new Baby turtles

[saikrett]

Hey All!!
i picked up my baby murray river turtles today :!: :!: :!:

They are sooooo cool, they had there first feed today!!!

 

[grahamh]

They sound nice. Are they long necked or short - what about some photos - I don't know what they are like.

I found the shell of a turtle near one of my dams - it's been eaten out probably by ants Id say. The ones we have here are short necked - I left it where I found it but I might go back and get it - give it a varnish and keep it on the wall of the snake house (when I build one).

 

[Alexahnder]

Murry turtles are short necks (I think)

You are so lucky!! What are the being kept in

 

[grahamh]

Mine are wild - they live in all the dams. If you sit by the dam when the light is right you can see them haning in the water just beneath the surface and drifting with the tiniest bit of the head out of the water. Some of the dams have dozens of them - even the smallest which is only about 30 mtres in diameter have four or five. I'll post a piccy of the shell when I go back for it. One thing I do know is that on the few occasions when I've helped them off the road (on their way to a new location) is the smell - they absolutely STINK!.

 

[saikrett]

I keep them in a food storage container with the UV light over them.

They don't stink (atleast not yet!)

there shell is about 1.5-1.8 cm!!

 

[Alexahnder]

ok.

They must be so cute

 

[saikrett]

oh they are!!

i had a look at ultimate reptiles and they have them for sale @ $90 each!!!!!
Mine were $100 for 2!!!

i'm gonna feed them soon

 

[roadkill5000]

the stink is a defence mecanism i think and it works every time they get me

 

[saikrett]

haha

 

[FitzChivalry]

The stink of turtles in the wild is a defence mechanism and related to the environment they live in. Captive bred turtles do not have the same smell, partly due to the environment they live in and their proximity to people constantly.

 

[Alexahnder]

ok

 

[roadkill5000]

makes sence 8)

 

[saikrett]

they have been hesatating to come out of the water,
but one of them came out of the water so i got him out and had him running around, BOY can they move!!

 

[hey_im_sam]

saikrett, first of all congrats second, are you in sydney? if so can you tell me if the breeder has any left... and their contact info? my brother might be getting some for his bdayheh thanks mate

 

[scailes]

turtles

yeah lm keen to know were to get som of those little fellas

 

[saikrett]

sure thing
It's craig and gabbrelle and they live in caringbah,
you can contact then on 9540-4331 0421694331
They have longs, shorts, krefts, northern snapping, and pignosed turtles.