AFTCRA success! 3rd Clutch of Mary River Turtle hatchlings

[zulu]

re AFTCRA

Thanks for your reply Craig,yeh what the hell put them on class 1,the little guy has to have a few goodies on his license,nice folks at the DEC but their a bit dopey when it comes to wildlife,they do have really nice hand writing and banking skills.

 

[Zeus_the_beardie]

Thats GREAT news, good job !

How is the dam going Craig ? Hope all turns out well with these great hatchies !

 

[hornet]

congrats craig, you must be over the moon

 

[hornet]

they are on the specialist permit in qld i would guess?

 

[Zeus_the_beardie]

Thats GREAT news, good job !

How is the dam going Craig ? Hope all turns out well with these great hatchies !

 

[expansa1]

they are on the specialist permit in qld i would guess?

I'm not too sure. We have a recreational licence with endorsements for specialist species. On a standard recreational licence you can keep 2 class 1 species.

Regards,

Craig

 

[expansa1]

Thats GREAT news, good job !

How is the dam going Craig ? Hope all turns out well with these great hatchies !

Premier'Pig-headed' Beattie still wants to go ahead even though W.A has a desalination plant that has cost $387 million as against the estimated $3 billion for the Mary River mega-dam. The desalination plant is also cheap to run as they are using wind turbines to generate the electricity to power it.

It doesn't make sense, this method will guarantee water and will consistently produce about 8 times more water than the mega-dam can ever provide as the dam may never fill and has to rely on good rainfall.

Regards,

Craig

 

[Kyro]

Thats great news Craig, congrats on a job well done Have you tryed contacting LandCare to ask for their help to raise $, they are absolutely fantastic at fundraising as they will hit up all the big corporations for $ on your behalf.Good luck & if you need a number for someone to talk to at Landcare then PM me & I will see what I can do

Kyro

 

[expansa1]

Thats great news Craig, congrats on a job well done Have you tryed contacting LandCare to ask for their help to raise $, they are absolutely fantastic at fundraising as they will hit up all the big corporations for $ on your behalf.Good luck & if you need a number for someone to talk to at Landcare then PM me & I will see what I can do

Kyro

Thanks Kyro, pm sent!

 

[expansa1]

I forgot to mention that our 5th clutch of Mary river turtles started hatching this morning!

Craig

 

[cris]

Good news craig
What sort of pond setup and size would be required to keep these guys, would a standard pond pump be good enough for water flow?

 

[Aslan]

5? you guys are out of control!

Your place will be lousy with Mary River Turtles!!

What are you guys doing differently to the other agencies who are failing to breed them successfully?

 

[expansa1]

Good news craig
What sort of pond setup and size would be required to keep these guys, would a standard pond pump be good enough for water flow?

Hi Cris, a minimum 8-10,000 litre pond or rainwater tank would be able to house a few adults and some juvies.

Yes a 90 watt pond pump / 6,000 litres and hour would be sufficient

 

[expansa1]

5? you guys are out of control!

Your place will be lousy with Mary River Turtles!!

What are you guys doing differently to the other agencies who are failing to breed them successfully?

Placement of nesting banks, with sand all the way to the water as well as an increased flow rate at a certain time of the year! The same triggers they get in the wild!

 

[Aslan]

I presume they're all harassing you for details now..??

Prolly hurts to be showed up by private herpers...have the other agencies all been supportive? It would be nice to think that they would appreciate some success and help each other out, but you never know with some organisations...

 

[Adam]

You truely are to be congratulated!!!!! Good on you and thanx for helping our herps for the future!!!!

 

[dazza_wilto]

Well done Craig and Gabrielle and hopefully you can raise the money needed

 

[Macca]

Well done guys, that's great success. You may be able to get some good life-history data as a result of these breedings which would also help towards the species conservation.

"I presume they're all harassing you for details now..?? "

To my knowledge, there is only one wildlife park in Queensland that have been attempting to breed this species.

In terms of reintroductions, should it be endorsed and go ahead, that would be a great demonstration of how a private keeper can assist in the conservation of a threatened species. The only other incidence I know of where an endangered herp is being reintroduced into the wild by a private breeder is a Green and Golden Bell Frog re-introduction program, with the site located on NSW south coast. In fact, the only conservation-based reptile introduction I am aware of in Australia is of a small Ctenotus by Perth Zoo.

Hence, if this introduction goes ahead, even if only as a trial in initial years, it would be a great success and could provide some great data on survival of the young ones and the use of reintroductions as a conservation tool for the species should things go further downhill in the wild.

Keep up the good work,

Cheers,

Macca

 

[horsenz]

aawww..... they're little darlings!!!!
it's fantastis that you guy's are giving back to the wild... congratulations and well done!