{"id":681,"date":"2007-07-11T20:04:51","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T18:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/681"},"modified":"2007-07-11T20:04:53","modified_gmt":"2007-07-11T18:04:53","slug":"in-with-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/681","title":{"rendered":"In With the New!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend Xander and I brought a new addition into our home.  Before anyone says anything, YES I KNOW Xander made me promise no more turtles until we get back from Canada.   Since making that promise I have talked our nice<\/em> neighbours into turtle-sitting for us while we are away, so holiday accommodations are not an issue! LOOPHOLE! <\/p>\n

\"Sydney's<\/a>This is Sydney, our new 3 Striped Mud Turtle<\/a>.   I named her after the area I come from back in Canada.<\/p>\n

She is 1 month old and as you can see she’s still very tiny but she’s active and eating which is a great sign for a hatchling of her size.<\/p>\n

Cute huh?<\/p>\n

\"Sydney's<\/a> \"Sydney<\/a><\/a> <\/p>\n

We got her from a really great guy in Utrecht who breeds mud and musk turtles.  We had initially planned on getting two but when we were there we saw his Loggerhead Musk<\/a> hatchlings and even Xander fell in love with them.   All of his hatchlings were already reserved so he put us onto another breeder who I contacted and has one that just hatched this weekend.  So we can pick him\/her up in a few weeks!<\/p>\n

The great thing about Sydney, and the loggerhead musk that will be her tank-mate is that they stay much smaller than the other turtles I have.   The largest of my turtles will be anywhere between 9 and 12 inches in length when they are full grown.   These two will be anywhere between 3-5 inches full grown.   They stay small, are very hardy and easy to keep.<\/p>\n

These particular breeds of turtle (the 3 Striped Mud \/ Loggerhead Musk) are quite rare in this part of Europe, so I’m lucky to be getting them… and after speaking at some length with the breeder I may even give breeding them a go myself when they reach the proper size and maturity.  Not to each other of course, as they are different species, but with other turtles of the same species owned by other people in the country.  I think that’s pretty cool.<\/p>\n

This will give you an idea of just how small Sydney is at the moment.  Her current enclosure is a 60x30x30cm tank (a 15 gallon tank).  Look how small she is inside it, can you find her? <\/p>\n

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