Recent content by IdontNoYiDidThat

:oops: I guess I was wrong, that makes a lot more sense.

Thank you.

For leopards I would assume males, because they're generally smaller.

If you don't want to use the oils, you can also get the same plants at any garden center crush up the leaves and add them to water. My wife just told me I sound like a sell man, I can assure you that I'm not I just don't like man made chemicals.

I hope it works, if not try the same thing with the other oils that I mentioned. Best of luck to you.

Welcome, I hope you can learn a lot from the knowledgeable people here.

I forgot to mention, you have a very beautiful leopard tortoise! Good luck in raising him/her.

It looks to be a female, but you really won't know 100% until sexual maturity. But I could very well be wrong. Here are some good reference pics. (http://mpalalive.org/field_guide/Leopard-Tortoise) 1st & 2nd pic, (http://mpalalive.org/field_guide/Leopard-Tortoise) 3rd pic left male, right female

Sorry I forgot to mention you can also use the oils from thyme, mint, and citronella. I would stay away from citronella as it can cause respiratory issues for most living creatures. I really hope this helps.

The bees go after the nectar of the plant. The oil is almost the same chemical compound that grass releases to near by flora when it's cut. The exception being that the oil excruted from the lavender flowers is a natural irritant for Hymenoptera. That means bees, wasps, sawflies, hornets, and of...

If you want to stop the bees all you have to do is put a few drops of lavender oil in a spray bottle, fill it up with water, shake, and spray about a foot out around the perimeter of the torts water. It's a defense pheromone produced by the lavender plant, think of it as nature's bug be gone...

They're both right it could swing either way, but it does appear to be female. For now! "dun dun dun"

Thank you for the warm welcome

Salutations denizens of Tortoise Forum. I will be introducing myself and my tortoises, mainly my torts. I live in the Ohio River Valley, USA and I'm an enthusiasts of reptiles and amphibians. Now for the torts, first up is my oldest his name is Genbu he is a 3 year old male 90% sure Russian...