Photo Gallery :: A couple of pics of my res

[tinyslider]

Here are some of my res, Its hard to get a pic of all of them together, they must be camera shy!

[marisa]

He's cute. How big is he (shell length, not including the curve)?

Does he have a UVB light?

[tinyslider]

Hello marisa, right now we have a 100w uva light, we need to get a uva/uvb as soon as we goto a diffrent pet store that has them.




Here's one I took a couple of weeks ago to give you an idea of the size, I will get the measuring tape out and get the exact length and post it this eveing. Its amazing how much they can grow in just a month! They eat all the time, I think they would eat 10 times a day If we let them, but they get fed once a day, every time we walk by the tank, the bigger res "beg" and its hard to walk away sometimes!

[marisa]

Pretty shell.

If the weather/temps are good, you could take them outside for a few hours several times a week until you get the UVB light. Don't get one that gives a lower output--get at least a 5% one.

Be strong about not overfeeding--you can give them plant matter if they've eaten and still beg.

[tinyslider]

Thats what we have been wanting to get, what kind of plants do you get to put in the tank that they can eat? Wal-mart has several aquatic plants but I don't know what kind to get. I don't want them to eat something that makes them sick. Thanks

[marisa]

The Wal-mart near you has live aquatic plants? Nice--I can only get plastic ones at the Wal-mart near me...Most turtles like anachris, other popular plants are water hyacinth, water lettuce, duckweed. The plants that are sold for aquariums and fish should also be safe for turtles.

[GouzlanTheAmerican]

soo cute. that is alot of turtles! i have one and i dont think i could handle another one.

[TexasJagsFan]

Those are some cool babies.

[flutterby]

If the weather/temps are good, you could take them outside for a few hours several times a week until you get the UVB light.

Scoot loves being outside, so its worth a try. Plus you get to see them do cute stuff like burrow in grass.

[GouzlanTheAmerican]

LOL SOO TRUE. I AM AFRAID TO LET MY TURTLE OUTSIDE THOUGH. I LET MY OTHER TURTLE OUTSIDE AND FOUND HER 3 MONTHS LATER DEAD IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT PART OF THE YARD REALLY FAR AWAY FROM WERE I LOST HER.

[marisa]

If they're not in a container like a wading pool, though, it would be hard to keep track of 8 of them (for me it would be impossible).

[flutterby]

Take one or two out at a time, and have other people watch them?

[marisa]

I suppose you could ask trusted friends/relatives to do that, but just speaking for me, I don't know of anyone who would be as vigilant as I would be (it's different since they're mine; no one gets the kick out of them that I do here). Plus, I wouldn't want to saddle anyone with the responsibility just in case something happened.

I suppose you could rotate days, taking some of them out on one day and some another. I'd still want them in a container. They're just so easy to lose...

[tinyslider]

We do let them bask outside when its sunny, But lately it has rained every day for over a week in tn. It seems to really rain when im off work! Humm!

Here's 3 of ours in the "kiddie" pool soakin up the rays. Also, we keep chicken wire over the top of the pool. That makes us feel a lot better leaving them alone in there privacy and no predetors will get our baby's!

[tinyslider]

Here's a pic of our tank. I can see 5 of them in this pic. We use to have a 10 gal tank and 5 res, then we got a 55 gal tank and then we got 3 more res! oops!