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    my 19 years old Chaco tortoise, Bureaucracy

    Did I mention I am on a farm in the southern part of Texas...lots of cactus here...and Chaco does get an occasional juicy purple pear from the time to time...we use torches to burn off the spines so they are safe to eat.
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    my 19 years old Chaco tortoise, Bureaucracy

    Thanks for the picture request...when he comes back to his lively self after his winter nap I will get some fresh photos up...if I can locate some from this past summer I will get them on here...many years back I posted and created a geocities page for Chaco...I noticed some of my pictures were...
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    my 19 years old Chaco tortoise, Bureaucracy

    When he is outside in the warm months...I rarely feed him more than once a week, usually that is an entire yellow squash sliced down the middle and about a half a head of romaine....or replace the squash with two red tomatoes cut in half....it easier for him to eat this stuff in larger...
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    my 19 years old Chaco tortoise, Bureaucracy

    Forgot to mention...Chaco winters in an open top container with a small towel draped across above him....he has never climbed out or even tried...he can be awakened but basically is in hibernation for almost 4 months. He literally does not eat or drink until March....I have tried hard to not...
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    my 19 years old Chaco tortoise, Bureaucracy

    This is my Chacos winter home...here in Texas I bring him in the first time Temps get constantly under 60...usually 2nd week of October. Then usually 2nd week of March I take him back out to his enclosed yard...I've been doing this for almost 30 years. When he is outside I feed him yellow...
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    my 19 years old Chaco tortoise, Bureaucracy

    I have a male Choco Tortoise...found him about 30 years ago...he is about 7 inches front to back of shell...and as far as I have researched, 8 inches is longest I should ever expect..the old articles from the 1990s showed life expectancy in wild to 80 plus years..yours is a lovely healthy...
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