb, huh? I find that hard to believe :biggrin: :biggrin:

So you've figured me out ehh ... now you have to disappear :p .

They do actually, thats why they have long front claws. The male's nails have multiple purposes, such as; Fighting, Showing off(for females), intimidation(of other males), gripping on to females while mating and climbing.

Females basically have them just to climb and occasionally dig nests for their eggs(they lay fake eggs like how a woman has a period and real ones when they've mated), though with their back legs, they do that.

The male's nails grow extremely long, about as long as their neck or close to it and females have shorter nails, probably about an inch or so.

They're deceptively good climbers. They have to be in the wild, in order to get out of ponds and what not to lay their eggs and to migrate to better locations.

But if kept in a pond in your backyard, all you have to do is make some sort of fence or barrier, that escape proof and safe from self inflicted injury (because they're also tenacious and won't give up easy :p )

[Nick9]

You've got me, man. I have just opened another window to read about turtles and how to breed them :biggrin:

So, sora is Trachemys scripta elegans? mile:

[Sylph]

You've got me, man. I have just opened another window to read about turtles and how to breed them :biggrin:

So, sora is Trachemys scripta elegans? mile:

Yes :3 . The cutest in my opinion. Second being the Knobbed Map Turtle Species (Graptemys Nigrinoda) . My third would be the common Musk turtle(stinkpot turtle) species (ack, I've forgotten their name! *goes to google* ), that is basically fully aquatic, unlike most freshwater turtle species. They can breath through their tongues underwater :p.

You should be carefull when you try to breed them. A few things can happen;

1)The female refuses to mate, so the male attacks her/bullies her
2)The female refuses to mate, so the male attacks her and she attacks back
3)You get eggs, but you would go from have 2 to about 30-40 in a couple of weeks, sometimes more. The female has multiple clutches a year, so you'd be over run in a couple of months.

Not telling you this by the way to deter you, just giving you the heads up . and it's illegal in most countries to release baby turtles of this species, as they are invasive and can run an ecosystem :p .

[Nick9]

I guess I misused keep and breed...

I love to read about keeping different animals, but it takes me really long time to actually buy one. It's just too big commitment and things can't be rushed.

Btw. we "keep" a common kestrel these days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Kestrel

She/he has found out that we have a place under the roof that is sheltered from winter winds. The mess they do is ubelievable, but so far they can stay :biggrin:

[Sylph]

Oh lol, oops .

It is nice keeping animals and the commitment is big, but I think it's worth it :p.
(I want to see Fenris's animals, cause I know he's got alot... *hint hint* ) .

That is so cool, we don't have birds of prey here, mostly just tropical birds . I wanna hold it :o lol.

[Nick9]

Yeah, some of them are big and you certainly can tell when they land on your hand. We have shelters where you can come closer to the birds and you get a thick glove to be protected from their claws and you can hold them for a while.

Tropical birds are fun too I wanted to buy one (or two LOL) last year. But after several months of thinking it over I decided that our chinchillas were making enough mess :biggrin:

[Sylph]

Yeah, some of them are big and you certainly can tell when they land on your hand. We have shelters where you can come closer to the birds and you get a thick glove to be protected from their claws and you can hold them for a while.

Tropical birds are fun too I wanted to buy one (or two LOL) last year. But after several months of thinking it over I decided that our chinchillas were making enough mess :biggrin:

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That's cool. Although, I thought Chinchillas were endangered? Or am I thinking of something else? Bush babies? :p .

[Nick9]

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That's cool. Although, I thought Chinchillas were endangered? Or am I thinking of something else? Bush babies? :p .

I am not sure about wild ones, but they are kept for their fur at large indoors farms :frown:



They are a size of a small rabbit, skinny with a lot of soft fur (that tends to fly out of the cage... )