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    test

    Egyptian Tortoises Two year old male available. Good looking and very sturdy at 3" SLC. Qty in stock: 3 item(s) available Our price: $1000.00 Shipping & Live Arrival We use UPS next day air or Delta Dash, depending on the size of the shipment. Please reply to this ad...
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    ALDABRA TORTOISE BREEDER

    Simply amazing! If I lived in that part of the world I'd be keeping those guys as well - terrific animals! Congrats on the obvious successes! :)
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    Surprise!

    hahaha! I actually have a friend coming over this weekend to pick a few of them up . . . It's always tough letting them go . . . **sniff**
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    Dubia Roaches For Food?

    Just crush the head of the roach and place it in front of them. They'll still wiggle around but will be unable to flee. My redfoots LOVE them. I have one that will actually lift itself up and drop its shell onto the roaches to "kill" them first . . . hilarious! Dubia are great feeders all...
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    Silly Question on Leaf Litter

    I filled a 4' x 12' red foot enclosure with magnolia leaves thinking that they would hold up with their waxy coating. Well they did really well until one day I noticed they were all gone . . . it was literally two garbage bags full. Luckily there was no noticeable affect on the tortoises (this...
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    Surprise!

    No - it was pretty much that size when I got it. 18" scl I figure he's probably over 30 years old or so. I had a lot of experience working with local snappers but never anything this size. It was a real trial by fire when I went to get him out of the box he was shipped in! I do presentations...
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    Surprise!

    Pennsylvania. And ummm . . . yeah . . . VERY aggressive. :D I actually like that - keeps me honest. I KNOW if I put my hand in the wrong place I'll lose it! ;)
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    Surprise!

    Yep lots of critters here . . . :D Here's a pic of the business end of that snapper (he's a florida snapper) Had him outside for the summer - had some trouble with algae - his indoor tank is crystal clear . . . :shy:
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    Pancakes

    I'm on the East Coast of the USA (Pennsylvania). I'm a professional Web Developer/Graphic Artist/Oracle DBA by trade - I'm currently working on a website for a business and they recommended this site for their visitors so I figured I'd check it out.
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    Surprise!

    Haha! I've been keeping torts for a long time - just new to the forum itself. :) I'm currently keeping 1.4.7 redfoots, 1.0 sulcata (pic below), 1.1 pancakes, 1.1 indian stars, 1.0 leopard (babcockii), and a lot of snakes, turtles, poison dart frogs, monitors, crocodillians etc . . . The...
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    Pancakes

    Thank you for the warm welcome! I've been keeping tortoises for over a decade but have never joined any tortoise related forums until tonight! As far as the way I'm keeping them . . . I'll see about some pics. Basically I have a heated room with various levels of tortoise tables. I have the...
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    Surprise!

    Back in August I found 7 hatchling red-footed tortoises unexpectedly in my indoor tortoise pen. The adults must have laid the eggs around February/March in their nesting box. I had been spraying the nest box with water in the off chance that there were eggs buried. That was the only care they...
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    Pancakes

    My male My female Here's a profile pic of my female I got them from Turtles & Tortoises Inc and am very happy with them! They are really active - definitely an interesting species!
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