Breeding Diamonbacks
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Hello, Iam wondering does anyone know about breeding these guys. My pair are finally old enough to breed and she is full of eggs probablly another couple weeks and she’ll lay. I need to know about size for a container she can lay them in, temp of incubator, how long it takes, what type of substrate(bedding) and whatever else there is. I would like to have some of my own babies to sell and keep. Please help. Thank You, Vicki
Hi Vicki, I have some information on my website that I think you will find helpful. I have been breeding diamondback terrapins for several years now and my setup has worked great for me and several other people. My website is: http://www.geocities.com/diamondbackterrapins Checkout my breeding setup and incubating terrapin eggs pages. If you still have some questions please fell free to post them and I will respond. Thanks Jonathan _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Hi, I finally added some photos of my ponds to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diamondbackterrapins/ In the “photos” folder under a folder called “Jason’s Terrapins” You can see more detail when viewed in full screen. Thanks, Jason __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search – Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
Jason, Cool ponds!!! In the left pond, you have a sheet of some white material. Is this material to keep the water from getting too hot? Or is there another purpose? Also, do you plan to post any schematic information somewhere on the net. I’m interested in how you fill, drain, and filter your ponds. Also, what material did you use to construct the water basin portion (plastic sheeting for ponds or something else?) & any guess how many gallons you have in those ponds? Nice work. Kurt Jason Williamson wrote:
Hello! I have a question to any dbt experts out there. I have a one year old female dbt. She is a VERY PICKY eater. All she will eat is frozen krill, meal worms, and wax worms. She won’t go near anything else. My question is, can these meals give her any type of parasites? I buy all of her food from PetLand. Another thing is that she eats, and eats, and eats. She eats so much and she has grown to be soooo big in just one years time. If I place her in the palm of my hand she covers the entire thing. I have to hold her with two hands now. I don’t want to overfeed her. What feeding pattern would you recommend? She is so smart that she will make the tank thermometer clang against the glass when she is hungry. She practically jumps out of the water when she just sees me. She seems very healthy and happy but I am unsure of what her weight and size she should be at this age. My fiancee wants to take her to the vet but I don’t know if that is necessary. I hate putting her through any type of stress. What would you recommend? Thanks so much for your thoughts. Caryn
Hi Caryn, Diamondback Terrapins can be fussy eaters. If she is a captive born terrapin she should have taken to Reptomin. I don’t suggest feeding live food to diamondback terrapins because of possible parasites. I would try to put some Reptomin in at the same time as the other food, she might eat it. It might take some time to get her to eat other types of food since she has been use to something else for a long time but keep adding the Reptomin and she should start eating it one day. I feed my wild caught adults frozen smelt, which I defrost before feeding them. Sometimes they will not eat the smelt right away, so I will start them on shrimp. I feed my adult terrapins every other day during the spring and summer months and every three days during the fall. Most captive born hatchlings will reach 4 inches in length within their first year. I feed my hatchlings ONCE a day for the first six months and then every other day after that. They can get too fat and in some cases it can result in death. A friend of mine had two yearling diamondback terrapins that were eating great and suddenly die. He took them to a Vet and the Vet opened them up and said they were too fat, that their fat had crush one of their organs, I believe it was their liver. The diet that you have yours on doesn’t sound that fatting, so I am sure yours will be fine. My basic rule is feed them as much as they can eat in 10 to 15 minutes every other day. Good Luck, Jonathan http://www.geocities.com/diamondbackterrapins — In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, Caryn Asmann
Hi Jason, Awesome ponds. I would love to know what size they are and how many gallons they are. Thanks Jonathan http://www.geocities.com/diamondbackterrapins — In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, Jason Williamson
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