http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/ I can scarcely move or draw my breath // Let me, let me freeze again to death Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-15825 Swathy Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:05:55 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-15825 can you tell me what species it belongs to?? i have the same kind but don't know about its family origin or sex. :P can you tell me what species it belongs to?? i have the same kind but don’t know about its family origin or sex. :P

]]> http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-8229 Sarah Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:42:02 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-8229 I have 2 turtles (one a red eared slider aswell) and they are ok with some fish. She should be ok with the fish since shes young and they are bigger than her, though she may nip at them a little. Im sure that she will et used to them being around as she grows up, and there wont be too much of an issue. :) Turtles are such great pets!! I have 2 turtles (one a red eared slider aswell) and they are ok with some fish. She should be ok with the fish since shes young and they are bigger than her, though she may nip at them a little. Im sure that she will et used to them being around as she grows up, and there wont be too much of an issue. :) Turtles are such great pets!!

]]> http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-8220 stefafra Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:16:38 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-8220 Oops, yes she will grow up, slowly but constantly, and yes, she will eat any fish as soon as she is big enough for it. The initially small and cute creatures are carnivorous, actually mine got big on a diet of raw minced meat and cuttlefish bone (cuttlebone?), they need the extra calcium to build new shell otherwise they get soft, ill and die. As for the sex, it might be very difficult to say, once I read that males have a slightly concave lower shell and female are flatter, but I don't really know even after having one of those for 20 year. In Europe they are considered a pest because people dump them in ponds and lakes when they get too big and they eat everything that moves. It will stop eating and doing pretty much anything as soon as winter starts, put it in a cool place were it does not freeze to overwinter. Oops, yes she will grow up, slowly but constantly, and yes, she will eat any fish as soon as she is big enough for it.
The initially small and cute creatures are carnivorous, actually mine got big on a diet of raw minced meat and cuttlefish bone (cuttlebone?), they need the extra calcium to build new shell otherwise they get soft, ill and die.
As for the sex, it might be very difficult to say, once I read that males have a slightly concave lower shell and female are flatter, but I don’t really know even after having one of those for 20 year. In Europe they are considered a pest because people dump them in ponds and lakes when they get too big and they eat everything that moves.
It will stop eating and doing pretty much anything as soon as winter starts, put it in a cool place were it does not freeze to overwinter.

]]> http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-8197 Andrew Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:05:34 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-8197 Yeah it will eat the fish when it gets a bigger and they grow quite quickly too. Yeah it will eat the fish when it gets a bigger and they grow quite quickly too.

]]> http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-8195 Elizabeth Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:12:09 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-8195 Shelly's beautifully green. Shelly’s beautifully green.

]]> http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-8186 Joanne Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:35:29 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-8186 Won't the turtle eat the fish when it gets bigger? Won’t the turtle eat the fish when it gets bigger?

]]> http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-8183 Edurus_Fas Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:38:17 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-8183 If it's a girl, Shelly.... if it's a boy, Shelton :P If it’s a girl, Shelly…. if it’s a boy, Shelton :P

]]> http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2009/08/28/shelly-larratt/comment-page-1/#comment-8172 Kyle Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:55:46 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=7284#comment-8172 Could have painted a superman cape on her shell providing it wasnt gonna hurt her. Could have painted a superman cape on her shell providing it wasnt gonna hurt her.

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