turtles and fishes.. =^_^=

hi hi!

I´m new here.. ^_^

Well, I´ve got 2 turtles and 5 fishes as pets...

But I´m not a very nice owner... (don´t blame me.. >_<; )

Does anyone know how to know which gender is a turtle? I really feel confusing... even the pet shop didn´t know how to examine it!! O_o

Well, I´ve got my first turtle one year ago. Nero (well, a stupid name.. I know..) is dark green with light yellow lines. He/she doesn´t have red marks on its face. Well, I gorgot to ask the shop the name of its specie..

A day ago, I bought Mashi, a pale green (maybe it´s more brown) with pale yellow lines. I think it is a different specie from Nero, but I already tried hard to find a friend for my lonely Nero... ~_~;

Since they say Mashi is young (and he/she is smaller too), is it ok that his/her shell is still quite soft?

And in this morning, I found Mashi dissapeared! Since I have the turtle house a little bit high from the ground, the idea of falling from it scared me a lot!! But thanks God, I found him/her alive...

I want to ask if it is possible that Nero pushed Mashi out (territory stuffs), or Mashi stepped on Nero and climbed out?? Is it because that they are from different species? (ut their sizes aren´t so different)


Well, sorry for my poor English and this much of questions!

And thanks a lot too! =^_^=

Welcome to Pet Talk!!! Your English is wonderful! I'm just sorry I don't know too much about turtles so I can't answer your questions. Somebody will probably read this soon and be able to tell you.

I am glad Mashi is okay :)

A soft shell is not a good sign. Do you have a UV lamp over their tank? If not, they need a UV lamp! You might want to put extra calcium in their food by putting calcuim powder on it.

I would definitely get a lid for the tank! I don't think Nero pushed Mashi out, I think Mashi climbed out on her own.

Without seeing pictures it is very hard to tell if they are boys or girls. In some species of water turtles, the boys have VERY long front claws. If either of them have very long front claws, they're probably a boy.

Yeah, I bought some calcium stones to put in their house. ^_^ I guess I´ll try to put them into the sun (not directly ^_^; ), coz I can´t afford an UV lamp yet.. ToT I´m also going to buy a new house, so they could swim better.

Today I saw Mashi trying to climb out hardly..! O_o I felt quite relieved that is not Nero (it would be horrible!), but now I feel more scared! I must find a higher house! *never thought Mashi would be that atletic, even if I bought him/her because he/she was looking quite energetic* Well, Nero has suicide tendencies too... He/she always want to jump from the high places whenever I play with him/her.. ^_^; (but I like to see that my pets having their own personalities! and Nero always looks so inteligent..) ^_~;

I guess that I´m going to take some pictures of them to post here...! ^_^

my beother had a turtle about a year ago and one mrning y mom didn't find him in his aquarium, so she came and woke me up and made me look for him. it took me about 5 minutesto find him and we found him hiding under a cusion(sp?) all the way acrosss the livingroom (very far for a small turtle) i think only vets can tell the gender of turtle, they have to stick something inside it, i think that's how it is with snakes too.

s-s-stick something in the turtle?!? O_O that´s quite scary...! >_<

Well, when I lost Mashi, I found him/her back of my room´s door... I guess we can´t judge turtles withe their appearences!
And they are faster animals than people think!
They are cute pets, but the only problem for me is cleaning a lot... ^_~;

One more thing... Does anyone know how to keep turtles warm? Coz I still can´t afford lamps yet... >_<

well i guess put them in a sunny spot where they can get sun light but it's not too cold (windows are usually cold) but i really don't know much about it.