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11-08-03, 12:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Oregon
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Frt
Does anyone have any fly river turtle? AKA Pig nosed turtle.
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1.4 Ball pythons
1.1Graybanded kings
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1.0 western hognose
1.1 Mali Uro's
1 4.5" Fly River Turtle
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11-09-03, 12:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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My friend had some before. I cared for one for a couple of weeks. What do you want to know?
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JJ 
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11-09-03, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep-2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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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....
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11-09-03, 04:39 PM
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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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
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11-10-03, 01:08 AM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Oregon
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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
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1.2 Burmese
1.4 Ball pythons
1.1Graybanded kings
1.1 snow Bulls
1.0 western hognose
1.1 Mali Uro's
1 4.5" Fly River Turtle
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11-10-03, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Sep-2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Age: 42
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cool i wanna get one for that price....
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11-10-03, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: May-2003
Location: Montreal
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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...
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11-10-03, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Sep-2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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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
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11-10-03, 03:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Quote:
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...
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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
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11-10-03, 04:06 PM
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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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
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11-10-03, 06:13 PM
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Location: Durham, Ontario
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Quote:
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.
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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)
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11-10-03, 08:18 PM
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Location: Toronto, Ontario
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i am sure the toronto zoo has at least two
i went about three weeks ago and saw them.... they are awesome....
camilogutierrez
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11-10-03, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2003
Location: Durham, Ontario
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Oh...I was there maybe a month or so ago, if even. I didn't see any FRT's...
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11-11-03, 07:19 AM
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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
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11-11-03, 08:31 AM
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Join Date: Aug-2003
Location: Durham, Ontario
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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
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