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Post by unclejoe on May 28, 2014 8:15:17 GMT -5
Finally got batteries in the camera and it takes much better pics. Red and Jordy We had 7 this morning, here's 6, sans Seashell. Momma is the largest, Tink is the small soft shell in front, next to Jordy. Gamera only shows up occasionally. She must be 20 lb. Her neck is as long as Momma. Tink and Seashel Jordy Magenta
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 8:18:19 GMT -5
What kind of turtle is Jordy? His face is so funny looking... kinda makes me think of a cartoon character.
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Post by unclejoe on May 28, 2014 8:20:40 GMT -5
Jordy Tink and Seashell are soft shell turtles. The sliders' shells are hard and layered like fingernails, and soft shells are like leather. This is an older pic of Gamera
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 8:31:03 GMT -5
Today I learned that I have never seen a soft shell turtle in real life.
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Post by gfountain on May 28, 2014 9:41:51 GMT -5
Great pictures! Very cool that you feed them. :thumbsup:
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 11:35:38 GMT -5
We have almost always had turtles, love em! My hubby's prize possession was Crystal, his albino red ear slider. I got her as a father's day gift to him when she was about the size of a quarter and she got about 12 inches last year when we lost her. She was about 6. Now we just have the tort, but we have had various red ears, soft shells, long necks, and even an alligator snapper for a few months.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 11:37:53 GMT -5
Those are amazing shots! I wish we had a pond closer to enjoy the turtles. You see a few along the Rio Grande River, but it's so murky that once they hop in you can't see em anymore.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 12:24:32 GMT -5
@abbylee22 That turtle looks so majestic!
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Post by unclejoe on May 28, 2014 12:47:41 GMT -5
We have almost always had turtles, love em! My hubby's prize possession was Crystal, his albino red ear slider. I got her as a father's day gift to him when she was about the size of a quarter and she got about 12 inches last year when we lost her. She was about 6. Now we just have the tort, but we have had various red ears, soft shells, long necks, and even an alligator snapper for a few months. I'll have to show her to Dar. She's cool. We have a resident Florida snapper, but haven't seen him yet this year. He's usually the last to return.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 12:53:48 GMT -5
Gamera looks so prehistoric. What kind of turtle is he?
@abbylee22 , Crystal is just beautiful and has such a sweet face.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 13:37:18 GMT -5
She was a neat turtle, interesting to watch eat and swim about, but she was not very friendly. I don't know how many time my hubby got bit trying to hand feed her or just simply cleaning her tank. My tort is so sweat, you can hold him in your lab and hand feed him and he hangs out like nothing.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 14:53:35 GMT -5
They are awesome! The water is very clear too.
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Post by unclejoe on May 29, 2014 8:32:02 GMT -5
We'd like to have a turtle tank or pond when we move out of here. (unless we decide to replace this home) If that isn't possible we'd look into getting a tortoise. We'd love to see more pics of your tank setup. What kind of tort do you have now?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2014 9:50:18 GMT -5
We don't have the turtle anymore, so we don't have the tank wet up. We let Crystal out to sun bath last summer, which we did ALL the time, and withing 30 minutes she was gone. We looked for days of course, but never found her. Our fence isn't very tall, but turtle and tort proofed. We thought at first maybe she dug and burred herself, it was close to fall, but she didn't come up this spring. We are thinking someone might have came in and taken her? We will never know. But anyway, I have a 2 year old Leopard Tortoise. She/He is a sweaty. I got em as a gift as a tiny hatchling. Jesse is so gentle and allows us to hold him and hand feed. We are currently working on some shell deformities he has. He was 'chewed on' by our lab when he was only about 9 months old and was very lucky to live through it. Since then we have had a hard time getting his shell to smooth out again. I guess a this age they grow so fast too that it tends to pyramid a bit. Anyhow here are some more pics... This is Jesse the day we got him, so tiny... This is the most recent, you can still see some of the bite marks on his shell, a little over 1.5 years ago... and lastly, here are a couple more of Crystal, just cause she was neat to look at...
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Post by unclejoe on May 30, 2014 13:46:02 GMT -5
Jesse is beautiful. We've learned that, in turtles, anyway, the males have longer tails than females. Fortunately, the ones whose genders we had guessed wrong have relatively gender-neutral names, like Jordy. But we still refer the Jordy as he. And of course females get much bigger. It's hard to go by just the tail in the water because they keep them tucked in close a lot of the time. At this point, we think that all of the local soft shells are female. Today, Gamera, the big female soft shell, showed up for a snack, and I wanted to show how big she is. In the foreground is Dee, an adult moscovy duck. Gamera has never eaten from a spoon before, but she did ok with it. We don't trust her 100% to hand feed her. Here she is next to Jordy and Sheldon
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