New Baby Turtle in da house~!!

Holaa guys~!!

I want to introduce my new turtle! He or she I'm not very sure.. but I just assume he :) He is a Map Turtle or scientific name is Ouchita Map Turtle. I had him since 18 July 2010. Now he already 2 months plus plus.. Oh thanks to my Mr. Boyfie for allowing me to take care another baby turtle.

On the way home ~~~

Look how small is he..

Am I cute? ehee.. with Mappy! I named him Mappy!

Maybe this is where he got name as Map Turtle :P

New Baby Turtle~!!

Chinese Golden Thread Turtle

Its been awhile I'm searching this turtle.. I love the uniqueness of this turtle skin pattern and shell. So gorgeous and beautiful. I found this turtle sell at one of my favourite fish & aquarium shop. They sell for RM10 each. Here some info of this turtle.

Scientific Name: Ocadia Sinensis

Common name: Long Tail Turtle / Chinese Golden Striped Neck

Habitat : Slow-moving creeks, swamps, ponds, lakes, and rivers at low elevations. Ocadia sinensis can tolerate a wide range of temperatures from the cooler northern ranges of China and Taiwan to the hot tropical regions of Southeast Asia

Diet: An omnivorous turtle, but hatchlings and males tend to be more carnivorous feeding on insects, larvae, worms, crustaceans, and carrion, but will take in variety of water vegetation. Females and older turtles will be primarily herbivorous.

Credits to: www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-chinesegoldenthread.htm

Story behind the lost of Baby YBS's Tail

One month ago, one of baby YBS had lost h/she tail. It is unpredictable accident where one of my RES, Riri climb out from her tank basking area and jump into baby YBS tank. It was like 9 days after I have the baby YBS and suddenly this 'big' traumatic accident happen to her/him. Poor little baby. Riri was excited watching this skittish baby turtle swimming around and intended chase the baby and bite the tail~! I can't stop the incident as I'm not around. From what I read, we cannot mix the big turtle and baby turtle together as the bigger/senior turtle will try to conquer the place and being a leader. Turtles are solidatary animal. They can live alone by their own without companion.

A picture show the bloody cut, near to the vent/cloaca.

Since it is first time accident happen to my turtles, I felt so terrible that time because I don't know what to do. Here, I don't have any good vet who can helps my baby as most vet in my state are specialize for cats and dogs only. For the mean time, I clean the cut with warm water and dry dock the baby. After few minutes, I put some natural sea cucumber oitment.

It took 2 weeks for my baby to fully recovered from the injury as the tail still swollen. To avoid infection from other baby turtle, I separate the baby in other container and put wet tissue as the bedding. The baby looks comfort and resting, sleeping all the time.

Sleeping and resting my little baby...

I know h/she still feel the pain but still want to bask~!

Its been a month after the incident and my baby doing great! H/she be able to swim and walk even without a tail. H/she also very skittish, playful, alert and very very cute. H/she also know how to 'begging dance' in front of me when h/she hungry. Its hard to believe that the tail can't grow back. But I know my turtle is strong to live with me. I will cherish h/she as long as I can and make the baby happy! I hope my baby will live happily ever after with me.

These is a pictures after a month and fully recovered from the injury.

Update My RES and Baby YBS

Yeay~!! just want to celebrate that my new baby Yellow Bellied Sliders already ONE MONTH with me. They eat well, poops well and playful. The cutest who had lost this tail month ago really active and love to bask. But the other one seems don't know how to bask yet. Both of them already bigger than 50cents.

1st baby YBS

I love to bask~! Makes me feel good... wanna join?

2nd baby YBS

Basking together

Yeay again~!! My both RES will be 1 year old this coming 26 June 2009. Kiki and Riri are the most notty notty turtles but they are the cutest one. I love them so much. This pictures taken while I'm feeding them carrots. They love carrots so much.

Riri won't let go the carrot as I snap her picture.

Can you see I am wearing orang-y lipstick.. hehe - Kiki

Riri

Kiki - 4 inch

Riri - 4.5 inch

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..