Spottie

Kirkie · 14-08-2023, 06:00 PM

Spotted turtle on the way out.

sandy · 15-08-2023, 09:32 AM

A great picture, can we have one when its out please?

tortydat · 15-08-2023, 09:42 AM

Do many people keep this species and are they difficult to breed? Don't see so much about terrapins these days apart from the odd one being found in a pond and mistaken for a tortoise at one time the red ears were found everywhere.

Kirkie · 15-08-2023, 11:12 AM

I know a few people keeping these. Mine live in an outdoor pond year round, they're very cold tolerant and do well like this down south. They dont get bigger than 4-5 inches as adults so a good species to keep.

I don't have a great deal of breeding success with them, others do. Every year I get a clutch of 3 and 4 eggs from my two females. Every year only one egg is fertile and hatches so I have a good line of 1,2,3,4 ,5 year old turtles.

As they live in the pond year round they’re fairly naturalised, I could probably improve fertility by pairing them up with my males in the spring, away from the pond but I prefer letting them live the way they are.

Kirkie · 15-08-2023, 11:22 AM

This is the adults pond. Its a 6ft x 3ft raised bed with a liner. The mesh is more to keep cats out than turtles in. In the winter I cover the whole thing with a sheet of polycarb, which also helps to extend the active season both sides of winter as it turns the whole thing into a cold frame.

Kirkie · 17-08-2023, 10:46 AM

Caught them on the blink camera this morning, this is the land section built into that 6x3.

emma_mcraf · 18-08-2023, 02:13 PM

Congratulations on the new baby.

Yes, they look very content from that blink camera. To be honest I thought they'd need a bigger pond so I can see why they're easy to keep especially staying so small.
Thanks for sharing - really interesting and lovely to see.

tortydat · 07-09-2023, 03:23 PM

I love to see terrapins outside and hope that Spottie has been out enjoying the fantastic weather.

14-08-2023, 06:00 PM	#1
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Spottie Spotted turtle on the way out.

15-08-2023, 09:32 AM	#2
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	A great picture, can we have one when its out please? __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

15-08-2023, 11:12 AM	#4
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	I know a few people keeping these. Mine live in an outdoor pond year round, they're very cold tolerant and do well like this down south. They dont get bigger than 4-5 inches as adults so a good species to keep. I don't have a great deal of breeding success with them, others do. Every year I get a clutch of 3 and 4 eggs from my two females. Every year only one egg is fertile and hatches so I have a good line of 1,2,3,4 ,5 year old turtles. As they live in the pond year round they’re fairly naturalised, I could probably improve fertility by pairing them up with my males in the spring, away from the pond but I prefer letting them live the way they are. Last edited by Kirkie; 15-08-2023 at 11:26 AM.

18-08-2023, 02:13 PM	#7
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Congratulations on the new baby. Yes, they look very content from that blink camera. To be honest I thought they'd need a bigger pond so I can see why they're easy to keep especially staying so small. Thanks for sharing - really interesting and lovely to see. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

15-08-2023, 09:42 AM	#3
tortydat Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 1,165	Do many people keep this species and are they difficult to breed? Don't see so much about terrapins these days apart from the odd one being found in a pond and mistaken for a tortoise at one time the red ears were found everywhere.

15-08-2023, 11:22 AM	#5
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	This is the adults pond. Its a 6ft x 3ft raised bed with a liner. The mesh is more to keep cats out than turtles in. In the winter I cover the whole thing with a sheet of polycarb, which also helps to extend the active season both sides of winter as it turns the whole thing into a cold frame.

17-08-2023, 10:46 AM	#6
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Caught them on the blink camera this morning, this is the land section built into that 6x3.

07-09-2023, 03:23 PM	#8
tortydat Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 1,165	I love to see terrapins outside and hope that Spottie has been out enjoying the fantastic weather.

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