WendyS
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Aug 17, 2005, 12:21 AM
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Re: [Amanda85] what breed of my YaYa??
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Yes, Star Tortoise is a land tortoise, it's yellow brown with black stripes that form the star patterns on its shell, it can grow up to 12 inches, cansider small tortoise. I got it for RM90 from Central Market's fish shop, at that time they have 'lelong'. My son named her 'tao tao' 
I think your green turtles are called red-eared sliders, something like that. My 3 turtles are similar to the red-eared, but I forgot what they called.
I bought my pig-nosed from an exotic pet shop in Klang about 2 yrs ago, cost me RM60 only, it was small then, about 2-2.5 inches in diameter. Now he/she (don't know the sex) is about 7 inches long, it can grow up to 2 feet long, pretty big so need a big tank later. Some fish shops sell about RM60 also for the very small one, but have to make sure they are healthy, sometimes the shops don't know much about the species. The pig-nosed is solitary, it will be aggresive to its own species when they are big. Initially I put mine in a 2 feet long tank in the house, it was so nice to see her swimming like a sea turtle, very gentle looking. One day, my husband bought 2 lobsters & put them in the same tank, the lobsters are quite aggresive, I scared they will hurt my pig-nosed, then I put her to our koi fish tank outdoor, my koi fish tank is about 7 feet long. She gets more space to swim there, but I don't get the chance to see her swimming up & down anymore  , somemore got a bit algae grows on her shell, actually I need to remove that for her! The pig-nosed won't eat the koi fish, because my koi fish are big. Other than fish & turtle pellets, she eats worms, shrimps and small fish also.
If you are interested in tortoise/turtle, you can check out website www.chelonia.org, they have very details info. there. Many species are not found in Malaysia, but I have contacts if you want some really exotic ones, they can import from overseas. Some can cost from hundreds to thousands RM. If you buy from PetsWonderland or Pet Safari, you have to expect to pay very much more!
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Difficult to rear or not if it's a baby? What are the basic care needed? Is hedgehog only active at night, why I didn't see them moving/eating in the petshop? 
), hamsters & exotic pets, he likes these more than dogs, luckily he is only 7 yrs old, otherwise he will buy & keep at home, then I will have to run away 
For me, I like most of the animals except reptiles (not including tortoise & turtles). Apart from 2 doggies, I have 1 star tortoise, 1 pig-nosed turtle (or called fly river turtle), 3 normal turtles, some koi fish (belongs to my husband) & some tropical fish. Before that I had 4 hamsters, 1 rabbit & a pair of serama chickens....My husband said the house is like a zoo, but that's my interest, sure I will have more animals when my sons grow up later! 
Do they eat very little, just 2 meals per night, need to wake up middle of the night to feed or not? Do they prefer to be alone, i mean solitary? Do they need human interaction or I can just keep for watching? They like to play ar....what do they play? Sorry la, so many questions, if you find me leceh, then I'll check the net, no problem 
