Terrapins in the park - Page 2

skewbald · 18-06-2007, 01:24 PM

Lovely photo on your guys in the garden. Yes keep the pics coming! We love 'em!

18-06-2007, 01:44 PM

i agree keep the pics coming, i never get bored of looking at pics of turtles and tortoises, lets see more of both yours and also the lake ones.....

Graham · 18-06-2007, 01:49 PM

OK, here's one of Passion on some floating vegetation...

...and Temple hiding in the duckweed...

...and one of Milligan when I first got him, he's in quarantine here before I put him in the main pond with the girls...

Temple was very timid when I got her, hence hiding in the duckweed, but now she's become very bold and both she and Passion will swim right up to me if I sit on the side of the pond, and I can pick them up out of the water with no struggling. Milligan is rather shy still, he hangs around at the back when it's feeding time, so I have to make sure to throw some food his way, otherwise the greedy girls eat it all! But he's getting better and will sometimes continue basking while I'm working around the pond, the girls couldn't care less of course, they just want their sun!

laine21 · 18-06-2007, 01:51 PM

Your pond and terrapins look great, do you have fish in there? If so do they bother or try to eat the fish or do the fish try to eat them? We have a 32 x 10 foot pond, naturalised with lots of fish, plants and other life. What do you do with them during winter?
Laraine

Graham · 18-06-2007, 02:06 PM

No, we have fish but they are in another pond, the terrapin pond was built specially and they have it to themselves. One day the Red Belly will probably outgrow it and then she'll go in the fish pond, but by that time the fish should be quite safe with her as she should be entirely veggie by then.
In the local World of Water they have several adult RES and YBS in a large pond which they share with some large Koi and Goldfish, they never bother the fish, in fact they even ignored a sick fish that was floating on the surface when I went there a couple of months ago.
I've only had the Red Belly and the male Southern Painted a short time, so the issue of winter hasn't arisen with them. Until now the female Southern Painted has stayed outdoors usually until November, last winter until almost December as it was mild, then I brought her indoors and warmed her up gradually and put here back out in March.
Danny has advised me that my pond is deep enough and our winters mild enough that they could stay out all winter though, and I'm contemplating that for next winter, may chicken out though, have to see!

KearasNana · 19-06-2007, 10:30 AM

Wow what lovely pictures!

I love seeing them looking so happy and natural!

yakface77 · 19-06-2007, 12:01 PM

Danny has advised me that my pond is deep enough and our winters mild enough that they could stay out all winter though, and I'm contemplating that for next winter, may chicken out though, have to see![/quote]

Yep, i feel the same. Slightly reluctant at the moment. If you do keep them out all winter will you put more mud at the bottom, or something that they can bury into ?

Graham · 19-06-2007, 01:22 PM

Yes, at the moment the pond has nothing at the bottom, for hibernation I'd put a load of lily roots and stuff in there for the winter, and I'd monitor the temp at the bottom just to be sure. Luckily it doesn't often get cold very suddenly, and you usually get a bit of warning when it does, I think I'd probably put a cover over the pond too to stop it freezing over.

dizzywend · 19-06-2007, 02:39 PM

All of these pics are fantastic!
Keep em coming!

Wendy

niamherrity · 19-06-2007, 03:19 PM

Wow their amazing so beautiful

What a lovely garden you must have

18-06-2007, 01:24 PM	#11
skewbald Member Hatched Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dorset, UK Posts: 344	Lovely photo on your guys in the garden. Yes keep the pics coming! We love 'em! __________________ My name is Verity and I am a Facebook addict... it is 2 minutes 33 seconds since the last time I poked someone... ********** 0.0.1 leopard tortoise

19-06-2007, 10:30 AM	#16
KearasNana Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 1,795	Wow what lovely pictures! I love seeing them looking so happy and natural! __________________

19-06-2007, 12:01 PM	#17
yakface77 Member Hatched Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South West Wales Posts: 400	Danny has advised me that my pond is deep enough and our winters mild enough that they could stay out all winter though, and I'm contemplating that for next winter, may chicken out though, have to see![/quote] Yep, i feel the same. Slightly reluctant at the moment. If you do keep them out all winter will you put more mud at the bottom, or something that they can bury into ? __________________ 4.2.1 Testudo Hermanni B 2.1.0 Testudo Hermanni H 1.6.0 Testudo horsfeldii 1.1.2 Florida Cooter turtles 0.1.1 Red Eared Slider Turtle 0.1.0 Mississippi Map Turtle ********************************

18-06-2007, 01:44 PM	#12
bruceleetortoise Guest Posts: n/a	i agree keep the pics coming, i never get bored of looking at pics of turtles and tortoises, lets see more of both yours and also the lake ones.....

18-06-2007, 01:49 PM	#13
Graham Member Hatched Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Shepperton, England Posts: 443	OK, here's one of Passion on some floating vegetation... ...and Temple hiding in the duckweed... ...and one of Milligan when I first got him, he's in quarantine here before I put him in the main pond with the girls... Temple was very timid when I got her, hence hiding in the duckweed, but now she's become very bold and both she and Passion will swim right up to me if I sit on the side of the pond, and I can pick them up out of the water with no struggling. Milligan is rather shy still, he hangs around at the back when it's feeding time, so I have to make sure to throw some food his way, otherwise the greedy girls eat it all! But he's getting better and will sometimes continue basking while I'm working around the pond, the girls couldn't care less of course, they just want their sun!

18-06-2007, 01:51 PM	#14
laine21 Member Hatchling Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Moreton, Wirral Posts: 632	Your pond and terrapins look great, do you have fish in there? If so do they bother or try to eat the fish or do the fish try to eat them? We have a 32 x 10 foot pond, naturalised with lots of fish, plants and other life. What do you do with them during winter? Laraine

18-06-2007, 02:06 PM	#15
Graham Member Hatched Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Shepperton, England Posts: 443	No, we have fish but they are in another pond, the terrapin pond was built specially and they have it to themselves. One day the Red Belly will probably outgrow it and then she'll go in the fish pond, but by that time the fish should be quite safe with her as she should be entirely veggie by then. In the local World of Water they have several adult RES and YBS in a large pond which they share with some large Koi and Goldfish, they never bother the fish, in fact they even ignored a sick fish that was floating on the surface when I went there a couple of months ago. I've only had the Red Belly and the male Southern Painted a short time, so the issue of winter hasn't arisen with them. Until now the female Southern Painted has stayed outdoors usually until November, last winter until almost December as it was mild, then I brought her indoors and warmed her up gradually and put here back out in March. Danny has advised me that my pond is deep enough and our winters mild enough that they could stay out all winter though, and I'm contemplating that for next winter, may chicken out though, have to see!

19-06-2007, 01:22 PM	#18
Graham Member Hatched Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Shepperton, England Posts: 443	Yes, at the moment the pond has nothing at the bottom, for hibernation I'd put a load of lily roots and stuff in there for the winter, and I'd monitor the temp at the bottom just to be sure. Luckily it doesn't often get cold very suddenly, and you usually get a bit of warning when it does, I think I'd probably put a cover over the pond too to stop it freezing over.

19-06-2007, 02:39 PM	#19
dizzywend Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North West Posts: 1,678	All of these pics are fantastic! Keep em coming! Wendy

19-06-2007, 03:19 PM	#20
niamherrity Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: klidare/ireland Posts: 2,827	Wow their amazing so beautiful What a lovely garden you must have

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