What turtles does everyone keep?

[Turtle Matt]

I think it would be interesting for everyone to post which turtle species they curently keep. Heres mine:
2.0.2 Malayan box
0.1.1 Red foots
1.1 Three toed box
0.1.1 eastern box
2.0 western pond
0.1.1 river cooter
2.1 red bellied cooter
0.2 reeves'
1.2 red ears
1.0 razorback musk
1.0.4 alligator snapper
1.0 european pond
1.1 chinese softshell
1.1.1 florida softshell
1.0 western spiny softshell
1.1 central american wood
0.1 sonoran mud
1.0 eastern mud
0.0.1 pink bellied sideneck
0.0.1 african sideneck
1.1 pancake tortoise
0.1 sulcata tortoise
1.1 ouachita map
0.1 false map
5.8 musks
0.0.1 gulf coast box
0.0.1 hybrid box
plus 3 more..
Can anyone beat that;)?
Turtle Matt

[red bootz]

I can't beat it. Can't even come close. But my babies did move with me to Montreal from Vancouver. Quite the distance travelled, no? Glad to hear there are others out there with the same interest in Chelonians. Don't seem to be too many here.
Nearly forgot my list!

0.0.2 red-foots torts
0.1.0 three toed boxie

[ReptileHQ]

Matt, you're nuts!!

here's my list:

2.2 Florida box turtles (Terrepene carolina bauri)
2.2 Brown roof turtle (Kachuga smithii)

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Chris

[Turtle Matt]

You got some smithii's eh?Right on.
Matt

[Colonel SB]

Wow matt that is awsome I only have 1.1 FSS and thats enough for me.

[asphyxia]

I have a common Snapper

Brian

[Linds]

Wowsa! "Turtle" Matt no doubt! Only chelonian I have is my little 1.5 year old redfoot tortie. Would like to get a box turtle one day as well, wish it were sooner, but its gonna have to be later :(

[eyespy]

I only have a Russian tortoise (T. horsfieldii), am a real lightweight. I'm also curious about the plus 3 more.....

You aren't going to leave us hanging, are you?

[scorpman]

TURTLE MATT WAY COOL YOU GOT YOUR OWN TURTLE ZOO THERE OR WHAT ?? I JUST HAVE 1.1 BOX TURTLES NO WHERE NEAR TURTLE MATT OR TIM AND JULIE BUT HAVING FUN WITH IT

[eyespy]

scorpman, what are you shouting for?

That's what it means when you type in all caps, in case you didn't know.

[Turtle Matt]

Im afraid I must leave you hanging with the other 3(which is actually 4,my mistake). CyberGhost, certainly let me know iif you do set up the turtle rescue. Any pix of your white throated muds Tim??
Matt

[Scales Zoo]

2.4 three toed box turtles (breeding)
1.2 ornate box turtles (breeding)
1.0 eastern box turtle
1.1 common snapping turtles
1.1 wood turtles
0.1 mississippi map turtle
1.1 sulcata tortoises
1.1 leopard tortoises
1.0 red foot tortoise

and very soon to be adding a greek tortoise, another common snapper and 1.2 vietamese box turtles.

We have kept russians tortoises and red eared sliders in the past.

Ryan and Sheila

[Tim and Julie B]

Sorry we are still working on getting a good camera. I would love to show some baby pics! They are truely a cool looking turtle. You would not believe how long their necks are! I can not believe how fast they are growing. They are always hungry, but I am trying not to overfeed. Maybe it is just the time of year. GOTTA LOVE TURTLES!!!

[scorpman]

did not know caps lock was on too busy watchen my scorp eating a moth way cool:D :cool:

[turtle]

Cool CyberGhost. Let me know when you get your rescue up and running and I'll donate my 32 red-ear sliders. lol

Angie

[Darlene]

I only have my first 2 RES at the moment. Have done well placing rescuees in homes. More are coming soon tho. My little 'rescue' is just for the aquatics but I can help place other turts & torts also.

Tim & Julie : are the little ones being sold ?

[Kat]

I have one RedFoot, His (?) name is Toby!

[Chelydraman]

I have 0.0.2 Alligator Snappers and 0.0.1 African Sidenecks and they are my babies!!

[Tim and Julie B]

Darlene:No sorry I just purcused them two months ago.:DTim

[Emily-Fisher]

I don't have any torts or turtles although I am in LOVE with red foots and greek tortoises. I hope to acquire one sometime.

