Post by notropsis on Apr 3, 2012 21:47:25 GMT
Hello thought I might introduce myself
I first found the Turtle rescue website after looking round the internet to try and find a mate for a pelosios turtle named Bovril that someone at work was giving away to a good home (still looking by the way) I had been been resisting the temptation to keep terrapins again after spotting some razorback musks I saw on a fish buying expedition in Leeds 12 months earlier!
one of my colleagues spotted the add and thought I'd be interested
Of course she had to twist my arm LOL
I'm no stranger to Terrapins got 2 red eared sliders when I was a teenager had them years then my mum looked after them when I went away to nursing school and during a really hot summer the female climbed out of their outdoor enclosure and laid a clutch of eggs in a hole she dug in the lawn! my mum hatched them in the airing cupboard and she still has the 5 offspring and they must be nearly 20 years old now!
I've always been surrounded by animals especially birds and fish and got the nick name Bird Man due to the steady stream of injured and 'so called' orphaned birds that often got dumped on our door step!
At the moment I have my pigeons and a pair of silver pheasants hatched from eggs on Ebay!
Anyway back to the terrapins during the course of my hunt for an elusive mate for Bovril I have acquired A right motley crew comprising of 4 adult musk turtles a pair of Peninsular cooters 3 subrufa mud turtles a snake neck and 2 very large ?? Elseya turtles
although I shant go into the story here I had a few concerns over a couple of them and rang Jacqui and Wayne yesterday and they were very help full and gave me some good tips and it was great to talk to someone who shares the same interests,
and today the turtles are looking so much better and eating like pigs! and the snake neck is able to submerge much better -I wonder if dehydration had something to do with it as it looks much 'fuller' in the arm pits if you know what I mean.
thankfully I have a whole fish house packed up in the garage
(10 tanks and 7 rearing ponds ready for moving house) which I have had to press into use again
going to try and put up some pics of my outdoor pond I'm making for the musks I'm using a greenhouse vent to open the top when the sun shines and lower it again when the temp drops going to use and under bed plastic tub filled with sandy soil as an island in case they want to lay eggs.
You can just see the overflow pipe on the left side, this will be part of the trickle filter system I find this a better system as it takes away any scum that forms on the surface of the water.
Will let the plants grow a bit and the weather warm up before i put them in because although the water is heated the air may still be too cold and i cant see that would be good for them? thought of trying using a small tubular heater fixed high up with a computer fan to circulate the warm air? Anyone any ideas?
Anyway that's all for now as I'm having a large vodka and will probably start rambling.
Ian
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I first found the Turtle rescue website after looking round the internet to try and find a mate for a pelosios turtle named Bovril that someone at work was giving away to a good home (still looking by the way) I had been been resisting the temptation to keep terrapins again after spotting some razorback musks I saw on a fish buying expedition in Leeds 12 months earlier!
one of my colleagues spotted the add and thought I'd be interested
Of course she had to twist my arm LOL
I'm no stranger to Terrapins got 2 red eared sliders when I was a teenager had them years then my mum looked after them when I went away to nursing school and during a really hot summer the female climbed out of their outdoor enclosure and laid a clutch of eggs in a hole she dug in the lawn! my mum hatched them in the airing cupboard and she still has the 5 offspring and they must be nearly 20 years old now!
I've always been surrounded by animals especially birds and fish and got the nick name Bird Man due to the steady stream of injured and 'so called' orphaned birds that often got dumped on our door step!
At the moment I have my pigeons and a pair of silver pheasants hatched from eggs on Ebay!
Anyway back to the terrapins during the course of my hunt for an elusive mate for Bovril I have acquired A right motley crew comprising of 4 adult musk turtles a pair of Peninsular cooters 3 subrufa mud turtles a snake neck and 2 very large ?? Elseya turtles
although I shant go into the story here I had a few concerns over a couple of them and rang Jacqui and Wayne yesterday and they were very help full and gave me some good tips and it was great to talk to someone who shares the same interests,
and today the turtles are looking so much better and eating like pigs! and the snake neck is able to submerge much better -I wonder if dehydration had something to do with it as it looks much 'fuller' in the arm pits if you know what I mean.
thankfully I have a whole fish house packed up in the garage
(10 tanks and 7 rearing ponds ready for moving house) which I have had to press into use again
going to try and put up some pics of my outdoor pond I'm making for the musks I'm using a greenhouse vent to open the top when the sun shines and lower it again when the temp drops going to use and under bed plastic tub filled with sandy soil as an island in case they want to lay eggs.
You can just see the overflow pipe on the left side, this will be part of the trickle filter system I find this a better system as it takes away any scum that forms on the surface of the water.
Will let the plants grow a bit and the weather warm up before i put them in because although the water is heated the air may still be too cold and i cant see that would be good for them? thought of trying using a small tubular heater fixed high up with a computer fan to circulate the warm air? Anyone any ideas?
Anyway that's all for now as I'm having a large vodka and will probably start rambling.
Ian
.