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reptile ID and info
Posted on: 25/2/2012 12:44
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So I've had this guy for over 10 years, since both I and him was very small xD. I don't know what is he. He lives in water almost all the time and eat almost everything, I feed him with live fish(lots of live fish in the pond but he doesn't like fish anymore), vegetable, fish food, raw meat(rarely). Is there any other good food I can feed him?


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Re: reptile ID and info
Posted on: 25/2/2012 15:33
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Definitely a soft-shelled turtle. Possibly the Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). They get to about a foot long, and are the most commonly seen soft-shelled turtle in the hobby AFAIK.

Wikipedia says they eat crustaceans, molluscs, insects and fish at night. You could try cockles, shrimp, strips of white fish, etc. Soft-shell will take small mammals and birds, and the largest have been known to attack goats.

How large is it?

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Posted on: 25/2/2012 16:02
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Thanks for the info, his shell is really soft :P.
He's... i don't have the number but he's a little bigger than 2 of my hands fully spread. He's friendly to me but he attacked and ate a rat...


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Posted on: 25/2/2012 18:21
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Rat eating turtles? We could do with a few of those in London! Though I don't suppose the weather would suit them ... and we wouldn't want a cane toad style takeover ...


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Posted on: 25/2/2012 20:42
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there's defo snapping turtles in london, as well as the usual terrapin types

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Oh yes there was one eating geese in the River Lea a few years ago, they must have caught it though??


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I've never seen a turtle catching a pray... I can't even imagine how mine was able to catch a rat. area near my pond was a good place for rat, as it's close to the sewer and lots of hiding place. But about 4 years ago, I've discovered dead and half-eaten rats in my pond


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Eating rats!!
Sheer quality.
Hope he stays in your pond!!!!

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Posted on: 11/3/2012 1:30
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He does get out of the pond sometime but always come back =D He only get out of the water for sunlight for a short time


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