I got an Internship at a Refuge! (HUGE DUW)

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Originally Posted by NotAnotherHonda

yesterday i NICE looking ball was dropped off to us. seems a homeowner found him/her under her porch fighting with her dog! i hopeeee they let me have him/her. it is gorgeous. but man, does it have an attitude!

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You have a dog harass you , you would be pissy too!! He should setle down.:D Those are some nice size soft shells.

i cant wait to hold him (hopefully its a her)

perfect weight, size, and looks!

That is awesome with the deer; wow, to be that close to deer! Although the only deer I have seen were wild and hunted ones.
It must have been great to put the turtles into your pond; that is truly awesome too.
That is some BP; fighting with a dog! I bet that it was striking defensively; but I would have done that too, hehe.
If you want to make some money for them, why not sex the BPs definately, and put some up for sale? If you've got breedable females, someone would be willing to pay for one I would bet; males could go for pets to someone too. This is all after making sure that they are parasite-free, and healthy and vetted of course.

So the tortoise eggs, are they being incubated, or hatched out at all?
Also if you can list the animals husbandry needs, I can see if I can geta rack together for you. Please let me know what I can do to help.

Here is some pic of the racks we build,they have rubbermaid 28quart tubs in them. The baby rack has shoe box Iris tubs in it. Both have 3" flexwatt belly heat. Would something like this help?

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(cross your fingers I hope you can see the pics)

genevive-

all the bp's have been sexed. we have about half and half male and female, and the females are all fat and ready...looks wise anyways.

we are just getting over a huge mite outbreak so none are ready to leave, and i dont know if he honestly wants to get rid of any, or just talks about doing it.


kellysballs-those racks are perfect. exactly what we need. we have mostly corns, bp's, and assorted pythons, and about 6 copperheads which have to be in lockd enclosures. those racks are stunning and would be perfect for the space. im worried about price though! :(

maybe we can talk through pm and see what we can do?


thanks so much guys. i dunno where ide be without yalls motivation and support

Email me kellyl519@yahoo.com.
I have a gift card I got for christmas to home depot so I should be able to get the materials no prob. I you give me a tour of the facility I will build them and deliver them. PS I have a six year old that really wants to bottle feed that deer!! :)
Oh and I would need to pin one of those signs on the side of then saying we donated it :P :D

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Originally Posted by kellysballs

Email me kellyl519@yahoo.com.
I have a gift card I got for christmas to home depot so I should be able to get the materials no prob. I you give me a tour of the facility I will build them and deliver them. PS I have a six year old that really wants to bottle feed that deer!! :)
Oh and I would need to pin one of those signs on the side of then saying we donated it :P :D

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whatever you want. whatever you want!!!

she needs to be bottle fed several times a day, so thats no problem!

what about flexwatt costs? i cant have you pay for all that too.


im sending an email right now!

awesome thread. hand't seen it in a while and checked it out from the start....great work on the pond.

keep kickin ass...

hey guys. havent been on here in a while- work and school have been killin me! anyways, i had enough of the poor turtles having no light or heat whatsoever. so i went out on my own money and bought 2 uvb lights (still need one more). i cleared off an old rack we had layin around and made what you see here. not all the turtles fit on here, so i had to pick the ones that were already showing signs of MBD :(

heres some cell phone pics

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With all the stress and expenses over the UVB, why not just build an outdoor pen? You could build a decent pen for $100 and let the turtles be exposed to the best UVB producer around (the sun).