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Rex is a boy!!

He’s a boy!!

SCL is almost 4″, tail looks bigger than Cinderella’s, claws seem bigger too. This all made me think Rex was a male turtle. But, It’s possible the claws and tail looked bigger since he’s a much bigger turt than Cinderella.

But wait no more, Rex showed us he was a male. He fanned (showed his manhood) to us! So now there is no more doubt. He’s a boy!!

I’m relived too, I’m glad he’s male so he won’t get too large…not that a male RES won’t get large, he will. But just up to 8″, not 12″.

So now we wait for Cinderella…. I’m hoping she’ll be a boy too so she won’t get so big…She’s much shyer and smaller than Rex. We’ll just have to wait a few more months when she’ll be over 4″ so we can tell what she is.

Anyway, Rex is a boy!!

Red-eared slider turtles in Turtle Pond, NYC

In the summer, almost a whole month before me and AG got our turtles, we found ourselves in Central Park. At that time I didn’t like/love turtles and had absolutely no interest in getting any. I didn’t actually start liking turtles until after we got them. AG wanted to get them, but now I do all I can to take care of them and I watch them for hours and hours. Anyway, back to the story…

We went to Turtle Pond and saw all these Red Eared Sliders…

Someone threw an apple in the water, which is why all the turts are crowding that one spot

There was this huge female with “RUDY” painted on her carapace.

I took some video too. Enjoy!!

Click on the image to view the video

Click on the image to view the video

Can’t wait to see all those turtles again in the summer!!

Happy Holidays

Happy holidays everyone!!

changing the “turtle growth charts”

it takes too much work to update them…I’ll replace it with a table instead.  It will still track their growth over time and will still have a link at the top of the page

Added “turtle growth charts”

This is to help visually track their growth.  The link is up top just under the banner.  I’ll update the chart every time I measure their size.

Intros all around

I don’t know if there are any other turtle blogs out there, so I don’t know how appropriate my blog title is.

Yet Another Turtle Blawg will primarily be about turtles, particularly mine and AG’s. The posts will center around our experiences in taking care of them, maybe some interesting stuff I find online, and possibly my opinions on the equipment that I use.

So, hello!!

I’m Forlogos and you can find my other blog at BstuffEtc.WordPress.com.