She is Malayan Box Turtle

Last post I've not mentioned what kind of this new turtle I got.. after searching some information from friends around the world.. huhu.. here we go.. she is the Malayan Box Turtle a.k.a Ambonian or Cuora Amboinensis an Exotic Freshwater Turtles. Right now she is 11 months year old.

So far, I have no problem having her as new turtle.. is just for first 3 days, she won't eat anything I feed her. Maybe she just too scared because the new environment and new friends around her. Before this, she was put in a fish tank with big big fish and dirty water like so green and smelly even the tank got filtration.. Haiyoo.. once I got her, I cleaned up her shell and put her in the tank with other my 2 RES, Totto and Totti.

Right now she doing great where she want me to hand feed her. Owh ya, not to forget, the owner before this used to feed her cat food~! the biscuit cat food~! What a crazy man. Hahaha... No more cat food.. now her diet same as my other turtles where I give her Nutrafin Pellets, some krill (once a week), and lettuce. I think she try to adjust the diet and can accept the food.

I really want to keep this turtle!

New Turtle~!

Isn't she cute?! Hehe... I just got this new turtle from the person who no longer can taking care of her. I do not know what kind of this turtle yet but I will find it soon~! and I think this turtle is female because she got short nails and tail.. huhuhu... 

What makes me amazed about this lil turt is dat she can hide herself inside the shell completely~! You can't even see her tail or legs or head.. Forsake to post the picture, she allow me to take her picture and give some pose.. hehe..

Pictures~!

My handsome Totto... see the middle picture... Totto can makes my heart melts.. ~!!


This is lovely sweetie Totti... lately she been piggy~! eating so much!

My cutest babies~! this 26 September 2008 they will be 3 months~! yeay... Hmm no name yet!

Totto and Totti resting at basking ramp...

The babies also hang at their resting ramp.. They grown up~~!

Turtles Pool!

Here I want to show the stages of my turtles pool which I begin with 10 gallons kiddie pool with some colored rocks, plastic green grass, fake plant and also 2 huge driftwoods for basking platform.

After 2 months using that 10 gallons kiddie pool, my turtles grown up and I had to put them in big pool to give them spacious swimming area. Now they have 60 gallons pool with the same decorations and additional of river rocks.

Why I used the kiddie pool? because my mum didn't allow me to buy a big tank for my turtles because we don't have any space in the house to put them. So as alternative, I use the kiddie pool and place them outside the house on the porch. The benefits from it, my turtles got such a real life out there with indirectly sunlight everyday and I don't have to buy those UVB and UVA lights for them.

Complete Setup!

Yeay~! Finally my turtles got their own tank with all the basic equipment they needed. I place their tank at my rental apartment. So the tank is temporary and give a little space swimming room for them. They also have the basking area which still under construction where I still need to improve the floor of the cage. My turtles don't like the pink foam pad where I put it for them. They hate it so much. Totti already bite every edge of the foam pad!~ thank god she pooped back. hehehe...

Owh ya, not forgetting my hatchlings tank also I do some renovation where I make the basking platform also the rest ramp for them. I've made it from styrofoam and I glue the green sponge to it and stick those basking platform and rest ramp inside at the tank wall.