TERRAPIN Pictorial

[Redfoot NERD]

Faves from past and present .. some you've seen.. some from today - let's start with the girls -

Bennie with the 'vanilla' crown -

A babe from my female Sassafrass -

Of course the 'Northern Whites' -

Bonnie and Bennie.. enjoying a brief basking time during 'cool-down' -

This 'Yellow-girl' from today is now 3.5".. still years from making babies herself - a rare shot of her.. she never stops!

And my fave of Bonnie [ dark concentric ] with Bo looking on -

Another 'Sassy' 4" from Sept. '12 -

Still like this basking pose of the 'Northerns' from last September -

A few more of the girls.. and then the boys....

 

[luvpetz27]

They are all so gorgeous!!! I love the basking pics!! so cute

 

[bigred]

Fantastic pics, I like the lines on sassys head

 

[Julius25]

Sooooo nice !!!!

 

[Redfoot NERD]

I promise I'll get decent pics of "Sassy" ASAP.. [ shown 'underwater' in the winter tub ] she has produced a number of beautiful babies.. as you have seen. I wanted to show how the head patterns were maintained in the hatchlings! Well over 8" SCL -

Blonde female -

Unless noted.. all of the females are 7" - 8"+ SCL.. a good mature size.. well within breeding size. Most/all will produce this 2013 season.

Acquired this WC rescue from "China Town" - sad story from Aug. '11. An attempt to 'transition' and 'heal' her was heart breaking. She had been kept in fresh water until severe "shell-rot" had occured. She had a beautiful yellow carapace [ you can see a little of the 'rot' in the pic ]. Her flesh was untouched!

She was 'dry-docked' and treated daily for almost 2 months.. but never would eat anything but frozen shrimp and crablegs. She went down within 10 days of trying to wean her onto pellets. I was assured by my long-term breeder friend that she had lingering health issues that were fatal as a result of the stress she endured from the 'treatments', etc. She was a beauty -

NEVER ATTEMPT TO 'TRANSITION' A WC TERRAPIN unless you have a year or more to deal with it.

On a good note.. the very first female concentric given to me that got it started! After this one I was hooked.. inside -

And later outside - [ see her blue 'eye-shadow' ? ] -

I'll get those boys posted ASAP!

 

[Moozillion]

OMG!!! They are SO gorgeous!!! DBT are some of my dream torts!

 

[Anthony P]

Beautiful DBTs. Always have loved 'em..

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

LOVE them!

 

[surie_the_tortoise]

some beautiful animals

 

[Redfoot NERD]

A rare scene.. Sassy basking in the background -

She's a big beautiful female Concentric @ 8"+ SCL with those " Crustacean-crunchin' " jaws -

Betsy [ first female ] basking -

And Bonnie again - my second female - a dark concentric with 'different' marking's on her head .. see her dark carapace and that face! -

Now the boys!

Yearling 4" male.. green tints -

'Busy' head patterns on this male breeder hopeful -

The "Boss" Miles.. a blue-eyed 6" male.. a real hunk -

Blond young male atop the stack.. Bo on bottom -

There's Clive the 'black' concentric flanked by Blond again -

Great profile of Bo all stretched out basking.. and Blond -

Blond .. Miles .. and Bo -

All the above are breeder hopefuls for 2013.

I'll look thru the archives of other Terrapins from the past if anyone wants to see them...

 

[srod]

beautiful group you have here, thanks for sharing!

 

[wellington]

Okay, you got to stop. The pics are making me want to turn my aquarium and pond into DBT's homes. Keep posting though I know, I'm confusing, stop, don't stop, but seriously, don't stop. I do love looking at them.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

An 'incubated-for-female' "keeper" from 2012 -

An 'incubated-for-male' "keeper" from 2012 -

He has a single 'dot' on each side of his head.. look close -

I am not a "HYBRID" advocate.. they were part of a trade -

An Ornate 'cross' female... what a face -

A male -

Different plastron -

BO at maybe 2 months.. could sit on a half-dollar -

 

[Anthony P]

WOW!!! The photos keep getting better and better!

 

[theTurtleRoom]

Good looking Terps! I'm torn whether to work with them in the future or not...I've always loved them (especially Carolinas), but a ton of people work with them, and I wonder whether my space would be worth something that needs more "help".

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Thanks all.. I acquired my first Terrapins in '09 - and hope to have hatchlings late summer this year!

How about TEXAN Terrapins.. notice the distinct Vertebrals [ backbone scutes ] -

Different color phases - [ yearlings ] -

2010 hatchlings coming soon.....

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Good looking Terps! I'm torn whether to work with them in the future or not...I've always loved them (especially Carolinas), but a ton of people work with them, and I wonder whether my space would be worth something that needs more "help".

Thanks Steve.. but at the risk of sounding crass or rude.. name even two that are producing any hatchlings please? ( legitimate and legal )

Two of the three/maybe four main Terrapin keepers/breeders [ that I know of ] are no longer doing much.. if any. Email me if you would please.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

A couple youngsters from 2010 -

One that got away.. ( sold her [ come to find out ].. ugh! ) -

Look at those eyes! -

Early 'group' shots - ZZZ'n out -

What a face -

Obviously I don't have a life.. no I don't sleep with my camera...

The original '09's soon...

 

[Itort]

Nice seeing the Texans. Mine are doing fine and enjoying the twice weekly clams.