So one of my eggs just exploded. There are 6 eggs in there, one exploded, one dud, and 4 fertile. I wiped off the 4 good ones with dry paper towel and placed them in a different plastic container with in the same incubator.
There are 10 more eggs in different containers inside that said...
When woke up this morning, I saw this. I did a 15min warm bath, then put sugar in his penis. After washing off the sugar, I placed petroleum jelly all around and gently teased it inside.
It must been out at least a few hours. Do you guys see any necrotic tissue?
I have been keeping mainly indian stars for the past decade. But recently, i got a deal with a couple of leopards that was irresistible. I have two, one 8” and one 6.5”.
wishing for a pair but it looks like i got two females. Can you guys confirm?
When I soaked my tortoise 2 days ago, i saw some sort of thick mucus over his mouth.
Its been quite hot lately 88f at night and 100f during the day. Humidity is 60-80%. My little one is at an outdoor enclosure with plenty of shade if he chooses not to bask.
Soaking is being done twice a day...
Is this edible? Description below from wikipedia
Ramie (/ˈreɪmi/, RAY-mee) is a flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern Asia. It is a herbaceous perennial growing to 1.0–2.5 m (3 ft 3 in–8 ft 2 in) tall;[1] the leavesare heart-shaped, 7–15 cm (2.8–5.9 in) long and...
My tortoises are fed mainly on grape leaves, hibiscus leaves and opuntia pads. Sometimes they get some veggies.
I was thinking of buying a jade plant to add some variety, however, from what i could gather, jade plants are succulents (same as opuntias). So what do you guys think? Would it be...
1st picture is a weed with white flowers
2nd picture is a mediam-sized grass 1-2 feet
3rd picture is a tall grass 1-3 feet with some sort of seed shooting up
here is a shot of the seed?
My young male indian star 4.75"scl was diagnosed with having ameoba in his stool 2 weeks ago. He was given metanidazole for a week and has fully recovered and gained some weight. He was placed back in the pen with his girl a week ago and he has been mating like crazy for the past 4 days...
my male indian tortoise is a 250grms, 4.75inch, male that started to excreted blood twice last saturday and once on sunday. Yesterday, I had him checked out at the vet and he was diagnosed with ameoba type protozoas in his feces.
the vet did an x-ray, fecalisys.
As medication he was...
Day 1: got my new indians.
Sidenotes: both tortoise were dewormed using anitox on oct 1st and the 15th of this year. Dosage was 50mg per kg of body weight.
Male is 4.75" in length while the female is exactly 7 inches.