[hoshal]

1.2 new guinean side necks
1.0.1 alligator snappers
0.1 common snapper
0.1 florida snapper
1.1 false map
0.1 mississippi map
1.1 black nobbed saw backs
0.1 three striped mud
1.0 yellow mud
1.0 razor back musk
1.0 loggerhead musk
0.1 midland painter
1.2 yellow bellied cooters
1.0 red bellied cooters
0.3 chinese big head
2.0 reeves terrapin
1.1 hieroglyphic
1.0 texas soft shell
1.0 pallid soft shell
0.1 florida soft shell
1.1 gulf coast soft shells
3.1 eastern box
0.1 ornate box
0.1 veitnamese box
1.0 keeled box
2.3 red foots
1.2 yellow foots
0.1 sulcata
1.2 leopards
2.0 greeks


Looking for MATA MATAS and more BIG HEADS

[pcw_phoenix]

Female Malayan Box (looking for a male)
One Baby Eastern Box (looking for maybe 1 or 2 more)
One Baby Three Toed Box
One Mississippi map
Two Painted Turtle(releasing them after they recover from their damaged shell) it's illegal to keep native turtles here in Ontario..
Looking for baby(unrelated) or a pair of russian Tortoise..will trade my collections if anyone want to..

[Bartman]

Ive probablt got the smallest turt.tort collection :p

Ive got a female russian tortoise. Im looking to breed and have been looking for a good size healthy male for a while now.

[Shad0w]

Wow... No MATAMATA's?

Here, I got one Ally snapper and a 1.1 pair of RES's

[Wu-Gwei]

That's great... I am actually surprised that people are willing to tell what they have, since us canadians are pretty prviate about our turt/tort collections.

0.1 Fl. Redbellied Cooter
1.2 RES
0.1 Eastern boxie
1.0 C. rugosa (snakeneck)
0.0.1 Chinese softshell
1.0 Chinese Golden Thread
0.0.1 Yellowheaded sideneck

If anyone is interested in joining a Canadian keepers list to promote the chelonian hobby in Canada send me a PM.


Cheers,
JJ

[Bartman]

Why, are turtles really protected in Canada?

[Danothemano]

Hey,
I have One hatchling three toed box, one central ornate wood and will soon have a malayan box.

Dano

[damzookeeper]

Well, I can't and wont ever beet that! I have 1.0 eastern box turtle and 0.0.1 wood turtle. I love my turtles but I wouldn't want more than a couple mates for these guys cuz I wouldn't have much room for anymore. ;)
Love the softshells but hate upkeep on aquariums. lol. That's why I got rid of my fish and newts. a couple years ago.

[elfomatic]

6.1.0 Eastern Box
0.0.1 Gulf Coast Box
0.0.1 North American Wood
0.1.0 Redfoot
0.1.1 Sulcata
0.2.0 Russian
0.0.1 Argentine Snakeneck
1.1.0 African Mud
0.0.1 Common Musk
1.1.0 Yellow-Belly Slider
4.4.4 RES
1.1.0 Southern Painted
0.0.1 Western Painted
0.1.0 DBT

[second skin]

maybe we should be asking some of you guys what kind of turtles you dont keep??
my 0.2 red foot are enough for me

[Black_Panther]

What does the . stand for? 2.2 0.1 How can you have a fraction of a turtle (do I sound stupid enough yet?:dumb: :o :D )?

Um. I have a baby eastern box turtle, by the way. Her name is Verena. She's about two inches long and ADORABLE!!!

[tdherper]

Black Panther,

The numbers stand for male.female.unsexed. You would have 0.1.0 eastern boxie.... HTH

td

[Black_Panther]

Thanx!

[thunder]

2.2 leo tort
2.0 ca desert tort (yes i have a license)
1.1 4-toe tort
boxies up to my ears
1.1.1 ca wood turtle
0.0.1 na wood turtle
0.2 res
1.0 western pond turtle
0.1 "mexican red pond" (not sure of species)
0.0.2 false map
0.0.2 common snapper

[damzookeeper]

Our Eastern box turtle is named Bob. My daughter named him because when we first got him he bobbed his head alot when frieghtened. Now he is used of us, her more as she plays with him more than I do. And she goes around the house with him singing "Bob, the boxier, he can box!" to the tune of Bob the builder. lol, it's too funny! Just had to share that. :D

[Black_Panther]

My Box is named Verena. I watch movies with her; she always falls asleep, though.

[snakers55]

Another interesting point that I have witnessed is that they don't grow very fast either.. I by no means starve my animals, but I have 4 alligator snappers that are all over 3 years old and only around 3" or so.. I raised 1 of these from a hatchling, and friends of mine had the other 3. I would have thought they'd grow very large very fast judging by their adult size.

[Buddha]

I have
2.1.1 RES
0.0.1 Mis Map
1.1 Three toed

[AlexElder]

hey im new here not sure where to post this but...

im keeping 0 turtles!

