Woody makes his debut - Page 3

Geomyda · 11-05-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SeeShell

That's a fantastic picture (another one!). The detail is amazing. How large will the orange headed temple turtle grow? I'm afraid I know very little about turtles but they are absolutely fascinating to look at.
SS
ps on a separate note was that you in the pic in this month's PRK taken at the 2nd International Congress (apologies if not!)

Yes, that was me with the Coleman's, (Boxman & BoxGirl), together with Elmar Meier and his wife Ingrid.
In answer to your question about the size of the adults, a large Male can get to 12Kg, although, average are about half that. My Male is about 5.5kg

Box girl · 11-05-2010, 01:44 PM

Looking forward to getting home so I can view the pics they will not load up at school.

harwood09 · 12-05-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Geomyda

This little Asian "Orange headed" Temple turtle, is now out of the egg and off to explore his Tropical Wood:

He looks great

out of interest how large is the hatchling?

Geomyda · 12-05-2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by harwood09

He looks great

out of interest how large is the hatchling?

3.5cm SLC, and a weight of 32 grams, which is quite a good start weight.

harwood09 · 12-05-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Geomyda

3.5cm SLC, and a weight of 32 grams, which is quite a good start weight.

They're solid little lumps then

all the best with it

Geomyda · 12-05-2010, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by harwood09

They're solid little lumps then

all the best with it

Little Buddha's, I'd say

Geomyda · 14-05-2010, 07:14 AM

In Myanmar, there exists an extremely rare and of course, equally highly threatened cousin of the Orange Headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys grandis), which I have just successfuly bred. The Burmese Giant Pond Turtle, (Heosenys depressa). In captivity, there are really very few of these precious animals, and in Europe a collection of them has been accumulated as a potential breeding group, at the very famous Asian Turtle breeding centre at Muenster Zoo.
When I visited the centre last month, I saw that Elmar Meier had got his first clutch of eggs, from a succesful coupling at the Zoo, and since then, I have been enquiring about their progress. When earlier this week, my own Temple Turtle eggs started hatching, I was keen to know what progress was being made in Germany. In consequence, I am very pleased to receive today news of their first hatching of this species

justmeandmytortoise · 14-05-2010, 07:31 AM

This is terrific news

ME SHELL · 14-05-2010, 07:38 AM

Thats excellent news, they are beautiful turtles, and I would agree they do look more tortoise like then turtle

Geomyda · 14-05-2010, 04:24 PM

Having absorbed its yolk sac beautifully, and settled into the household routine during the last three days, this morning it ate for the first time. Nice juicy Wax worm, followed by a share of my breakfast Banana. I did not want to disturb this first, very important meal with Flash photography, but later in the day, after a good soak in his enclosure, I did manage to get a couple of reasonable pic's:

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14-05-2010, 07:14 AM	#27
Geomyda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 2,094	Muenster Zoo News In Myanmar, there exists an extremely rare and of course, equally highly threatened cousin of the Orange Headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys grandis), which I have just successfuly bred. The Burmese Giant Pond Turtle, (Heosenys depressa). In captivity, there are really very few of these precious animals, and in Europe a collection of them has been accumulated as a potential breeding group, at the very famous Asian Turtle breeding centre at Muenster Zoo. When I visited the centre last month, I saw that Elmar Meier had got his first clutch of eggs, from a succesful coupling at the Zoo, and since then, I have been enquiring about their progress. When earlier this week, my own Temple Turtle eggs started hatching, I was keen to know what progress was being made in Germany. In consequence, I am very pleased to receive today news of their first hatching of this species

14-05-2010, 07:31 AM	#28
justmeandmytortoise Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 2,682	This is terrific news __________________ www.justmeandmytortoise.webs.com Tortoise, Terrapin and Turtle group covering Kent and London

14-05-2010, 07:38 AM	#29
ME SHELL Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8,484	Thats excellent news, they are beautiful turtles, and I would agree they do look more tortoise like then turtle

14-05-2010, 04:24 PM	#30
Geomyda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 2,094	Having absorbed its yolk sac beautifully, and settled into the household routine during the last three days, this morning it ate for the first time. Nice juicy Wax worm, followed by a share of my breakfast Banana. I did not want to disturb this first, very important meal with Flash photography, but later in the day, after a good soak in his enclosure, I did manage to get a couple of reasonable pic's:

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