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 #1759848


Gottee guy
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 Musk and RES

1. how do i sex a musk turtle?

2. i went cast netting today(for turtles) and i caught a few yellow belly sliders and cooters, let them go, but i saw that one of them i caught was a non-indigenous RES.they are banned here in FL. i brought it home because i know they can overpopulate native species. it is the only one i have seen so far in that lake and it looks like it wasn’t let go as a pet, directly.should i keep it since it is not native and invasive? if i do keep it i will do the 30 day thing, i forgot what it’s called.
06/13/08  02:30pm

 #1759970


Reptilefreak23
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1759848


 Musk and RES

male head is usually larger
male tail longer and thicker
male cloaca further down tail than female

And as for they res, you can call local animal shelters, SPCAs or something OR because they now live in FL already... you could take it to western Fl were it is native...and also if you caught one red ear... there are TONS more and your removing of this animal may not make a difference anyway..and cause breeding seosons already over it has probably bred with other res or yellow bellies.
Good Luck with him
PS (dont keep him as a pet, if he grew up in the wild he deserves to stay in the wild)



06/13/08  04:27pm

 #1759984


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Reptilefreak23   In reference to Message Id: 1759970


 Musk and RES

oh. are you sure they’re native to western florida? northwestern florida? that’s where i live. it is only 4 or 5 in. long. i don’t think it could breed yet. it looks too small.why would it deserve to be in the wild if it was a pet?
06/13/08  04:37pm

 #1760033


Reptilefreak23
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1759984


 Musk and RES

yes they are native in the north western parts of fl
and I said "if it grew up in the wild it deserves to STAY in the wild"
06/13/08  05:10pm

 #1760058


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Reptilefreak23   In reference to Message Id: 1760033


 Musk and RES

okay i will let it go.its head is more narrow than a normal RES’s head.male for sure.











06/13/08  05:47pm

 #1760317


TurtleBites
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1760058


 Musk and RES

id let it go. im sure it was happy where it was before you took it from its home..

if you do keep it yes id keep it away from your other turtles. maybe even have a vet check it out.
no telling if its healthy. even after 30 days.

i wouldnt even want another res but that’s just me.
06/13/08  11:14pm

 #1760525


Gottee guy
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   Message To: TurtleBites   In reference to Message Id: 1760317


 Musk and RES

i wouldn’t mind another res because all i’ve ever had are females and this is a male.maybe i could get it parasite free and then breed. and then let it go.
06/14/08  07:45am

 #1760589


Ryansturtle
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1760525


 Musk and RES

Is it even legal to go netting for turtles????!!!!?!?!??!?!!!!?!!?!??!!?! And you can keep them?

-Ryan
06/14/08  10:06am

 #1760590


Reptilefreak23
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   Message To: Ryansturtle   In reference to Message Id: 1760589


 Musk and RES

its just like catching them with your hands
06/14/08  10:06am

 #1760697


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Reptilefreak23   In reference to Message Id: 1760590


 Musk and RES

is it not legal to buy a pet? alot of petstores sell wild caught animals.

like reptilefreak23 said its like catching them with your hands. it doesn’t harm them. i let them go after anyways. the police probably aren’t going to hide in the bushes and wait for me to catch a turtle and give me a ticket. they have better things to do.i let them go 99 percent of the time anyway. i didn’t think this RES was indigenous to my state.but i was wrong so i also let it go today.
06/14/08  12:47pm

 #1760705


TurtleBites
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1760697


 Musk and RES

that’s good you let it go. i know your always one that preaches about not taking animals from the wild so you should stick with what you say..


And please dont breed your Res. there really is so many out there. no need to add more. i have nothing against res at all, i have a few myself. all mine were rescues tho. id never breed something so overpopulated.
06/14/08  01:06pm

 #1760728


Gottee guy
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   Message To: TurtleBites   In reference to Message Id: 1760705


 Musk and RES

i meant to breed so i could have experience with incubation. i would probably feed them to my water snakes and maybe just keep one. i just need more experience with incubating eggs because probably over half of my animals are pregnant or are breeding. like my water snake,leos,mediterranean geckos,mice,crickets, and next is probably going to be the skinks or legless lizards in few months.
06/14/08  01:40pm

 #1763019


PcBuilder14
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1760728


 Musk and RES

I would do whatever you want, I mean it’s noy going to matter because if you let it go it will breed with other turtle insteadof yours so it doesnt really make a difference.



06/16/08  06:00pm

 #1763036


Gottee guy
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   Message To: PcBuilder14   In reference to Message Id: 1763019


 Musk and RES

oh well i let it go anyway.
06/16/08  06:10pm

 #1763039


PcBuilder14
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1760728


 Musk and RES

oh, okay I don’t really like legless lizards!



06/16/08  06:11pm

 #1763050


Gottee guy
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   Message To: PcBuilder14   In reference to Message Id: 1763039


 Musk and RES

okay...............that was very very very random.

btw i have 3 legless lizards, 1 slender and 2 eastern that i think are mating.
06/16/08  06:16pm

 #1763065


PcBuilder14
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1763050


 Musk and RES

Th reason I don’t like lagless lizards are because they are kind of like snakes and I had a bad encounter with a Diamondback Rattlesnake and ever since then I’ve not liked them!



06/16/08  06:34pm

 #1763269


Gottee guy
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   Message To: PcBuilder14   In reference to Message Id: 1763065


 Musk and RES

yeah....thats great to know. did it bite you?
06/16/08  09:13pm

 #1763402


PcBuilder14
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1763269


 Musk and RES

No, but it striked at me when I ran over it on my bike and it barely missed me! I didn’t even see it until it was to late.



06/16/08  10:52pm

 #1763679


Gottee guy
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   Message To: PcBuilder14   In reference to Message Id: 1763402


 Musk and RES

wow, i almost got bit by a copperhead and a cottonmouth and i’m not even close to being scared of snakes anymore.or legless lizards for that matter.i was 5 inches away from being struck and i didn’t see the copperhead.when i saw it i put it in the closest thing, a water bottle,and let it go in a bunch of rocks,and that’s where i found the mom and dad of it. i didn’t do anything because i don’t kill snakes on purpose so i let them be and still frequently see them in these woods.
06/17/08  08:16am

 #1763864


PcBuilder14
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1763679


 Musk and RES

If I see a snake I don’t kill it I just try to scare it out of the way of others. I don’t know why I am, it’s just the way they move and everything. Plus I wouldn’t want to keep anything that can bite and kill or strangle. Legless lizards aren’t as bad they just look to much like snakes I wouldn’t be alowed to have a snake or anything like one because my sis and my dad don’t like snakes, but my mom thinks baby pytons are cool.



06/17/08  01:10pm


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