Spekes...

[juli11]

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

It is good excitement to see all your pictures. Hingebacks are so interesting, the most non-tortoise tortoise of all. I bought some subadult speke's a few years ago. They just might be getting big enough to consider them as possibly reproductive. The males mate the females, but they may all still be to small.

Great job!

 

[juli11]

It is good excitement to see all your pictures. Hingebacks are so interesting, the most non-tortoise tortoise of all. I bought some subadult speke's a few years ago. They just might be getting big enough to consider them as possibly reproductive. The males mate the females, but they may all still be to small.

Great job!

Thank you! Hopefully it will works next time with your animals! And hopefully she's gonna lay this year again!

 

[juli11]

Interesting behavior she tries to mate with a hermanni female..

 

[juli11]

Hard morning now siesta.

 

[juli11]

Unfortunately they don't keep their beginning color... Become darker and darker

 

[juli11]

They doing quite good! Start growing and eating perfectly! I think I'll raise them until September and than find new homes

 

[juli11]

Eating eating eating...

 

[juli11]

Doing good! Taking about 15g+ from hatch weight.

 

[juli11]

Hot today

 

[Gillian M]

Well he's not messing about is he? Nice torts.

I bet you he is......hmmmmmm.

 

[juli11]

After a long search I'll hopefully pick up another breeding pair of K. spekii in French tomorrow. I'll post pictures when i got the pair and enclosure.
700km to drive

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Lovely thread.
Thanks for updating, Julian.
Look forward to seeing the new ones and how they get on.

 

[juli11]

So fresh picked up! They're in captivity since 2013. The male have a leg problem I'll post pictures of it.
I drove 8 hours but it was 100% worth it. Hopefully we'll see some eggs next months.

 

[Anyfoot]

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So fresh picked up! They're in captivity since 2013. The male have a leg problem I'll post pictures of it.
I drove 8 hours but it was 100% worth it. Hopefully we'll see some eggs next months.

I don't know much about this species.
Do you keep them wet and what does their diet consist of?

 

[juli11]

I don't know much about this species.
Do you keep them wet and what does their diet consist of?

No I don't keep them wet. Actually my group stay outside from
April-Septemeber so they aren't inside the half year. When they come in they make a kind of "hibernation". They sleep from October-February. In this time I keep them really really dry!!
I feed them a mix of mushroom carrots greens Appel etc... Sometimes in this mix are 10 different things. The females also eat earthworms and slugs but the males don't.

 

[Anyfoot]

No I don't keep them wet. Actually my group stay outside from
April-Septemeber so they aren't inside the half year. When they come in they make a kind of "hibernation". They sleep from October-February. In this time I keep them really really dry!!
I feed them a mix of mushroom carrots greens Appel etc... Sometimes in this mix are 10 different things. The females also eat earthworms and slugs but the males don't.

I just had a quick Google on this species. From what I understand they venture into the Savannahs during wet season and retreat to woodlands in dry season. I'll keep reading up on these, sounds like an interesting species. I can't find out, but it seems they don't eat fruit, is that correct?

 

[Anyfoot]

Have you tried earthworms with your 3 hatchlings yet?

 

[juli11]

I just had a quick Google on this species. From what I understand they venture into the Savannahs during wet season and retreat to woodlands in dry season. I'll keep reading up on these, sounds like an interesting species. I can't find out, but it seems they don't eat fruit, is that correct?

All this Google informations are difficult... Kinixys spekii have different local forms and all have an other behavior. My 2,2 group were imported from the area around Pretoria, SA. On the way I keep them (simmer in the outside/ winter inside a dry terrarium) they do really good.
I don't feed fruits so often but they really like fruits.
Yes I feed my hatchling earthworms and they love it

 

[juli11]

At the moment a very easy enclosure but we have Sunday and the stores are closed. I'll put some plants inside this week.
The female just eat but the male not.