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    DT is a) suddenly eating less and b) spends most of her time in her hide

    Despite having a large outdoor enclosure, my Cholla seems to want to spend most of her day in her hide. I thought it might be due to the hot weather (high nineties here for weeks), and the hide is under a big shady bush, so that made sense. However, even though it's cooled off quite a bit...
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    My yearling Ginger just passed

    I am so very sorry about your Ginger. You clearly loved her very much and did all you could to help her.
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    Mazuri LS - BIG hit for the rads

    What's the forums general opinion of Zoo Med's Grassland Tortoise Food? Cholla hated both the Mazuri LS and the Zoo Med formula but now she's eating both.
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    Tortoise Feet

    Me too. I know exactly what you mean. My favoirte tortoise position is half in half out of her hide with her forelegs stretched out all relaxed in front of her while she gazes serenely out into her habitat. A close second is the superman position.
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    Unexpected Death

    I am so very sorry for your pain and sorrow. What happened to Hope is the sort of thing we all dread. I am a first time toftoise keeper, so I have no wisdin m of offer you, just empathy. Your description of Hope's awareness of you, touched a familiar chord. To lose a beloved animal...
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    Would a tortoise recognize a fake tortoise?

    That's adorable. Zola is an angel in torty form.
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    Break out the band! It's mylittlecholla's birthday!!

    How kind of all of you and what a surprise!!!! Thank you For some reason my little Cholla is grumpy today. Actually, it's not a mystery--I put her breakfast salad straight into her enclosure instead of bringing her out for the usual breakfast salad with my husband and me on our patio table...
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    Thanks to y'all, my little Cholla remains a contented and healthy little Chelonian.

    Thanks to you all, my little Cholla remains a contented and healthy little Chelonian. Her sweet and personable little ways continue to give me and my family so much delight. I shudder to think how little I knew about how to provide her with the environment or even the food she needs, and how...
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    grass or hay/ light bedding for movable tortoise "playpen"

    Thanks, Maro2Bear! Sounds like a good mix of lightweight material. Happy tortoising to you too! :D
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    grass or hay/ light bedding for movable tortoise "playpen"

    Howdy, all! We intend to use a plastic wading pool as an occasional playpen for our 3 1/2-year-old Desert Tortoise. We want her to able to amble around safely while inside our house in chilly weather. Cholla already has an outdoor enclosure with the necessary furnishings, but she has long...
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    Is my tortoise dead?

    With sympathy and sorrow for your heartbreak.
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    The peaceful joys of tortoise keeping

    A lovely afternoon, sunny but cool, today just lying around in the grass with my beautiful Chelonian baby, as she basked, and grazed, and tromped through her food dish or just relaxed in a modified "superman position" while gazing upon me with pleasant satisfaction. What a balm to relieve...
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    How cold is too cold for a DT

    Tom, you explanation above.is extremely succinct, clear and helpful. Everything makes much more sense to me now. If I may trouble you one more time . . . but I just want to be absolutely sure. Should this mini-heater suffice to heat the tortoise house, or do I need to add another heating...
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    How cold is too cold for a DT

    Thanks, Tom. Cholla is 3 1/2 years old and weighs 250 grams. She's about 5 1/2 inches long now, I do keep her ambient temp indoors (where she's staying during this colder wetter weather) between 68 and 74 degrees. I was concerned because a couple of nights it fell to 58 or 60. This is...
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