Eastern snake-necked

[CJ1978]

Hi all,

Just thought I would post a picture of a couple of my turtles. The one in the pool is "Tiny" I got him when he was the size of a 50cent piece - he had a leach on him which i removed and we've been friends even since (That was about 20 years ago). Dont worry the pool is fresh water and very clean and he has a rock he can climb onto and sun himself.

The other couple of pics are my turtle ponds/aquarium for the other easterns - I used to have quayles in there but the turtle would drown them and eat them...

Well I hope you enjoy.
Cheers,
CJ

 

[CJ1978]

Thanks,
Theres actually a second pond which I didn't include - and a little waterfall between them - the turtle manage to get up on there own. I rigged up a toilet plunger to help maintain the level but it only really loses water when the waterfall pump is on. Its amazing how circulation the water increases evaporation - any smarties who can explain it - maybe something to do with breaking surface tension - or increasing surface area!?

 

[wicked reptiles]

Nice setup mate, I love it! But when the turtles shell is brown it means your over feeding it doesnt it? I am probably wrong, this is just what i have read.

 

[benji]

CJ1978, We had a problem with a pond in our backyard. It wasn't so much the evaporation. When it was windy and we had the pump on, all the water was blown from the fountain (or waterfall in your case) into the garden. One day my mum came home only to find that the gold fish had about 2 inches of water to swim in. Poor fella's.
Cheers, Ben

 

[CJ1978]

Hi,

Wow - I dont know about the colour of the shell with regard to overfeeding... Can anyone help with this... Tiny is the turtle who thinks he's a human (or at the very least a dog) and follows you around the house wanting to be stroked... He has the same colour of shell as the outside (aka the pond turtles) although he has a little less algae stuff growing on him. They get fed a small amount of blood worms, turtle feed (the frozen stuff) or the floating dry variety (which they dont really like) at most once a week (less in winter when the pond turtles appear to hibernate)
Thanks,
CJ

 

[mrdestiny]

I have 21 adult Eastern Long Necks, they vary from light brown to dark brown, and I don't believe the colour has anything to do with over-feeding. This idea may have come about due to the fact that wild ELNs are often black in colour, and this is probably due to a slower growth rate in the wild.
Allan
http://turtletownsydney.tripod.com/

 

[CJ1978]

Hi Allan,

Thanks for that... I would hate to be overfeeding them.
CJ

 

[Adandiluvsmyreptiles]

LOL Colour isn't an indication of over feeding! It's funny the stuff u hear. Look nice and healthy to me!
I love turts! Thanks for the pics!