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Nice Pictures.....Thanks to all who contributed here. Richard

This little guy I have released into a fresh water lake in my backyard because he got to BIG for our 100 gallon pond. I had him 4 years and the pic here is when I first got him at the Daytona Expo in Florida. I posted this shot on Kingsnake and they immediately made it their picture they use...

Amazing how much cellulose they can cram in their mouths. Lets have some fun...Post your Pics of your Tortoise stretching the limits of the BIG GULP. Richard

Yea appears to be a russian

Good job, your elongated babies are very cool. Any shots with their yellow heads extended? My only suggestion is to invest in a incubator to avoid the temp fluctuations. It's the right thing to do for the tortoises inside those eggs. I incubate mine in a cheap havabator incubator but plug the...

You might be a tortoise maniac if you soak your baby tortoises before you even start the coffee in the morning.

That is one good looking elongated.....They definately are a fun species to work with. Just love those "YELLOW HEADS"! :)

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After reading the recent post it brought back memories of a little gal that hatched out about 3 1/2 years ago with one eye. I felt terrible because I had raised my incubation temp's to fluctuate between 89-90 trying to produce females. Well hind site is 20X20 and now all my torts are incubated...

I incubated some eggs at 89-90 degrees about 3 1/2 years ago seeking to produce some females. To my disappointment I had one of my hatchlings perfect in every aspect except she was missing an eye. I took her to the Daytona Expo to get some information about the abnormality. Spoke to Peter...

Well pleased with their light carapace color and the darker one has a greenish tint to his head that is quite different then most hatched out here. Later Richard -Note unsharpened pencil for size comparison- [/img]

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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The one on top is her usual mate. The big female laid 6 eggs on July 25 and 8 eggs on October 7th. So I'm expecting the 6 laid in July to sart hatching near the end of this month. I'll shoot some pics...

.............................................................................................. Thanks so much--Richard

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