In the first corner we have Michaelangelo "The mover" Perez coming in at 3.75in approx. 7 months old.
In the second corner we have Bubba "The Basker" Perez coming in at 2.15 in and approx. 7 months old.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Mikey is a girl since she is almost 4 in and has short nails and her cloaca is close to her shell. Since when you hold Bubba next to her he looks like he's going to be exactly the same (though it's too early to tell) I'm thinking I will have 2 females. So Mikey is short for Mikayla and Bubba will be Bubba bc it fits her
Mikey is out going, always swimming, begging, and the first to try anything. Also likes to try to get into things she's not supposed to like the filter intake tube.
Bubba is slower, basks every chance she gets. Pick her up and she goes into her shell and you have to hold her a bit before she comes out. Usually the turtle on the bottom. ( though she was riding around on Mikey the other day!)
Currently they are not in the best tank. I did get them out of the 5 and into a 10 within days. They will get a 55 when our local store does the $1/gal sale which is rumored to start soon.
The filter conked out on me so I am using the 5 gal filter til my aquaclear 110 comes.
They have repti glo 10.0 and a zilla 50w
A floating dock ( have I got ideas for a homemade one for the 55g!)
I had two large stones plus a hand full of river rock in (threw out the gravel that they came in) BUT bc of the filter conking out I took them out for now to make cleaning easier since I have to clean so often.
I have learned so much from this site already I can't wait to become more active and show my progress as a new RES owner!
