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Originally Posted by Meru
Stefan,
You have a mini forest in the middle fo your house?! That's so awesome!! I love the Long necks, something quite comical about the way they swim especially as babies. But they would probably grow a bit too large for me to comfortably house 
So how do both of you find keeping the turtles? Apart from the basics (Water, good diet, correct filter/lighting etc). Do they grow fast? I intend to build an outdoor pond in my future house after about 4 years so hopefully a 4ft tank would suffice |
My dad found him years ago on a block of land a relative used to own (this was before I was born!). Yeh it's like a mini forest in the middle of our house with a water fountain that my dad built into a stack of rocks which is pretty cool. He was already big, well the biggest he will get and will prob still outlive me!
The area in the middle of the house has an open roof so there is plenty of natural light getting in. Water he has the little pond to swim around in and often falls asleep while swimming haha! Food wise he loves bits of mince beef and a few other meats but he doesn't eat a much. Usually when he is hungry he will be in the water with his head poking out which means FEED ME! During Winter he hibernates so we rarely see him out and about then. During Summer he is out, walking around or sleeping lol.
We also have fish and a few lizzards (Skinks) which are really small. We used to have 2 main ones (still fairly small) and one day we saw 3 little ones so they must have started a family! The thing about the Skinks is we hardly see them because they are always hidden under rocks or somewhere.