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!