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My Aldabras are growing up fast, with the largest one being over 65lb. Some of them can really chew up a cuttlefish bone in one sitting. When do you stop giving them the bone? My torts diet consists of 40% orchid grass, 30% mazuri LS, 20% Mulberry leaves, 10% other things...

Winters has been very tough on my aldabras as far as their food is concerned. They have been feeding on mostly mazuri ls. Once in a while, I do get them some store-bought veggies, which can be very pricy - especially for their size (over 35lb each). Lately, I have been thinking of making some...

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someone sent me this and asked me to ID it but I have no clue... 😔

Hi, One of my aldabras stops basking in the morning like it used to. On the non-soaking days, he wouldn't eat and would stay in the hide all day. And on the soaking days, I would place him under the basking light after soaking and after awhile he would eat but a lot less than the usual. He...

Obviously I can't toilet-train my tortoises or stop them from peeing. I move them in and out from in-door and out-door enclosures depending on the weather. The problem is when the tortoises are inside and the substrates start to smell. I divided my enclosure into 4 areas: repti-bark+hay...