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    Hides, and torts who don't use them...

    Toto has a variety of hides available to her. She chooses not to use them though. She prefers to simply bury herself when she is ready to go to sleep at night. During the day she mostly basks with all 4 legs, and her head, stretched out. :D The hides take up a fair amount of floor space and...
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    Picky Pants

    So, miss piggy is also quite picky, we've found. She LOVES lettuce of all kinds and everything that comes in spring mix (including radichio and frisee). She will also eat bok choy and endive. Sometimes I give her some veggies too- like cuke or zuke. But, that's pretty much it. She turns her...
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    toe nails

    I know this is a frequently asked question but I'm having a hard time discerning what is "too long" ToTo appears to walk on her nails, rather than (what might be considered) the balls of her feet, in front. I know that they can be cliped (or dremmeled) and to watch for the quick... but I am not...
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    From nat geo

    Love this! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/pictures/111201-best-pictures-month-polar-bear-rhino-volcano/?source=link_fb20111203news-picswelove#/best-news-pictures-10-2011-galapagos-tortoises_42805_600x450.jpg
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    Help me sex my russian tortoises

    You guys are the experts: Steve (male?) Toto (?)
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    A tale of two tortoises

    I'm re-asking this question here to get a few more responses. Lynnedit has been been amazingly generous with her advice but wanted to see if anyone else had anythoughts as well. Sorry this is long- but I figure it's probably easier if I just get all the details I know you're going to ask out of...
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    strawberry leaves

    most of my garden is hybernating... but my strawberry plants are still pretty active. Are the leaves safe to feed?
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    Indoor excercise area

    So, thinking ahead to a day when our new tortoises will do something other than hope we won't eat them if they are very, very, very, quiet... We have a large tiled bathroom where the tiles are heated. We can close the closet door and toilet door and it's just a big square room. It seems like...
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    A lighting question...

    We're just getting started with setting our tortoises up. I placed an order for a 100w mvb and a 100w che. I am now wondering if I went a bit overboard. While awaiting their arrival, I'm using an old heatlamp of the style often used in bathroom fan/light fixtures. It is 65W. To keep the temp in...
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    Delurkifying (and a couple of questions!)

    My name is Sara. I live a bit outside of Seattle with my husband, daughter and our great dane, Sally. Husband and daughter arrived home with two russian torts today. Luckily- I've been socking away tortoise enclosure items just in case... (already had a tub and substrate and we are using found...
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