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Hey all, I we received Uncle Bri in early September. At the time he was 5.5" long, 4.25" wide and 18 oz (I think he was a bit dehydrated when we got him - he felt extra light for his size). 6 weeks later he is 6" long, 4.5" wide and 29 oz. Jeeze these guys grow fast!
He is fed a diet of soaked and chopped orchard grass with some mazuri, has water available at all time and gets an extra soak twice a week. He has an enclosure with an all plywood floor with a small humid hide that has a layer of cyprus mulch and a 2" thick sponge ceiling that I keep soaked, etc, etc.
The best thing about him (of course I don't know if he is a he or a she, but ya got to make a choice and go with it until proven otherwise!) is how affectionate they are. His instinct is to scramble away when startled or frieghtened, unlike my leopards which clam up tight. Uncle Bri never clams up - he tries to get away. At the same time he love touch and is way more responsive to it than other torts I have had. Thought i would share some photos taken over the past month and a video that I took yesterday. The video shows his instinctual response to touch - I've seen the adult Galops and Aldabras do this at the zoo, but did not realize they are born with it!
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7paFukcVyMQ[/video]
He is fed a diet of soaked and chopped orchard grass with some mazuri, has water available at all time and gets an extra soak twice a week. He has an enclosure with an all plywood floor with a small humid hide that has a layer of cyprus mulch and a 2" thick sponge ceiling that I keep soaked, etc, etc.
The best thing about him (of course I don't know if he is a he or a she, but ya got to make a choice and go with it until proven otherwise!) is how affectionate they are. His instinct is to scramble away when startled or frieghtened, unlike my leopards which clam up tight. Uncle Bri never clams up - he tries to get away. At the same time he love touch and is way more responsive to it than other torts I have had. Thought i would share some photos taken over the past month and a video that I took yesterday. The video shows his instinctual response to touch - I've seen the adult Galops and Aldabras do this at the zoo, but did not realize they are born with it!
[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7paFukcVyMQ[/video]
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