Recent content by MEEJogja

It does seem a bit like the vet took advantage of the situation. Hopefully it was to reassure you as the owner and didn't cause any harm or cost. Through various recent anecdotes, I understand that tobacco can have a funny effect on certain reptiles. I have heard several times that people burn...

I am amazed you know them @Tom! I did some very basic research into native small predatory freshwater fish and these were the first I searched for and found a seller, of which there was just one in Indonesia. I thought I had found something unusual! My brother in law did say that you will find...

Thanks @Tom - I hope they like it. We are now all secure and more or less living here so the clock is ticking. For the pond, I buried a 1" pipe from the intake to the bottom of the bog filter. I started with a 3000l per hour pump but ultimately decided to upgrade to a 5000l one with a flow...

A little update: So it's been a slow process, but we're now in the position of planting tortoise friendly plants and working on a soaking area/pond. I have a half finished pond in another area, which is using an HDPE liner and is a bit of a disaster. There is a leak in the intake bay so I need...

I think they're just Asian water monitors. (Varanus Salvador) @Tom but there might be other species that I can't identify as I see them so fleetingly. Their colours also mellow so much with age that I think I'd need to be much more familiar with them before telling the adults apart. Having said...

Animal wise most of the neighbours say there is nothing except monitor lizards, snakes and squirrels. During the house building project I've camped and wandered around a bit and also seen a mongoose and some birds of prey. The elderly neighbour also said he has a problem with a skunk (Javanese...

I haven't been very active on the forum recently, which is partly due to me and the wife spending all our non working time overseeing the building of a new house on 2 acres of mainly teak plantation I managed to pick up last year. The house is finished to the extent that we can sleep here and...

I ask because despite people saying that theirs soak for days on end, mine rarely soak but often walk through the water, occasionally drink from it, and every once in a while I catch them spending the night soaking. All of that helps.

Pyramiding is very rare with Emys. Having said that, there do seem to be cases every now and then. What is obvious from your photo is that you are feeding them well, and keeping them in a fairly damp environment (it looks like they're on mud?). From above they do perhaps look like a redfoot in...

Mine were incredibly difficult to sex at 7 years old. There was a lot of debate between the vet and his assistants and it seemed very subjective but they ultimately made the right call. When they got to about 10 years old it became much easier for a layman like myself to tell them apart. The...

One of our tortoises spends most of his time in this hide. Every day when it comes to feeding time he was getting stuck on the left side of the tree. We placed that rock there to prevent this, but now at feeding time he looks out above the rock hopelessly trapped and unable to get out. This...

I second this. If you cant find something live, frozen bloodworms will surely get it's appetite up. Kibble certainly doesn't sound very appetising.

@Yvonne G - how did this play out?!

Your setup looks very natural, well done @Haydar Kurniawan Very interesting re: the plastron... I have only ever seen one or two MEPs come up for sale in Indonesia and they have been extortionate so I agree it's very unlikely to be an imported MEP that accidentally made its way into the supply...

Hi @Elka Mars, I'm not sure about them growing faster to make up for years of malnutrition, although behaviourally they may be eating more due to previously having an inconsistent supply. How big is your tort length and weight wise? At 20 years old it should be fully grown really. I found...