Sri Stars, Manouria, Cherryhead, Sulcata, and Greek baby tortoises - pic heavy!

[Kristina]

Sri Stars

"Female" 5 months old

"Male" 1 month old

Jordanian/Antakyan Greek

She is 10 months old, the Sully is 5 months

Sulcata babies, both 5 months old

"Black Cherry" Redfoot, 11 months old

Manouria emys emys, 8 months old

Oh, yeah... Goes without saying, I found my camera cord Turtle and enclosure pics coming tomorrow! Well, as long as I keep track of this cord....

 

[terryo]

Everyone is looking good Kristina. Little black Cherry....my favorite. If only I had more time, and more room.

 

[Yvonne G]

Beautiful! You're doing a good job with the sulcatas pyramid-wise!

 

[Kristina]

Thanks Terry I am sure I will end up with more at some point, but I have to wait myself until we move. Fingers crossed I get the property I want...

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Beautiful! You're doing a good job with the sulcatas pyramid-wise!

Thanks! They look good, but not perfect by far. Tom's are definitely smoother. But, I have to say I am pleased. I tried to take a more minimalist approach as far as spraying them went, to see what would happen. I was only spraying once or twice a week. Now I am back to once a day, and it seems to be going well.

 

[dmarcus]

They all look very good, great photos...

 

[DixieParadise]

Wow Kristina...those are beautiful. Can't wait to see the enclosure pics tomorrow and then I am really going to be jealous.

 

[Kristina]

Thanks guys I am most proud of those Stars. I have to brag, seriously, how many CB Stars look that awesome?

That and I can't express how happy I am to have my Manouria finally!!!

 

[TortBrain]

Wow. Your stars looks huge at 5mths old. Care to share their size n weight?
Nice tort family

 

[Kristina]

I will for sure get updated weights and measures once they are up in the morning They have been growing very very well for me.

 

[TortBrain]

Yeah man. Nice size.

 

[findingotis]

So gorgeous, the lot of them! And such smooth shells

 

[coreyc]

Wow they all look awesome I love your Manouria's


PS here's a tip for your camera cord keep it right near your computer you will never loss it again

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Beautiful!

 

[Kristina]

Thanks everyone. And Corey, that doesn't work for me because I have a laptop and I don't have internet at home, so I take my things with me and sometimes misplace them between work and home. Good suggestion though.

Okay, as far as the Stars - The five month old is 64.6g and 2 1/4" SCL. The one month old is 34.6g and 1 3/4" SCL.

 

[coreyc]

Thanks everyone. And Corey, that doesn't work for me because I have a laptop and I don't have internet at home, so I take my things with me and sometimes misplace them between work and home. Good suggestion though.

Okay, as far as the Stars - The five month old is 64.6g and 2 1/4" SCL. The one month old is 34.6g and 1 3/4" SCL.

I've been there that's why I dont take them away from the computer I would loss the head if was not attached to me

 

[Neal]

Thanks guys I am most proud of those Stars. I have to brag, seriously, how many CB Stars look that awesome?

I don't know Kristina, I mean they look great and all...but I think you and I might have to have an official smooth sri star contest.

But seriously though, great job with them.

 

[ChiKat]

Holy smooth babies! They are stunning
Love the baby Star...tiny little button

 

[Missy]

Ok now I want to se your enclosures and hides. Beautiful torts you have there

 

[Kristina]

Thanks all, I am really quite proud of them. I have made mistakes but all in all they are a great looking bunch of babies

My enclosures for the babies are really basic. 20 gallon aquariums with top soil substrate, covered with a thin layer of sphagnum. I wet it down once a week. The hides are terra cotta flower pots on their side and half buried and stuffed with sphagnum. I spray the babies and the hides once a day. The baby Sulcatas' hide is a large Gladware container with a hole cut in the side.

I am in the process of building outdoor enclosures for the babies with locking lids, very similar to what Onarock (Paul) posted pics of last night. They aren't going to contain any hides, just loose soil and plants that they can bury themselves in.

I built a new enclosure for the Hingebacks and have some "grazing boxes" for the babies that I will take pics of tomorrow. I was going to do it today but got busy with other things

 

[ticothetort2]

Great looking group of torts, glad you finally found that cord!!