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[mystery_girl]

 

[Tort Love]

He is a Greek. A Testudo Graeca Graeca that we have owned since 1970. He was undoubtedly wild caught so we have no idea how old he is... probably 50ish. He lives outdoors all summer, every summer in the UK and has done since the start (probably more by luck than good judgement in the early years); we hibernate him each winter.

He is beautiful how do you hibernate him in the winter I'm worried my two big ones have been out during the summer but in the winter I'm going to have to bring them back in but boy do they poop LOL

 

[bouaboua]

How they sleep....................

 

[bouaboua]

And they like the flowers ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

 

[Tort Love]

And they like the flowers ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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They are so stinking cute

 

[Tort Love]

~ 500 pounds!

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Where do you put him in the winter

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Where do you put him in the winter

~ Heated barn.

 

[Tort Love]

~ Heated barn.

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Wow thank you that is Awsome

 

[CourtneyG]

One of my cakes shell.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

One of my cakes shell.

When I show my “new" non-tortoise friends the patterns of my 'cakes and they comment how beautiful they are, I typically say, “Hence one of the reasons they are threatened and endangered." Simplistic? Yes. Get the point across? Yes. It helps the uninitiated to understand and start considering the impact we have on this here water planet.
And beautiful carapace!

 

[CourtneyG]

When I show my “new" non-tortoise friends the patterns of my 'cakes and they comment how beautiful they are, I typically say, “Hence one of the reasons they are threatened and endangered." Simplistic? Yes. Get the point across? Yes. It helps the uninitiated to understand and start considering the impact we have on this here water planet.
And beautiful carapace!

Thanks and yeah they are facing all sorts of issues with endangerment, but I don't think exportation is the main one, despite being very beautiful there really are not that many in the market and a lot of states have laws against owning them and finding one in Europe is near impossible.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

I don't think exportation is the main one

I'm thinking more of the trinkets, decorative uses from the past…

 

[Smartie123]

Donny enjoying the English summer

 

[Tort Love]

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Beautiful

 

[ahawashin]

My babies are growing

 

[Oxalis]

Looks so much like my baby!

 

[Angel Carrion]

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Loooove these pictures. So darn cute, especially with the daisies!

 

[Angel Carrion]

My Splinter enjoying a little swim. Doubles as hydrotherapy for his atrophied muscles.

 

[TortyTom]

 

[Tort Love]

Mumbai yummy