Frt

[PythonWill]

Does anyone have any fly river turtle? AKA Pig nosed turtle.

[Wu-Gwei]

My friend had some before. I cared for one for a couple of weeks. What do you want to know?

Cheers,
JJ;)

[camilogutierrez]

i know a place here in toronto where they had a hatchling... he was so cute....
at firt i thought it was some kind of sea turtle but then i realize it was from the rivers of the filipines....

ok anyway he was going for 700 CND
i do not know if they still have it....

any way gotta go now....

[Wu-Gwei]

Carettochelys insculpta, aka Pig-nosed or Fly River Turtle, is from New Guinea, and northern Australia. They are protected in their natural range, however not listed on CITES. I do not know the legality of these FRT in the US and Canada. I have seen them all over Asia cheaply. They are WC (wild caught) and not easy to keep healthy. White spot syndrome and fungus often occur and they need good filtration.

Cheers,
JJ;)

[PythonWill]

I was jus wondering if anyone had one. I have one thats about 4", he's cool as hell. he shares a tank with angelfish and a snowball pleco. He hasnt had any health problems that everyone talks about. I got him for $120 USD from a friend

[camilogutierrez]

cool i wanna get one for that price....

[red bootz]

Just to add to Wu gwei's description, these guys get big. Upwards of 60cm and 50lbs are not unheard of. They have a nice collection of adults at the bronx zoo, and they are big! Nice turtles though. They remind me of sea turtles watching them swim.
I've also seen numerous inexpensive hatchlings available in Japan which leads me to beleive that they are either being captive bred or more likely, captive hatched...

[camilogutierrez]

red bootz....
i just love that animation of spider-man...
did you do it yourself or where did you get it.....??? nice moves... looks real.

cool man and thanks for the info....

camilogutierrez
design+illustration

[Wu-Gwei]

Originally posted by red bootz
Just to add to Wu gwei's description, these guys get big. Upwards of 60cm and 50lbs are not unheard of. They have a nice collection of adults at the bronx zoo, and they are big! Nice turtles though. They remind me of sea turtles watching them swim.
I've also seen numerous inexpensive hatchlings available in Japan which leads me to beleive that they are either being captive bred or more likely, captive hatched...

They are not being captive bred. Their eggs are being taken from the wild after the females lay and then hatched or even wild collected. They are hard to breed and I have yet to hear anyone succesfully breeding, with the exception of the Bronx Zoo. I think they did it once succesfully, but not again. I haven't heard anything recently.

It's a gorgeous turtle... US$120 - I'll take one!


Cheers,
JJ ;)

[ReptileHQ]

Wu-Gwei

they are most definately being captive bred in North America, the Metro Toronto zoo gets eggs from theirs all the time for example. I also know of others that have had success breeding them. There are also turtle ranches in Indonesia mass producing them for the pet trade as they are only protected in New Guinea.

Chris

[icex19]

Originally posted by ReptileHQ
Wu-Gwei

they are most definately being captive bred in North America, the Metro Toronto zoo gets eggs from theirs all the time for example. I also know of others that have had success breeding them. There are also turtle ranches in Indonesia mass producing them for the pet trade as they are only protected in New Guinea.

Chris

I don't remember there being any Fly river turtles in the Metro Toronto zoo. They do however have a few breeds of softshells, and they just had success with breeding their callagurs (First zoo in NA to hatch them)

[camilogutierrez]

i am sure the toronto zoo has at least two
i went about three weeks ago and saw them.... they are awesome....

camilogutierrez
design+illustration

[icex19]

Oh...I was there maybe a month or so ago, if even. I didn't see any FRT's...

[Tim and Julie B]

Be prepared for many water changes! With the size of these turtles and the amout they eat the have huge..........defications. They can stink it up pretty quickly. Only negitive I can think of. Other then size but if you are prepare for that then they are a great turtle. TB

[icex19]

Take a look at this quite extensive caresheet for information. It was written and consulted upon by many turtle experts. Vert reputable info, right there

Austin's Turtle Page- Fly River turtle care (http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-flyriver.htm)

:cool:

[Turtle Matt]

The T.O. zoo has them for sure,they're over by the bearded dragons,frilled dragons,across from the komodos..Look closer next time,definately an animal not to want to miss.
Matt

[ReptileHQ]

Remember, at any reputable zoo, everything behind the scenes is as big or bigger than the displays you see when you are there. They have more than 2 adults. What they do with a lot of animals is have more behind the scenes and cycle their display animals.

Chris

[camilogutierrez]

cool i did not know that.... that makes me feel better for some of the animals....

thanks for that post.

[icex19]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! *light bulb lights up*

I remember seeing them years ago, when the komodos just came in. Gosh, I remember thinking that the tank was a tad small, but I was pretty young then. Can't remember how big it was.

I wasnt too interested in seeing the komodos after they just came in, so I didn't bother going in there the next few times and forgot about it...I'm definately going to check them out next time

Thanks for the reminder :D

[Wu-Gwei]

OK, I checked with another website based on Carettochelys insculpta and I was explained that there are no FRT being bred in captivity nor in Indonesia. Just as I thought before. They just collect the eggs and hatch them.


Cheers,
JJ;)

[Linds]

Originally posted by ReptileHQ
What they do with a lot of animals is have more behind the scenes and cycle their display animals.


Many zoos do this with their reptiles to prevent stress from being on display all the time.