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    Brainstorming on outdoor enclosure design - how to keep up humidity

    I agree that there may not be a need for such a complicated enclosed enclosure. Here are some pics of mine. There is a thick layer of mulch throughout (that holds moisture and creates heat. I have the sprinklers/ misters coming on for short times several times a day to create a mist. At...
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    I was not expecting to get a new Tortoise today

    A few more photos... This is my Grand Nephew. He was with me when I bought Tuttle.
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    Would you kiss a tortoise?

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    I was not expecting to get a new Tortoise today

    I had been thinking of the Greeks and was fascinated with the Blacks... so, you can imagine I was excited to find Black Greeks and this guy...
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    I was not expecting to get a new Tortoise today

    Yes, I think so... :)
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    Newbie needs some help

    Same for me - she was used to eating what she was being fed when I got her. But, I want to plant edible food in her outdoor summer home so I've been trying different things I can grow in the garden - (I don't have weeds...). ... Yesterday - She ate Violla! She loved the pretty Purple flowers...
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    another newbi here

    HI Scott, I am in Livermore, ca - not too close but not too far.. I just got two young leopards myself so we have a little in common. This forum has good info if you know answer to look. - or ask someone where to look. Everyone is helpful.
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    Poo stuck in bum??!!

    oohhh I am soo sorry for you. I was reading your post and not expecting to hear the last.... I can imagine your pain. He is not mine and I don't know you but my eyes are tearing up at this.... So sorry...
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    I was not expecting to get a new Tortoise today

    Thank you ! I'm really excited to have him... ![hr] : :)
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    I was not expecting to get a new Tortoise today

    ...but I have been looking at the Greeks. And today, I took my 2 year old grand nephew (who will likely inherit some of my Torts...) to my favorite Reptile store (East Bay Vivarium, in Berkeley CA). so he could fall in love early with non- fuzzy pets. and here he was... A beautiful Black...
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    Plant/Flower ID

    The first one looks like Mint. Crush it and if it smells like mint - it is... The second and forth ones look like Chrysanthemum. Third - Begonia
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    Isn't she adorable?

    She does have a glow! :)
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    Blowing Bubbles...

    I just think this is cute...
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