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tortoise_lover

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fred.... so awesome.. just cant imagine if i can have one of those beautiful tortoises.. hopes someday i can breed just like u do. please keep update the newest pict.. thanks for sharing bro..
 

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I now now its a male, I put him in some lukewarm water and he put
out his penis.
I hope he will date with a lot of females:):D

Here a few new pictures.

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Beautiful little tortoise, Fred. Thanks for keeping us updated as he grows.

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I read the entire thread. Beautiful torts. I even had people at my 'sunday, Feb 1st football party' looking (can't use the NFL restricted words after all). They also thought they were awesome and they aren't tort people.

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Fred,
I saw someone selling an albino on Kingsnake that looks like one of yours, is it? I was contemplating on the hets.
Thanks,
 

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fishtanker said:
Fred,
I saw someone selling an albino on Kingsnake that looks like one of yours, is it? I was contemplating on the hets.
Thanks,

Yes, I shipped 2 to a friend, he is selling them for me.
 

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WOW ! What an amazing looking tortoise Fred !!!!! I'm so interested to know how albino's are born from normal parents? And wow, those adult redfoots are big !! I didn't know they got that big. They're lovely
 

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Gorgeous!

The article on Wikipedia for albinism is a bit technical, but a decent start for anyone interested in how this happens and what it means.
 

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Summary of the wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism)

- Approximately 1/70 people have the recessive albino gene, ~1/17,000 have some type of albinism (no stats for other species)
- Both parents don't need the gene to produce an albino offspring, but it increases the changes (I'd bet both of Fred's torts have the gene!)
- It has been proven that exposing eggs to heavy metals increases the odds of albinism in fish, no tests have been done for other animals.
- Lack of pigment can cause skin problems as albinos are more sensitive to UVB (and their eyes are more sensitive to light.)
- They have a link to this forum under "External Links - Albinism in Animals" (although the link appears broken :( )
 

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This will be a very nice colourd one in a few years.

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some pictures from the larger albino, its more than 6 inchess now.

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The yellow albino.

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Fred: Thank you so much for those pictures! You must be so proud!!!
 

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Well, it doesn't seem to have any problem hogging the food! :p

Does everyone bug you to sell it? Is it a hybrid, incapable of reproducing? :cool:
 

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Stephanie Logan said:
Is it a hybrid, incapable of reproducing? :cool:

No, its just a lack of pigment - only effects the color.
 

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Stephanie Logan said:
Well, it doesn't seem to have any problem hogging the food! :p

Does everyone bug you to sell it? Is it a hybrid, incapable of reproducing? :cool:


Thanks all for the compliments.
They realy have a good appetite.
Yes, they are realy wanted, so a few I did sell.
 
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