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  1. Neal

    Bump/Dip Leopard tortoise shell

    As others have said, this is quite normal. In my experience, this is more evident in males. I usually don't see it as pronounced in the females I have raised as your tortoise shows.
  2. Neal

    Hurricane, anyone??? Hey Tom...!

    We’re supposed to get some of it to here. I am grateful for whatever rain we receive, but I’m also hoping to get some new tortoise pens up in the cooler weather. Hopefully we’re not flooded out.
  3. Neal

    Are you "even"?

    My sister died a few years ago suddenly, and my father had a massive heart attack shortly after (he survived and is doing well now). That changed a lot for me. Since then I've tried to put more effort into having no regrets about anything, being slow to anger and not leaving things unsaid. If...
  4. Neal

    Meet my new "True" Sri Lankan Star Tortoises

    There's a lot of potential things that could have led to these two dying. I'd just echo the comments on temperature as playing a part in your results. I see the thermometer you're using, but do you have a secondary method of checking the temperatures? How are the remaining tortoises doing?
  5. Neal

    Scammed? I feel sick.

    Would you mind sharing the method you used to pay this person?
  6. Neal

    Hi! I have a few questions about leopards.

    We've not had much hatch out the past two years due to moving them around so much, and I don't generally offer them for sale directly much anymore, but we just had our first egg hatch this morning for the season. Give it another month and we should have a bunch, and I am sure a lot of others...
  7. Neal

    The coolest jobs?

    Have you worked on any good movies lately? I remember the time my wife and I were watching a show and we see this guy in a grocery store standing next to a racoon. My wife yells, "hey, that's Tom!".
  8. Neal

    Overheated tortoises???

    Moving tortoises will generally cause changes in behavior. Even if it's simply moving them from outside to inside, or the reverse, there will always be a change in behavior because the tortoise is suddenly placed into a completely new environment. I would definitely recommend keeping babies...
  9. Neal

    The coolest jobs?

    Ummm.....CPA! It's pretty neato. I'm having like a lot of fun everyday.
  10. Neal

    Sulcata and extreme AZ heat

    This is a bit complicated to explain without pictures, but something I have done in the past is drill a hole on top of the wood hides. I attach a large PVC pipe end on the top (Large enough to hold a water or Gatorade bottle upside down), the large PVC pipe is connected to smaller PVC piping...
  11. Neal

    Turtle or tortoise?

    Eastern * 3-toed is my guess. Seen a few of those types of hybrids that look very similar to this one in shell pattern. Stunning animal.
  12. Neal

    EBTs love the UVBs !

    Holy crap, that is one beautiful eastern! Do you have any hatchlings sired by him?
  13. Neal

    Living the Dream!!!

    No, never got into radiateds. Some day perhaps, but I've been favoring varieties that I can keep outside all year and not have to drag in during the winter. Testudo is where I'm more interested right now, and obviously, the box turtles.
  14. Neal

    Tom is Not The Only Expert!

    I'm really not a fan of labels like "expert" or "newbie" or whatever. I've learned long ago that it is more helpful to not view others as a whatever label, but rather as an equal. I've certainly learned things from people that are new to the hobby as much as I've gained from people like Tom who...
  15. Neal

    Living the Dream!!!

    Hi friends. I am still around. A few major life things have changed a lot for me over the past couple of years, so I'm not much of a TFO'er anymore. I still try to check in often. Tortoising/turtling is still a major part of our every day lives. Probably now more than it ever has been...
  16. Neal

    Landscaping tortoise enclosure

    I have always used fountain grass in my tortoise enclosures in past set ups. I am a little weak on the proper names for things, but in my brief research it seems fountain grass is the same as this Princess Napier Grass you are asking about. Never had an issue with it as far as the tortoises...
  17. Neal

    is this the same turtle

    Definitely the same turtle. It's absolutely incredible how much they change when they reach adulthood.
  18. Neal

    Phoenix AZ Leopard Tortoise House

    The first line should have said "they often don't make the best...."
  19. Neal

    Phoenix AZ Leopard Tortoise House

    Since leopard tortoises won't hibernate, and they often to make the best choices for themselves (returning to the same place to sleep every night) you'll have to provide him with a place that he can be put into each night during winter and for those few days we get that are too cold to be...
  20. Neal

    What Is This?

    Congratulations, it's a boy!
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