I am on the hunt for one though. Id actually rather a tortoise and i want to know the best place to get on in toronto. Anyone know any good breeders/stores? I heard Reptile HQ is a good place to go, but i cant seem to find where that store is. Thanks in advance for any help

[Lrptls]

i currently have....

a 6 inch red belly turtle
2 baby common snapping turtles
2 red eared sliders, one 2 inches, the other 4

[WEIRDLY]

Where can I buy red ear sliders in downtown Toronto that arent sickly or neglected by the store owners? What is the price range usually? Thanks.

[cuora-ca]

Ok here is my list!

1.1 New guinea sideneck
0.0.1 Spiny turtle
2.1 Reeves
1.0.2 Japanese pond
1.0 chinese ss
2.3.15 Northern diamondbacks
3.3.2 flowerback box
2.3.5 chinese box
0.1 keeled box
4.3 malayan box
2.2 black pond (crassicollis)
0.3 eatsern box
2.3 3-toed box
2.2.1 chinese big head ( the 0.0.1 is a CBB born oct 20th)
1.2 vietnam wood
1.1 african sideneck
2.0.2 bog turtle
2.3 yellow bellied slider
a sh*t load of RES

Think thats it
I will be opening a zoo soon! Hopefully by the end of 2005.

Julie

[Danothemano]

Are you Breeding all of those species?
I have never seen most of those species in Canada!
Ps the Three toed I got from you is doing awsome!
Thanks
Dano

[cuora-ca]

I have bred all species that are in a group. ( anything where i have at least 1.1)

Julie

[Buddha]

thats is an impressive list you have maybe one day I can get half as many as you dou you ship to BC or usually just in your area

[cuora-ca]

I ship throughout Canada.

[David Kwok]

Umm its amazing how off topic things can get. Here is a pic of my pet turtle, his name is "Fly" and I think he's a boy. If anyone knows of a girl that is available for purchase please let me know.

<img src="http://www.davidkwok.ca/images/turtle01.jpg">

[damzookeeper]

David, I've never really cared much for aquatic turtle, just because I hate the aquarium upkeep with all that water. lol, hated fish for that too. But our water is terrible and there was always so much work to make it suitable for the fish that I just gave up. But, I have to say, that little bugger is cuter than words!! Hope you find him a girlfriend. :)

[David Kwok]

I have been keeping aquariums since I was eight years old. Keeping aquariums is second nature to me. I was fortunate enough to keep some rather large and small aquarium fish as well as at times experimenting with a variety of community aquariums. Some of the notable combinations I have tried are a school of cardinal tetras with an Asian Arrowana. Needless to say the school just provided a gourmet meal and lots of fun for the Aro. I have tried a large school of white cloud minnows in there as well but many of them got sucked into the overflow filter. I can go on and on about aquariums but this is a herp forum. I do however moderate this forum and encourage ppl to join if they're interested PM me. :P


David

[Black_Panther]

This is my Eastern Box Turtle hatchling, Verena. I am told that she is 0.1.0 (I have no idea how that goes). Anyway, she's little.

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL631/2800900/5625981/72696781.jpg

[Buddha]

Originally posted by Black_Panther
This is my Eastern Box Turtle hatchling, Verena. I am told that she is 0.1.0 (I have no idea how that goes). Anyway, she's little.

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL631/2800900/5625981/72696781.jpg

great looking Eastern

btw do you also go by the name whisper ?

[Thrush]

I love the baby box!! so different from the adults. I have 0.1 3-toed box turtle named Speedball (I didn't name her, so don't blame me!) http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/6399Speedball-med.jpg

and a baby Greek tortoise
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/6399Olive_on_hand_Nov_04.jpg
and a male (i think) Red foot tortoise, going on 2years now.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/6399Pumpkin_smaller-med.jpg

[Buddha]

hey thrush great looking turts and torts

[marisa]

YES. The thread *IS* what turtles you keep. If some members cannot keep personal issues out of this thread, then they need to keep *themselves* out of this thread.

Be nice.

BTW I keep one turtle, a 16 year old RES named Mikey :D

Marisa

[Manitoban Herps]

I keep

0.0.1 Red Foot Tortoise
0.1.0 Western Painted Turtle :)

[Jeff Hathaway]

8 red-eared sliders
1 pallid spiny softshell
plus, under our native species authorization:
4 common snappers
3 stinkpots
2 midland painteds
1 western painted
2 woods
2 spotteds
1 Blanding's
1 common map

And, some baby eastern spiny softshells hopefully arriving next week, which will complete our Ontario turtle species collection!

Jeff Hathaway
Sciensational Sssnakes!!

[Corey Woods]

Here are a couple of mine.

Here are a couple of my little guys.

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/FlyRiver/FlyRiver1342.jpg">

<img src="http://coreywoods.com/FlyRiver/FlyRiver1349.jpg">

Corey