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    Russian Building More Nests Within Days of Laying

    I have an older lady Russian named Boris. (Yes, Boris.) She a little over 20 years old, I believe. She's huge -- nearly 8 inches straight/linear measurement. Boris lives with 3 other females and 1 very small & extraordinarily self-satisfied male. Well, she's laid twice so far this Spring...
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    When To Put Youngsters In With Adults

    One of my Russian girls (Petunia) laid 2 eggs, which I successfully hatched this past June. The babies are now nearly 2" long. I realize that they're too small to be put in with the rest of my thundering herd (ranging from 4" - 7" carapace length), but I'd appreciate some expert advice re: at...
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    Russian Laying & Laying & Laying

    [/b]I have an older Russian girl named Boris. Yes, Boris. Very healthy and heavy. She's perhaps 15 years old (or just a tad more), her carapace is nearly 7" long, and up until I adopted her about 2 years ago she had always lived alone. Well, at Casa Me she lives with 2 other girls and a...
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    Incubator Question: What To Put Eggs In?

    I can't thank everyone enough for their generous and thorough replies, thoughts, and suggestions. Some excellent advice. Thank you, thank you; from me, from the critters, and from the little oval ones. - WW
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    [split] have a question

    RE: Incubator Question: What To Put Eggs In? I'm fairly new to this Forum as well, but have raised Russians for a while. I've incubated eggs successfully in past, too. I've now asked for Forum help in getting a definitive answer re: covering or not covering the egg container when it's in...
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    [split] have a question

    RE: Incubator Question: What To Put Eggs In? They've been together for about a year. And, yep: He harassed her fairly frequently. But she's soooo much bigger than he is... She simply ignored him much of the time, but if he nipped at her front feet enough sometimes she'd turn around...
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    Incubator Question: What To Put Eggs In?

    My 15+ y.o. Russian laid 2 comparatively large eggs today, and I've placed them in a Hovabator D-2362-N, at 31.6 c. Couple of open bowls of water, and there's water in the bottom tray of the Hovabator. So, humidity's fine. What I'm not sure of is this: I have the eggs in a tupperbowl bowl...
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    Russian Eggs

    You're most welcome. Hope there's some info you'll find useful. As an aside, I bury the eggs about 1/3 in the very-slightly-moist vermiculite. I don't cover the container they're in -- I'm simply careful not to place the container under the Hovabator's little fan. I have a new, single...
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    Russian Eggs

    Just to share what's worked for me... I use a Hovabator D-2362-N, and have had great success with it. (Per some of the comments here, maybe I've just been lucky: Some folks seem not to be Hovabator-centric.) I place my Russians' eggs in a small plastic container (a large margarine tub) on a...
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    Russian Hatchling Care

    Thank you for the helpful response. Would it make any difference if I were to sew teeny-weeny name tags into their clothes so that their parents can identify them more easily? Ah, well... I'll cordon off an area for them on the tortoise table. Thanks again. - WW P.S. ... and I would never...
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    Russian Hatchling Care

    Petunia laid 2 eggs a while back, and this week -- just over 8 weeks after being popped into a Hovabator -- they both hatched. Incubated at 31.6 c, so hopefully females. I've never tried to incubate eggs before, and so this is my first experience with hatchlings. Question: At what age/size...
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    Sulcata Pair For Trade

    Valid question, but... I've been told by a vet and by a couple of tortoise experts that they are male and female. Additionally, the anal scutes of her plastron are narrowly flared, while his are widely flared. And, she's not afraid to ask for directions when she gets lost -- while he wanders...
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    Sulcata Pair For Trade

    First Time ever posting here. I'll appreciate comments. Pair of happy, healthy sulcatas available for trade. Raised together from hatchlings, though they're from different clutches. Erno & Ogre. His shell's about 15" long, and he weighs about 10.5 pounds. Her shell's about 9" long, and she...
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    Hullo, All !

    Evenin'. Just discovered the site, thanks to a heads-up from a friendly tortoise afficionado. I'm WoofWolf, in the Mid-Atlantic Area, and I live with a number of tortoises. I've always been fond of these critters. As a kid in Arizona, had 2 desert tortoises, General and Major, and a Texas...
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