After being admonished by every " expert "here , for having 2 Aldabras living together, I was wondering if there is any evidence that Aldabras live alone in the wild? I have never seen any Pics of Aldabras in the wild where there was only 1. Can anyone show any evidence that Aldabras are...
Hey everyone, I’ve been really busy for the past few months, moving to new house. So I haven’t posted much about General and Jackson. Here are a few recent pics. They are growing like crazy, eating a lot and looking pretty good , I think . They are both over 50 lbs now, I have not weighed them...
So I am going to build an indoor room for wintering my 2 aldabras and 1 sulcata , for the long term. My idea is to take in an area 16' X 20' inside a corner in my shop, the exterior walls are concrete block , so my idea is to build 2 walls in the corner out of concrete block , to have a room...
Saw some very large sulcatas at an exotic animal sale today, there was 7 fully grown, I believe all are males . They are at least 28-32” carapace length, a few of them are not really pyramided too bad and look good. 2 of them were having a conversation to decide who was the baddest tortoise in...
I’m making lunch for my 2 Aldabras (General and Jackson) and 1 sulcata (Baxter) and thinking of all I go through so that they can live the good life . ????
Today’s lunch
Mazuri with echinacea and chopped up Opuntia
Dandelion
Mustard greens
Curly green lettuce
It actually looks pretty good , I...
Here is my sulcata , Baxter . I haven’t sent in many pics of him lately, so here he is getting some sun today , he is 9 months old and he weighs 410g . He is growing very well . He is currently gaining weight at around 2.5 g per day . He has gained 35g in the last 14 days
I decided to put some seeds in my indoor enclosures to see if they would sprout. I had some , African grazer and Testudo mix, so I scattered some in. This is 2 days later.
There is an LED grow light in there , with the heat and humidity, it is growing nicely?
Hi everybody, just wanted to say, I got some cold pressed virgin coconut oil and rubbed a little of it in to my Aldabras shells, and I must say that they look really good, the general consensus from the experts is that it can’t hurt, so I’m trying it out. I am happy with the results. Anybody...
So here is my new 4x8x3 double decker enclosure for Jackson and General.
They are starting to get used to it and I have noticed something kind of funny.
I have both of the enclosures set up the same, same plants, same lights , heat etc.
So I notice that they both like to sleep in the middle...
General and Jackson are really hard to tell apart, but I have discovered something that will never change about them, General has a single pygal scute and Jackson has 2
I have had a few of these mushrooms come up in my Aldabra enclosure. Does anybody know if these are good or bad? I have been pulling them out when I find them.
They look delicious ? What day is this ?
Here is the start of my 4x8x3 enclosure.
The pics are of the base, which is 4x8 and framed with 2x8s. There is a 2x6 plate at the bottom upon which there are 6 heavy duty locking castor wheels
The 4x8x 3 enclosures I am going to build from 1/2 x 4x8 pvc sheet . There will be 2 enclosures 1...
Here is my new baby Aldabra, General. He is just out of the shipping box, first a good soak then turn out outside , he looks good, he is eating good, I had him a plate of rose of Sharon buds and leaves , a strawberry, some tomatoes, and Mazuri, he ate just about all of it by the evening. It came...
Hey everybody! I have been working outside all day in this north Alabama heat/humidity to build a new outdoor enclosure for Jackson and his new buddy . I will be receiving my new Aldabra baby this week, Jackson and his new friend are both @ 6” now and I am looking forward to next couple of feet...
It’s been really hot here in north Alabama, I’ve had Jackson in his sealed indoor enclosure,where it is always 80-87 degrees and 90% humidity. He is eating well and is looking good.
Here is my setup for now for inside.
I have 2 - 4x3 PVC enclosures that I made, 1 for my Sulcata Baxter , and...
Hi everybody, I want to introduce you to my new baby Aldabra , no name as of yet. Here he/she is 5 minutes out of the box. Thanks to Sam at Florida Iguana and Tortoise.
I literally just got him 10 minutes ago. He is beautiful and healthy! Chowing down !
He is about 5 1/4”
Here is the new enclosure I’ve just made for Baxter. Literally 2 hours to build. Copied plans from here, 4x3x2, 1/2 pvc sheet. In looking for the sheeting, I found out that one of the top manufacturers of pvc sheet , Kommerling, is located in my town. I was able to go pick up the sheets from...
Hi everybody, just wanted to say hi and introduce Baxter , my baby Sulcata. I have had since may 5 and he is growing like a weed. I do not know his hatch date , but it wa this spring. I didn’t start weighing him until June 6, he was 76g
June 12. 86g
June 15. 90g
June 18. 96g
He seems...