New map turtle

[Gerards]

Just got this girl in and she is pretty sweet. It's supposed to be a leucistic but it might be more t+, I don't know yet. Enjoy!

 

[jonathan512]

That's an awesome lil albino

 

[Greg T]

Amazing! I've never seen one like that before. How unique!

 

[Saloli]

Now that's an odd little turtle! That's the first albino map I've seen what kind is it?

 

[acrantophis]

I have seen albino turtles before but never leucistic! Very cool. A friend of mine had a large leucistic Burmese python in the late 80's. It was very very expensive and it would never breed with anything. Bad investment!

 

[Gerards]

It's not a albino and not a leucistic, it's a mystery. All I know now is that it rules. I have albino maps too, my first clutch will hatch in three weeks. Here's a pic of my original albino map as a baby. Thanks!

 

[Saloli]

Oh wow, I didn't notice the eyes before. It may be hypomelanistic and xentheric mean that it is missing most of the brown/black pigment and has more yellow then normal. Sort of like some natural blondes in humans.

 

[Gerards]

With baby turtles it's hard to tell, after awhile the color will start to come in and I will be able to tell. It was a farm animal so there nothing to compare it too. Thanks for looking!

 

[acrantophis]

Very cool, so you breed aquatic turtles huh? Inside or outside? What are your enclosures like?

 

[Gerards]

Yeah, I almost only do aquatic turtles but do some tortoises and albino frogs too. Here's a pic of the Pied Mississippi Map, you can kind of see how I keep them. They are all kept outdoors year round and live in really large above ground ponds, depending on how many turtles are in each.

 

[jason g.]

Wow very cool!! Do you breed to sale them? I talked a neighborhood kid into releasing a box turtle he found in the wild back where he got him from. I told him if he released it I would find him a turtle on here. These guys would be perfect for him. Plus I'm across the street to help him with anything he needs help with? So do you. Sell them.

 

[Gerards]

Just email me at [email protected], talk to you later.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Nice!