Mes Pelusios castaneus

Here are some pictures of my Pelusios castaneus. I keep currently 1 male and 3 females.

The male.





Female 1.





Female 2.







Female 3.







Pelusios castaneus shedding skin.





Captive bred offspring from my male and female nr.1







Et....chez moi !!! Avec la Pelusios castaneus plus grande: 29 cm carapace.

Magnifique elle est énorme je suis comptent pour la dernière phrase en français.

Wah Elle est immense!!

Here is the male trying to mate with female nr. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTT6CsYCDWc

franchement magnifique !!!
elles sont tres belles!!!!!

Super les photos de mue...

Here's the 3th female closing her nest.
She laid 12 eggs on December 17th.







Now,...if that isn't a nice christmas present.....

Vrément belle les casteneus !! Et j'espère que il y aura beaucoup de naissances
Meme si peut etre tu comprend pas ce que je dit ....

Merci pour ces photos. Celles de la mue sont très intéressantes, elles permettent bien de se rendre compte!

Excellent la 12eme, on dirait un dragon.
La vidéo est craquante, le mâle fait des bisous à la femelle!!!
Trop mignon.
Merci pour ces photos, tu as toujours de belles photos à nous montrer.

ChtiTom's a écrit:
Meme si peut etre tu comprend pas ce que je dit ....

Je comprend un petit peut.

vraiment très jolie!!

Hello Razor,
Sorry for my english.
For the pond area, can you put a large photo please. for see the acces to the plage
Thank you .

pitch a écrit:Hello Razor,
Sorry for my english.
For the pond area, can you put a large photo please. for see the acces to the plage
Thank you .

Here are some pictures of the ramp to the sand area.







And a schematic drawing of the enclosure itself.



And here and here you can get an idea of the whole enclosure. I hope to build another enclosure soon, one that is bigger and far more natural to look at.

Merci pour ces photos !! Elle sont vrément belle tes pelusios

Thank you for this picture.
have you a curve growth for your pelusios ?

pitch a écrit:Thank you for this picture.
have you a curve growth for your pelusios ?

No. But I do let them grow up slowly and I provide them every year with an aestivation period, last year even for 5 months.
Besides, only the male I have had from hatchling to adulthood, the rest of them being given to me in various stages of adulthood. The big female had already a carapacial length of 25 cm when I got her.

what do you think about my 3 pelusios curve:
good or not !



I not provide an estivation period.
you think I should do ?

pitch a écrit:what do you think about my 3 pelusios curve:
good or not !



I not provide an estivation period.
you think I should do ?

What am I looking at? Centimeters, grams, etc.

The left column is the weight (grams).
Serie = Pelusios 1, 2 and 3.
The weight is it correct for the 3 turtle ?

Well, according to your diagram, I think they have grown a little too fast. In April I received 4 Pelusios castanoides castanoides hatchlings. They still barely reach 6 cm carapace length, a year old now.
It is not benificial for a turtle to grow up too fast.
What's the carapacial length for the 3 turtles. Weight itself does not say anything, but when weight is in corrospondence with the length, than it is another story.

My Pelu measure 15 cm, 14 cm and 12.5 cm (plastron)
it seems the second Pelu is overweight.

pitch a écrit:My Pelu measure 15 cm, 14 cm and 12.5 cm (plastron)
it seems the second Pelu is overweight.

Well, their weight seems to correspond with their lengths so far. But it appears that they have grown a bit too fast. And, do remind that in nature, turtles often weight quite a bit less. In captivity, most turtles are receive too much food.
I feed my adult Pelusios species only twice a week.

Here are some more pictures.

Hatching, february 6th.
12 eggs, 1 exploded february 5th. hatching started february 6th, 51 days after egg deposition. Incubation temperature was 30-31ºC. 1 hatchling died so far, hatching too early and having still too much unabsorbed yolksac.
Today, 2 specimens were completely hatched, 2 others are busy hatching and 6 eggs are still awaitng hatching...

Félicitation pour cet heureux évènement Les bébé sont très beaux
Merci pour les photos ( je sais pas top si t'a tout compris ...)