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    People Food?

    Yea I feed my little guys chicken they love it, they still eat their pellet foods but they love, chicken and red wigglers. I have also thrown in chopped up boiled egg whites. I think unseasoned people food is fine, it's people food like Mcdonalds that no one or anything for that matter should eat.
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    Sites or Breeders to buy box turtles

    Yea the law is pretty lenient but they group sub species together and than limit them. But laws change, but only for native species. There are no limits on non-native species like the easterns, but really eventually I'd like to have pens for all of them and once we move we should have the...
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    Letting then wander

    You haven't met my baby, there is no baby proof, you just hope to survive.......:D During the long winter month here, I used a kiddie pool to let the little torts get some exercise, just clear the floor, drop the plastic pool down and let them go, easy to clean up.
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    Sites or Breeders to buy box turtles

    Yea I plan to work with the local rescue and adopt some 3 toeds, but I'd also like some easterns and or some ornates. Mainly Easterns since we have no restrictions on them here.
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    Sites or Breeders to buy box turtles

    I was just wondering if anyone knew of any good sites and or breeders to get Box Turtles. Thanks for any info.
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    Is this an abscess?

    I haven't been online much, dealing with the kids and this staff infection. I was looking at some pics, and I think it was there from day one, I just don't think we noticed it, they were really shy and closed up for a while, but now they are out and will swim right into my hand. Here is...
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    Basking light for a musk turtle

    I have my little musk in with DBT's so he has a basking light, but he's never used it, he's rarely even on that side of the aquarium much less basking under it.
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    Filter

    It would work, but really I would just get an internal filter and some real rock for basking on. I used a tetra internal for a temporary 30 gallon setup while I built our 55 gallon tank and I really liked it, easy to clean and quite...
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    Is this an abscess?

    It seems to be the same size, been tied up with my son, of all things he caught a staff infection from my oldest daughter who caught it from a kid I said she shouldn't play with and now my wife agrees. Anyways he had a boil and we've dealing with it and we still are dealing with it. I'm pretty...
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    Knowing your footprint (Cypress Mulch)

    I can see both sides of the argument, but in all reality if everyone world wide stopped buying Cypress mulch, the by product and immature trees would be used for something else, fuel, toilet paper, something. It's the lumber they are really after, mulch is just an added revenue. The only thing...
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    sulcata & redfoot - comparison - can live together?

    Yea I have to agree with Jacqui on this one and I've been known to mix species of animals. Redfoot's diet needs are to different from sulcatas, the sulcata is gonna want all the fruits and goodies the Redfoot gets and that is just bad for the sulcata. Also there are people who have kept...
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    Is this an abscess?

    Huey is still acting normal, swimming around chasing fish and eating pellets and worms. I'll keep monitoring him closely, he'd probably prefer I quit starring at him.
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    Well I went and done it...

    Welcome to the disease....:)
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    Turtle babies

    Man that's awesome, all I ever find in my backyard are the surprises my dogs leave me........
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    ojai sulcata project - housing info on outside temps

    He simply has a different approach, it is a great site with great info but Tom has provided some great research also and documented his results. Of course in the end the decision is yours. Personally I do not do the daily soaks, they get a bath either weekly or when they need it. I do see...
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    Hermit crabs and Hermann's

    I have some in with my Hermann's, some in with My Leopards and some with my sulcata, no problems at all. They are not aggressive creatures, I can not imagine them attacking a tortoise. I do not keep them with my Redfoots because my redfoots are 4 - 6"s and would probably try and snack on the...
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    Is this an abscess?

    Yea I plan to watch it through the weekend and if it stays the same or grows he'll go in to the vet first appointment I can get.
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    New 55 Gallon tank

    Alright well this has taken longer than I thought...LOL But in my spare time I managed to get it built and stained, finally complete. Lots of Pics for viewing enjoyment
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    Is this an abscess?

    I just noticed this swollen lump on Huey's head, is this an abscess?
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    UPDATE on the TTBT i adpoted :)

    Looks great can't wait to see what you do with the larger cage.
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