It has been some time since my last update, what have I been up to? Painting! I have found something new I am good at. (Good at is a bit exaggerating, let's put it this way "Something I enjoyed and could do"). That aside because we are not here to talk about painting but will put up a post once it is done.
All I post about nowadays is about our turt kids. They are doing fine! One year and 1 month old. They had grown so much, now I can do Throwback Thursday or whatever they call it, to when they were only "the old Malaysian 50 cents" coin size (The current coin size is just way too small). They are now approximately bigger than 6 centimeters and will continue to grow! So here are some turtle stuff that I bought for them.
UVB light : It is crucial to have UVB lighting other than heating lamp for these cheekies, I got this really good brand from a shop. It is less than 150 ringgit but I am glad I could find them. Their replacement bulb is about 50 ringgit. As they grew they begin to shed a bit more slow and hence there are patches of retained scutes on their shell, tried feeding them blueberry but wasn't that popular with Donatella. Glad that Raphael took the blueberries greedily and loved it, as usual Raphael eats everything and poops a lot while Donatella is still a very picky eater. I put up the UVB light for Raphael and he is still very uncertain, he takes a longer time to explore and get used to new things, so he is not up there on his dock as much as I wanted him to. Anyway I do hope that it will helped him to shed much effectively.
ExoTerra Aquatic Turtle diet : I always mix food that I feed them with. I was glad to find Mazuri some months ago but then the seller said he is not restocking them due to low demand (Red eared slider care in Malaysia is not popular! Many still have the perception that they need very less water and a log in the middle. You feed them whatever low grade food and they will be happy to eat it and if they grow too big you can just "release" them in the water nearby! Malaysia Boleh!) Back to Mazuri, I am now still looking to get them if anyone knows where to get Mazuri Aquatic Turtle Meal please let me know! I will be very grateful for that!!! Usually the second best is Reptomin, I get them when I am back in KL but here in Johor is not that easy. I had been to a few shops and they do not carry! There are even shop people who threw some shades on me when I said I don't want those "any brand" food and the reply I get is "You feed them expansive things?! Not required! This will do! All customers buy those" (Pointing to China made dodgy looking package tubs of food) So I managed to find this Exo Terra onesand will let them try to see if they like it (Well highly likely they will) and also the shop do sell ZooMed food, I will get that one later. This one cost about 60 ringgit and I can't wait to share with them some new food!
So here we are, my long winded turtle stuff post! Happy September! Ahhhhhh.....
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