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Hi everyone. I just rescued a juvenile South African parrot beaked tortoise off the road who has been driven over. She has 2 thick blood clots coming out from under each of the front legs. I have cleaned her, soaked her, and applied a little antibacterial liquid over the blood clots to clean...

I rescued a parrot beaked juvenile tortoise from the road today. Someone drove over the side of his shell. A top piece of the carapace has shifted, there is a crack in the side and some intestines are hanging out the side. The tortoise is lucid, walking and no longer bleeding. I have soaked...

I have managed to successfully hatch my first South African Angulate Bowsprit Tortoise! I have had a few unsuccessful attempts, and for those of you also interested in incubating this species, my winning method was as follows: I used a standard Hovabator, it is an excellent dry air incubator. I...

Hi, I have an angulate bowsprit tortoise egg that is 2 months old. I'm not sure how long the egg will take to hatch, and checked it today by candling it to find that about a 3rd of the egg inside was light yellow at the bottom, and the rest was clear. I did not see any blood vessels . Im trying...