Great team is forming

She is hardly climbing up on the log.
She is just swimming around most of the time.
Maybe, I need to study about that behavior little bit.
Yoo-hoo, Look at the line-up!
They are ready to roll!
By courtesy of olders, she could've easily mixed in.

Getting approved by the first-timers

Larry is so generous as to shield young little cuttie.
Hmm, do you remember how little Dennis was?
Now, I can see he's grown a bit.
Now, he's got younger siblings to care for.
Earvin is still shy.
That's his nature.
But it's time to cuddle his little sibling if she leans on you like that affectionate way.
It's an honor for a rookie to be in the middle on the same frame with two marquee superstars.
The Rookie is definitely being accepted.

Rookie Sensations

The Cooter seems funnily obsessed with basking, look at her posture, she tries to bask wherever she goes, ha-ha.
They are making very good duo for their similarity in size and exuberance.
Diamondback Terapin staring through the tank, I haven't seen any turtle species so curious of the surroundings since Reeve's Turtles.
It pretty much often looks as if they weren't new-comers at all because both of them seem to be everywhere, swimming around.
After playful a daytime, I want her to sleep tight, warm and dried.
Now, it's time for me to tuck her inside some towels.
She is so used to human.
You can notice even when immediately put out of the tank, she doesn't hide inside the shell, just stretch out like that.

She even has been eating well.
Before she came to me, she would always been given Gammarus.
At my home, I tried a couple of different pellets even some beef slices.
She only eats Gammarus.
It is my homework to make her get used to other foods, not just Gammarus.

A couple of days later, she must've felt really comfortable.
She started digging in dried anchovies, beef.

Oops, once Yellow-bellied Cooter tasted beef, dried anchovies and gammarus, she started ignoring regular pellets.

I don't want them being too particular about foods.

I just would try different foods and hope they'll like it.

An Exuberant Rookie

Since I saw him, I was toying with the idea of purchasing him.
Because when I heard the price, it was relatively affordable for a Diamondback Terrapin of the size.
However, the price still was steep, compared with other semi-aquatic turtles.
One day, I felt that it wasn't that bad deal because she was already grown a little but I was being offered almost a-hatchling-price.
Finally, I decided to adopt her.
One thing I noticed about Diamondback Terrapin was that they must be really active in the water.
Their paws are more like webfeet of sea turtles.
This one I bought is Nothern Diamondback Terrapin.
In Korea, most of imported Diamondback Terrapins are Nothern because they are most common and lowest in price value.
She so active, when I release her in a room, she don't stop moving around.
She was little bit ill when I adopted, so I'm letting her rest warm and dried at night.

Yellow-bellied Cooter

I love to stroll around Korean local fish market.
So, I was just walking by on Saturday.
I could notice her floating on the surface because of her clear pattern.
As usual, local fresh-water fish markets are much cheaper than pet sotres, I paid lower price.
She was definitely active from the store tank.
She quickly adapted in new environment & really love to play around.
She quickly adapted in the log, frequently coming in and out of the log.
Even when out of tank, she isn't that shy.
She loves to bask more than other species I have.
Look at her beautiful pattern!

NEW FRIENDLY CUTIE

One day, I visited Rhino-beetle farm, I was talking with the owner about pet insects. In the conversation, I mentioned I'd also like to keep a Korean indigenous Toad.
He promptly chimed in "I see many of them here. When they get in here, I always release them in near pond."
"Really?"
He added "Just go around the corner near table outside. There will be one.".
I couldn't believe it "Oh, Come on!".
"I mean serious, please just check out right beside the table.".
I went out and really floored, there was really one resting right by greenhouse where he farms Rhino Beetles.
One day, a pet shop owner told me that even Korean Toad eats loaches, even hamsters too.
That sounds good because loaches are one of those very easy to supply.
I brought him home.
But first I bought and gave him some crickets.
He really was eating well.
Honestly, crickets aren't that convinient foods for me to supply anytime.
In my neck of woods, only one shop is selling them.
I have to take bus to go there whenever it runs out of stock.
But as of loaches, since it's popular food, I can get it from anywhere in near local market.
I consumed all of the crickets and decided to offer my Toad loaches.
Maybe, the pet shop owner had the wrong knowledge or mine isn't used to any other prey than crickets.
When I gave him a loach.
He even didn't turn the head to look at.
Eventually, I set him free in the place where I brought him from.

VERY CAMERA-LOVING NEW GUY

I was strolling around fresh water fish market.
In a tank, was he sleeping on the bottom, closing the eyes.
Since day one, he was eating, now he is eating very well.
Very sadly, on the right foot, he is missing a toenail.
He must've had some accident in the wild.
When I took him out of the tank, he surprised me because he's never hidden inside the shell, he just crawling all around the house.
He was so fun and easy to take a picture because he's so playful.
He made an impression that he would be even more camera-loving than Larry.

DISASTERS!

One day, I noticed that she started always staying on the log, not jumping in the water.
I was wondering 'What's wrong with her?'.
Afterward, very sadly, did she lay several eggs in the water.
It was my fault, I should've seperated her from the tank earlier and kept her with some sand so she could lay her eggs well.
Look at the tail.
Even this female's tail was slightly cut off.
You can notice easily how her tail was cut off.
The Captain incurred all of this tail-cut-off incidients.
Because he was constantly courting those females and to draw attention from them, he must've been biting at the tails of the ladies.
I banned him from any of my females but to spend a long while with a male slider.

Gets used to Crickets

Lately, I have fed him crickets every third day.
Sometimes, it takes long to call on him to take a bite of a cricket though. I think it's relatively low temperature for tropical frog like Pacman.
As it get warmer and warmer these days, he responds more and more quickly. He's holding a cricket soon to be gulped though.

Young Kids on the Development

It's been long I took pictures of Dennis & Scottie alone.
They are still browny though, you know how they will change.
They are both very active.
Outside of the tank, Dennis comes out of shell little bit faster.

My New Type Kid

Since I released the toads, I was wondering that I could've kept them. I looked up the internet pages and realized it wasn't that difficult. I bought a Pacman Frog. This is the setting I made for him. Very simple but nice nest.
When He's bored, he strolls around.
He loves to swim in his personal pool.
He gulps on a mealworm, a high-protein fest.
He gulps on a cricket.

Toads

I visited my regular local fish store.
On a tank beside, I saw something unusal. They were toads.
The store manager said to me sometimes they'd come along with fishes. He added that he didn't need them so I can bring them if I want.
I brought them home but I couldn't figure out how to keep frogs and toads well.
I ended up releasing them free on a pond nearby.