Recent content by Markw84

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The reptile shows in California are quite lacking in chelonians. Aquatics are very few as California really came down hard on the 4" rule at shows several years back and as a result you will only see a few turtles at shows now. Normally about 6-8 booths out of over 100 that will have a few...

Why not use a very large pen and keep several together? That can be done. I have always housed several together and know other who do. Many can live together and sort out a social hierarchy. Some cannot. SO you have to watch as see if one is particularly aggressive and doesn't get along...

Yes, there is good nutritional value in those aquatic plants. And,,, cooters are the most vegetarian of the turtles! Young cooters are omnivores so like more protein for good growth along with plants, but adults cooters can be almost exclusively vegetarian by preference, Your biggest issue...

There is a reptile show this weekend in Costa Mesa at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Kapidolo Farms will be there. The really big shows are: June 29-30 Pomona Fairplex July 27-28 Anaheim Convention Center I will be at both those along with Will - Kapidolo Farms.

The pipe/tube for your spare intake should also fit the output fitting. Use that pipe/tube. A healthy baby cooter should have not problem swimming to the surface. Not sure what you mean by "struggling a little bit more to get to the surface". Once they are eating well and taking pellets, I...

That filter comes with a slotted type fitting that goes over the intake. With that properly installed, your turtle will be fine as there is not way to get a seal against the intake with the suction. I would extend the tube on the outlet to get the outlet into the water. Spraying above water...

Just a note for those of you giving adequate UV advice. The poster is in England. Even though southern England, it still is at a lattitude of 51°. There is a reason tortoises do not naturally exist in places at that high a lattitude. What you see as adequate UV in the shade in the southern...

The plastron and underside of marginals does look yellow-belly. Post a picture of the carapace and sides of the head/neck and we will know for sure.

Sorry for the late reply, but I was out of town the past 2 days. Catching up this morning. That is a female. Males have obviously long, thicker tails with the vent quite distant from the end of the carapace. At that size and 10 years old, it would have a much larger tail if male.

That is a baby that most likely overwintered in its nest and emerged when it warmed up this year. So it may well have hatched in Sept or Oct last year but if the ground above is colder than below they will often stay in their nest until the next spring when the temp above gets warmer than the...

I use plastic plant garland similar to what you have with all my baby turtles. What you have is great! Live plants make too much of a mess with turtles as they will eat and pick at them and leave lots of little dead pieces of plant in the water. They find out right away the plastic plant is...

I have always used fences I can see through for better viewing of my tortoises. I want to be able to see the tortoises from sitting anywhere on the property to enjoy them! A visual barrier would be a visual barrier for me as well! I also am making this newer place as a future education center...

Your fence in your ideas collage looks very much like the fencing I build and use for my tortoises. Here's a new radiata pen I just completed and re-tilled and planted with grazing mix seeds and red clover. More plants to add. Looks very much like your fence in the picture.

I use this water dish. As you can see, the last time I purchased one on Amazon was 2017 and it is still like new. I used it for very large sulcatas, and now use many for my Galapagos. They cannot tip over and this 30" one is big enough for a tortoise up to about 120 lbs to self soak in...