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George is 5 and going onto 6 in Oct or Nov i think. Hes huge and i am wondering if im just looking to hard. I didnt notice how big he was until i caught him in my backyard after he broke through the guard keeping him in safety Thoughts? (The sandal is a size 9.5 or 10 i believe)

Hi everyone. I not always on but i feel i need to come back and thank you guys for helping me raise my torts via advice. Anyways, theyve gotten big lol. I tried as best as i could to prevent pyramiding but i bought them with pyramiding already and my tort noobiness probably added some on top of...

I managed to find a person to care for my tortoises for now, i got a few shots of them yesterday while they were hanging outside, theyve grown substantially the largest one is about 11 inches in length and 8 in width, i tried my best with their shells, they were born oct 2011 im not if it was...

well hopefully i dont have to give these torts away or sell them, but theyre doing great i think, their shells are not as bad as when i got them, if you guys have any input let me know what you think of my torts thanks *edit* i forgot how to embed vids properly from photobucket lol

ok I have had these little guys for about 1 year and 4 months already and they grew on me, this moving was pretty unexpected, the place im going to is large but they wont accomodate my torts, i take them out daily they hang outside all day and eat their share of grass and are very friendly torts...

hello all, its been a while since i chimed in hah, well my 4 torts are still doing fine, they've been eating grass and some mazuri, well today i had to order a new 25 lb mazuri bag, 42 bucks! :O haha wow didnt know it was that expensive, and knowing these little guys theyre bound to need a new...

Well the title isn't what i am doing, well i saw this shop and they were selling a "yearling" for 500 i was like holy heck and was wondering about your thoughts on sulcata pricing and what is fair and unfair, i paid low for mine "hatchlings" because i bought all 4 and asked for lower price...

well i was going to update on my tortoises almost 2 months ago but my camera broke and it couldnt be fixed sadly, so i just got a refurbished phone well here are the tortoises stats lol I will go from tort 1-4(oldest to youngest) and i suck at naming pets so im still undecisive hah...

Hi i am buying a new bulb because my other one is old, i was thinking of buying the zilla 100 watt ceramic bulb, there is also another one that is 75 watts, both of these dont emit any light, so if you can give me a tip on which i should choose it would help alot. I will be awaiting your...

Well this isnt going to be much of an update :) Well 1 of my tortoise is about 11 months old now and has now passed 1000 grams( about 2 1/2 lb) and hes 6.5 inches long :D and not far behind is his brother who is also 6.5 inches long and is 900 and something grams! The smalles one is 480 grams...

I have been thinking a bit on this subject of soaking, well im not going to lie, i stopped soaking my sulcatas because they kinda soak themselves once in a while( 6 times a week or sometimes more) they are about 11 months old now or late 10 months, but anyways, they like to walk around and...

THEYRE ALL DEAD!!!!!! just kidding lol, ok well theyre all fine and healthy and HUGE :D Heres the weight of each of them, they were last weighed and the weight's are posted here also, the date they were all weighed on was June 6 2012 so check out my post if you want to see :) Tank my...

Me and my friend who came over were just talking about sulcatas and when they mate, well we bet some money ($20) and we want to see whos right or at least closest lol, hes right here, so yea he said that they can mate around 5 years old and i said 10 years, so whos wrong lol please let us know...

Hi guys and gals Well i was feeding my sulcatas today and before i put out the food i decided to test something and to my surprise it sorta worked lol, so what i did was i went to the farthest side of where my sulcatas where sun bathing and some where in the shade, i was at least 6 feet away...

Hi everyone, well i bought 4 baby torts around 8 months ago (time flies :O ) and well theyve grown, a lot these are my first 4 ive ever had and theyve given me a good experience and i enjoy having them, they seem very lively and are friendly with each other here are the before and after...

Ok i am just asking a question that is related to my 4 torts, they are all around 5 months old now, they have a pink line under the plastron, the line which outlines the plastron scutes, i am very worried now, they have had those lines for as long as i can remember though but im not sure because...

Everyday in the morning I soak the baby sulcatas but they just get out immediatly, i use warm water but its not like they dont like it, they just dont want to be in water that much, sometimes one will stay in there for a while, but its almost always that same one, the bigger one, is this normal...

Hi, well I have 4 baby torts, probably around 4 months almost, im not exactly sure, i bought them when they were around 8 weeks old or 9, one of them was already starting to pyramid, and since I had found this site I kinda started to get worried because I personally think that pyramiding looks...

Hi tort lovers, I have a question regarding on how to distribute the humidity, I bought zoo med moss and i placed it under a plastic hide with a large entrance for my tortoises, they go in there for awhile, it is 80 percent humid in there and drops to 60, but then it gets too cold and wet in...

[size=medium]ok, Hi tortoise and turtle lovers my name is Aaron and I am new to this world of tortoises, I had 3 sulcata hatchlings and bought a 4th one knowing the challenge that lies in my future but I know can do it because I will dedicate a part of my life to them, of course I will still...