Hey all! My name is LeAndra, I've had an account on here before; but unfortunately I couldn't figure out exactly what my login was so I started over. For the most part I lurked then anyways. Since I was 10 years old I have dedicated myself to all things chelonian, by way of obsessive research...
Mackenzie lynn. Richardson was born attt 3:41 pm 9/14/13... no pictures yet but will post soon :) she was 8lb 4.2oz, 19.5" long, & head circ was 13.5cm. And once she decided she was ready to come out my epidural stopped working and she was delivered naturally in about 5 minutes :D:D
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Update *** it's currently 3am ish where i live & at 7am i will be checked in to the hospital and given a pitocin iv to induce labor!!!!!
I'm a nervous wreck but so excited, the surprise of labor with my son was much less nervewracking! I hope to have photo's of my new human 'hatchling' tonight...
I for one love it :) major thumbs up i wish i could pull this kind of stuff off! Glass just intimidates me :b
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Most younguns like the warmer water temps and are generally not very tolerant of colder adult temps, I've never kept fl softshells but id assume with them being a species native to fl 80 would be about the right sounding temp. Wait for someone with more knowledge than myself, but the only thing...
Yuckyyyyy. I live in maine and where i live and previous ly lived my mom and i have had slugs come to the porch like they expected feeding... like 8" long and an inch wide not even joking, gotta find pictures for yall it was horrifying!!
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Congratulations that is so awesome, Id love to do the same if resources were different :b
1.1 human baby's (grayson & mackenzie)
1.1 bunnies
0.1 eastern painted (wendy)
0.1 treeing walker coonhound (daisy)
0.1.5 mainecoon mix (vera & her kittens)
If you are planning on aquatics you'll need to invest in an aquarium, it will need to have a dock or a large pile of rocks to bask on while still leaving swimming room. What kind of turt do you plan to keep? A lot of species would do better in a fenced in outdoor pond with a haul out space, or a...
I agree it appears to be a common snapper, I love them, so cute :) Anywho - I housed two hatchling snappers, a stinkpot common musk, and an RES together and they all did awesome. And yes I know It's a rare-ish case haha. My res was a male around 6" my musk a female about 5", and the snappers...
In my opinion, petsafe like specific non-toxic pet nail polish would be fine on a torts claws, there is even baby safe nail polish which I think would probably be okay also. Using the mind set that shells are made of mostly keratin (i believe?) And nails are also majorly keratin so except on new...
Thanks so much! Oh i know it, I already spend my time sketching out enclosures and such, now i just get to wait for the right time, very impatiently :)
1.1 human baby's (grayson & mackenzie)
1.1 bunnies
0.1 eastern painted (wendy)
0.1 treeing walker coonhound (daisy)
0.1.5 mainecoon mix (vera &...