Saw-shelled turtle

[hornet]

just got a couple of pics of my biggest saw shelled and thought i would post them, enjoy

 

[tan]

WOW, he has a beautiful shell!!

 

[hornet]

i know, i also keep kreffts and they just have a plain shell but these guys its got nice color and the beaut pattern to it, hope to breed them when they are older

 

[grimbeny]

Thats amazing, u dont see many turtle pictures on here unfortunatly.

 

[hornet]

no you dont, i'll take pics of the rest of the group and post them

 

[hornet]

1st 2 are my 2 kreffts and 3rd pic is my other saw shelled

 

[grimbeny]

The krefts are nice too but the saw-shelled is definatly a stand out.

 

[hornet]

i get my own endangered mary river turtle this week

 

[grimbeny]

Wow thats awesome!!!

 

[hornet]

i'll be sure to post pics, i need new camera batteries that actually last a bit then i will photograph all my herps

 

[cyclamen]

hey hornet. your turtles are looking great mate
mel

 

[hornet]

thanks, how are yours mel, got pics?

 

[cyclamen]

yeah mate. will post em after i eat dinner
they are good. pigs just like yours i bet.

 

[hornet]

yup mine sure are, altho they prefer fingers, go straight past the food to my fingers lol, never bitten but you canb tell they want to

 

[grimbeny]

How much do they eat?

 

[hornet]

i dont feed them much, altho have been upping the food last cuople of days, it used to be 1/4 to 1/2 a turtle block a day now its about a turtle block each a day

 

[hornet]

when i start making my own they can gorge themselvs

 

[grimbeny]

Whats in turtle block? How old r ur little guys?

 

[hornet]

turtle block is just frozen turtle food, not exaclty sure what it contains but it comes in 100g packs, my guys are yearlings

 

[mrdestiny]

Although it may be labelled Turtle Food, that doesn't mean it is good for them. Apparently it consists of scraps from the abattoir floor and certainly not recommended to be used as their sole type of food. Try giving them what they would find in the wild, ie primarily fish.
Allan