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Buying a dbt
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Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:12 pmby Kansasslider
I'm thinking about buying a turtle from Dave P on Kingsnake . com Its a hatchling dbt. Do you think it would be ok to put it in the tank with my male mississippi about 3 inches and my female res about 4.5 inches? If not I could put it in my 40gal gallon breeder until it gets bigger. I know I would have to watch them but input on this would be nice. Thanks.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:25 pmby steve
I know others have done it, it should be fine with the usual aggression concerns of having multiple terrapins. I would probably feed them separately, depending on the DBT's size.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:30 pmby Kansasslider
Dbt is 14 week old. Probably about quarter size maybe a bit bigger.Know anything about the breeder ?All I know is its Dave --PA
Re: Buying a dbt
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:06 amby steve
I forgot to mention - watch out for areas that might trap a smaller turtle. Shallow areas might also be dangerous as a hatchling might get pinned down accidentally.
DB4L will know more about breeders. I might get one from someone here on the forum in the future
Re: Buying a dbt
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:35 pmby Kansasslider
Does Diamond backs 4 life breed them. I forgot to mention I'm looking into White concentric DBT.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:28 pmby steve
Good question… I'm not sure though I think he's had a breeding pair before.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Tue Nov 26, 2013 1:50 pmby Diamondbacks4Life
Yea im working on breeding them but have been met with limited success. Most people had problems with dbts laying this year. Next spring is another year to see what happens. I currently own 6 dbts from Dave all varrious ages. I pick up one hatchling from him every year.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:33 pmby Kansasslider
COOL How does he ship them? The reason I ask is that i seen a youtube vid that showed one delivered in a small piece of sheet inside of paper sent in a bubble pack envelope. I believe seller had the same name. Any tips on buying one. I think they are just wonderful and would like to buy one soon. Just got laid off due to weather so now I might have to wait. Do you also own cdbt or speckled? Sorry about all the questions. Thanks.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:01 pmby Diamondbacks4Life
Yea thats from him probably he does the worst shipping but they always make it through the mail. This is from him:
http://youtu.be/L8PoLUN_IVwDo I own cdbt and speckled? Yes if your c stand for concentric and I have a coupled speckled?
Re: Buying a dbt
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Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:11 pmby Kansasslider
Yes Concentric.Thanks Edit - The you tube link is for a movie called Homefront . Good looking movie but nothing to do with turtles.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:28 amby steve
OK, now I want to watch Homefront too.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:56 amby Kansasslider
I know right!
Re: Buying a dbt
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:59 amby steve
I haven't even heard about it before… too many movies to watch right now.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:03 pmby Kansasslider
Have you seen 2 Guns ? I will have to put HOMEFRONT on my watch list.
Re: Buying a dbt
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:13 pmby Diamondbacks4Life
What the heck lol, idk even know how that happened, ive never even watched that trailer before. Ty cellphone....
The right link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDelUV0N6mI I own 17 DBTs in all.
15 are Concentrics
2 are Speckled