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Post Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:53 pm   I wanna buy her but.....

Hey y'all! I saw her up for sale and they say that it's just hard water stains, but I love on a hard water area and that looks like hard water deposits ON TOP OF shell rot, what do you guys think?? Am I trippin?
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:01 pm   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

It looks more like a combo of retained scutes and a fungal infection. Plenty of RES have it, though I don't think I've seen it on DBT before.
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:19 pm   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

So is it worth the $300 they are asking for Steve? Cuz I'm trying to estimate out the cost of trying to treat it out you know? :(
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Post Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:07 pm   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Treatment doesn't always work, so I'm hesitant. Also consider that the owner is either lying or doesn't know what they are talking about. So her history and health are questionable at this point.

Fungus itself is not dangerous, but the secondary infections are. Is $300 a normal price?
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Post Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:56 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

I would pass ,price isn't worth it unless it was a better looking terrapin or atleast a rarer subspecies.
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Post Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:49 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

It's a better price that I've seen for the and the ppl that are selling her own a pet store smh it's just all around bad. Your right Jonathan I'm gonna have to pass on this one, how do ppl manage to sell a turtle or any animal and want a full price on something that obviously has possible irreversible health effects? Makes me pretty sad actually :(
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:53 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Yea that $300 is no where near worth it. Even if it was perfect the turtle might sit. $300 is a high price to pay. As for retained scutes its a maybe. That shell will take very very a long time to cure. Compared to other turtles that shed multiple times a year and problem could look better in a year, a dbt has no chance. DBTs actually dont shed for years at a time. So far my dbts seem to average around 3-4years to shed once.

This one is going for $150 right now faunaclassifieds. No shipping though. i actually could get her if i wanted. I know the person selling her and can meet him very easy but im done buying dbts. Just have to be patient and check kingsnake everyday.
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:01 pm   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

I Pm'd you dbt4L :)
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:23 pm   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

That turtle is absolutely STUNNING!!! I'm amazed! Yeah the pic of the turtle I posted was a Carolina DBT I just feel really bad for the turtle and shame on the owners, I had no idea it takes DBts so long to shed.
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:26 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Moose wrote:That turtle is absolutely STUNNING!!! I'm amazed! Yeah the pic of the turtle I posted was a Carolina DBT I just feel really bad for the turtle and shame on the owners, I had no idea it takes DBts so long to shed.

Funny thing to him that turtle is not stunning enough and not good enough for his breeding group. His dbts that he has for breeding are really white.
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:47 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Wow! O.o if this isn't stunning enough than I would love to see his!
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:36 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Diamondbacks4Life wrote:Yea that $300 is no where near worth it. Even if it was perfect the turtle might sit. $300 is a high price to pay. As for retained scutes its a maybe. That shell will take very very a long time to cure. Compared to other turtles that shed multiple times a year and problem could look better in a year, a dbt has no chance. DBTs actually dont shed for years at a time. So far my dbts seem to average around 3-4years to shed once.

This one is going for $150 right now faunaclassifieds. No shipping though. i actually could get her if i wanted. I know the person selling her and can meet him very easy but im done buying dbts. Just have to be patient and check kingsnake everyday.
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Now thats a good lookin terrapin! def worth the 150 she's a beauty :mrgreen:
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:45 pm   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Shoot I'd buy her in a heartbeat if he shipped -______-
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Post Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:16 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Moose wrote:Shoot I'd buy her in a heartbeat if he shipped -______-

If i wasnt winter id pic her up and ship her to you. Its 30s during the day and nights dropping into the 20s. Not safe at all to ship. So i have to sit on her and I dont have no where to go with her. Sorry. She would wrech my newly done 75gallon tank! lol
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Post Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:57 am   Re: I wanna buy her but.....

Lmaooooo spoken like a true BOSS DBT4L and thanks for the offer! It is getting mighty cold that's why I wanna ship her to AZ :(( lol if she wasnt so beautiful I wouldn't be so upset man!
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