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    Male or Female??

    That's a big girl for 3-1/2 years. Did you raise her?
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    New Sully "HUGE"!!!!!!

    Very cool, love it.
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    JEFF (N2TORTS) take a look

    Just curious. To those with hypos, from what locale/locales did this gene pop up in?
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    Help please! (ants)

    What kind of ants are they? Some can sting and some can only try to bite with their jaws. You may have to agitate one to see if it is a stinging variety. My big sulcatas seem oblivious even to stinging fire ants, which are about as bad as they come, but I still get rid of any new nests I find...
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    Schlomo's badly injured beak

    Sounds like you are doing a great job. Most sulcatas his size don't dig burrows yet, they just kind of partially bury themselves under bushes in leaf litter like you mentioned. When he gets big and decides it is too hot out, he will be able to tunnel in the hardest packed clay or gravel.
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    Weird question

    This thread is missing something...ah yes, pics. These are the leavings of a 16" relative baby. A size 10 flip flop is included for perspective. This is actually a smaller poo, I have been feeding a lot of cactus recently. The pure grass and weeds tortie poos resemble horse or cow manure and...
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    SUDAN SULCATAS: HEY TOM! CHECK OUT THE SWIMMING SUDANS!

    Aldabra swimming video. http://www.arkive.org/aldabra-giant-tortoise/geochelone-gigantea/video-06b.html
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    Is humidity really good for a baby sully?

    Perhaps we should warn the wild sulcata in the parts of their range that are currently experiencing 84% humidity. They are quite content as this is the time of year they can actually move about above ground. Don't forget that even in the dry season, humidity is still maintained within the...
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    Adult Sulcata Height/Width

    Lol, I also assumed you were asking for the purpose of designing something that would accommodate an adult. I was pondering the same thing as I am knocking the idea around of using plaster to sculpt the wooden supports I use to prevent erosion of burrow entrances. I want to make it look more...
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    Cactus pads

    Yep, just bury from a third to a half of it in the ground in a well drained sunny spot and it will grow. When I first moved to my bigger property, I brought a big branch from one of my mature ones at my little house and threw it in the yard to plant later. A week later when I went to plant it...
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    I got my revenge on the fire ants today

    LOL @ the yoda reference. I don't use any poisons or chemical fertilizers here because I am on well water. The amount of poison I would need to cover 2-1/2 acres would find it's way into my ground water. I know my filter is designed to handle that stuff, but it just gives me the creeps. [hr]...
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    I got my revenge on the fire ants today

    Fire ants are a constant nuisance to me. I have 2-1/2 acres with woods on both sides, so eradication is impossible. New nests are always popping up whenever the nests in the woods send out new queens. I have learned to live with them and just focus on keeping the tortoise pens clear. I usually...
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    Cactus pads

    I need to get a video of mine eating it one of these days. I hold whole 12+ inch pads firmly in my hand and they devour them. When they get to the really fibrous part near the base they bite down and pull so hard with their necks and front legs that they throw me off balance. I weigh 190 lbs. My...
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    Wild Sulcata Pics

    One clarification, our S. Florida winter dry season is similar as far as rainfall and overnight temps. In both S. Florida and the sulcatas native range, the winter months have low to no rainfall and lower overnight temps. The difference is with daytime temps. Winter months in that region of...
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    Wild Sulcata Pics

    Awesome pics, I just have to resurrect this thread. I spend a lot of time monitoring temps in the native range as well. Glad to find out I'm not the only obsessed weirdo out there, I think most reptile keepers tend to get a little obsessive. I have found that the summer wet...
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