I just got these beautiful two Cuora flavomarginatas can anybody here give me an idea or tell me what size or age does Cuora flavomarginata start breeding? my male is on the right and my female is on the left in the photo. Thanx.
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Cuora flavomarginata (Breeding size)
grogansilver
Oct 04, 2010 05:01 AM
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Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 06:15 AM
How big are they? It's hard to tell by the picture....
And, what are you feeding them? Try adding more fruits and veggies to their diet. This way you offer them more variety of food and it's good for healthy skin and shell. I like to feed my box turtles fruits like cantaloupe, blue berries, rasberries, apple, a little bit of orange, and for veggies things like dandelion greens, mustard greens, collard greens, parsnips, winter squash, beans in the edible pods (like green beans, snow peas and many others) with the occasional others. Yellow and orange colored veggies and fruits are great for the skin. (Parsnips have a lot of vitamin A, which is really good for the skin and shell.) Look up the list of which veggies and fruits to use as the main staple and which only for occasional uses for varying the diet at: www.anapsid.org ,or www.greenigsociety.org. They have a complete listing of fruits and veggies.
grogansilver
Oct 04, 2010 06:21 AM
the female on the left is 4 1/2 inches and the male on the left is 5-6 inches, age? i dont know because i just got them. and right now there on a strict diet of box turtle food.
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 06:30 AM
I would breed them yet, especially if you just got them because you don't their health history. Producing will pull a lot nutrients from the female's body and she could wound up dead later. Making eggs is very costly. I would get them to the vet and have him/her check them out. Things like if they have any parasites or not can make a difference when you are trying to breed them.
And, definitely get them feeding on some salad....
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 06:32 AM
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 06:34 AM
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 06:27 AM
When you feed them the salad, try to make it presentable, an eye-candy, by adding some brightly color fruits and veggies. This way it will stimulate the appetite. Do this with hatchlings (if you had any) on their day off from eating bugs to try them to get use the site and smell of veggies and fruits, so they will eat them as adults. You can try starving the young turtles tiny bit to get them interested in salad. I find they are particularly fond of winter squashes if I microwave them or boil them a little to bring out the delicious nutty aroma. Mix the salad up really well so they will eat other veggies also, not just the ones they like. You can achieve this buy cutting the veggies and fruits into small pieces. You can grate the hard veggies and pulse the beans and leafy greens in the food processor.
grogansilver
Oct 04, 2010 06:32 AM
undertandable on there diet but i would also like the breeding questioned answered as to what age or size will they breed and start laying eggs.
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 06:36 AM
From I've personally seen these turtle up close, they do get a bit bigger than this. So they need some more growing before you start breeding them.
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 06:49 AM
Sometimes it's hard to tell the age of the turtles by their size. Some a very small for their age and some are huge. how old are they? Do you know the exact age and when they were born?
grogansilver
Oct 04, 2010 06:54 AM
no! just got them. the pet store owner said they were of breeding size which im highly skepticale about. thanks for your patients and responses.
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 07:01 AM
You are welcome! I'm glad you ask first. You try doing more research IMO. There are a lot of things you need to know keeping reptiles, turtles in particular. Visit the sites I've posted on the the other responds. Hope this help!
Wait! Here you go: www.anapsid.org and www.boxturtlesite.info
StephF
Oct 04, 2010 11:29 AM
I am guessing that, as is the case with Terrapene species, there is not really an *exact* size at which they reliably breed: the best information to look for would be size at maturity.
Here is an online article that may be helpful to you (see link below). I really don't know much about Cuora or now Cistoclemmys species and there just aren't many people posting on here who keep them. My understanding is that they are somewhat more aquatic than Terrapene species.
I would suggest that you join the online yahoo group for the World Chelonian Trust (http://chelonia.org/) for husbandry pointers for this more exotic species.
I hope this helps. Enjoy your new turtles! 
Link
Paradon
Oct 04, 2010 07:07 AM
Do you know your turtle is badly pyramided? The pet store probably ripped you off! Unless you got them as a rescue....
