Hey! New to the site

[bongo]

Hi! What a fab site
I have two Mississippi Map Turtles, called Hektor and Andromaxi who I rescued 2 years ago, when they were just over a year old and have doubled in size since I got them They are very friendly - especially Andromaxi who loves holding hands with me and having her head stroked!! We live in Batley, West Yorkshire together with Tuttie the cat, Luke the Beagle and KJ the child

[yockers]

hello and welcome to the forum....I have just joined and have 3 yellow bellys. Yoda, Rotundus and Lucy. They live with me in SW London....the forum is great and I have found it really useful. Hope you find it as good as I have.

[turtlegirl]

Hello Bongo and welcome to the Forum. I hope you will enjoy sharing your turtle experiences with the rest of us. How did you get your maps used to being handled and enjoy being petted/\ Were they always s tame since you got them?

I have had my 3 Mississippi maps for 14 months now and they are still nervous.They struggle when I pick them up put them into the feeding tank and dive off their basking platform as soon as I enter the room. They were kept in very poor conditions by their previous owner, which may explain why
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[jacquisunderland]

Hiya Bongo and Yockers!! Welcome to turtlesquad forum.. always great to see new members joining in .. we are a friendly site of like minded people sharing experiences, sharing advice and judge no-one... xx

[bongo]

Hi guys ;

To answer your query Turtlegirl, Hektor was MUCH shyer than Andromaxi - she was eager to climb up my arm from day 1! She's a bit too big to do that now Maybe what cultivated the friendliness was the feeding tank although Andromaxi still struggles whereas Hektor just calmly stays still!! I talk to them and sit watching them playing in their tank, maybe they just got used to me that way! The breakthrough with Hektor was painful tho - be warned!! I knew he was getting braver as when I put my hand in their tank - he bit me lol, he thought I was food and was brave enough to go for it!!!!