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  1. Katherine

    Biology is so cool

    Check out the scutes on this little guy perfect symmetry in such an imperfect scute layout. Just thought I would share.
  2. Katherine

    Imperfect leopard babies.

    GPP/GPB mix; from accidental yard clutch I must have missed the nest. Imperfect scutes as shown $70 +shipping if interested. Feel free to pm questions they are humid raised, bright eyed and eating a well balanced diet of weeds, hay grass and Mazuri.
  3. Katherine

    Winter housing!

    I live in a mild climate but love to see winter set ups from cool weather tortoise owners. Anyone care to share?
  4. Katherine

    SA leopard tortoise for sale

    Downsizing and looking to sell a SA leopard tortoise we had previously held back. 8 months old eating like a horse, healthy and active. Gets tons of natural sunlight, grazes all day on variety of grasses and weeds, supplemented with Mazuri and spring mix plus occasional veggies. Handled...
  5. Katherine

    WTB male redfoot

    WTB Male redfoot in good health. Send pics and pricing if you have one available please.
  6. Katherine

    Leopard Tortoise Hatchlings for sale

    Healthy active CB leopard tortoise hatchlings for sale. Eating weeds mixed greens and Mazuri, roughly 3 months old. 100$ plus shipping, questions welcome.
  7. Katherine

    A note for the petsitter

    Just left a 'note' for my petsitter but it turned out to be an 18 page document of husbandry tasks which I am genuinely considered laminating and spiral binding for. Yikes! I never realize how much time and effort I pour into these animal until it is time to explain it to somebody else. Just...
  8. Katherine

    Bath time

    My husband will kill me when he finds out there has been turtles in the tub, but we are having a cold snap tonight and I discovered a fireant nest in one of our leopard night houses this evening so decided just to take the torts who usually sleep in there inside and deal with the ants tomorrow...
  9. Katherine

    Bolsons?

    Anyone keep, know or encounter Bolson Tortoises? (Gopherus flavomarginatus) I know we have a widespread membership so perhaps someone is living in their native range and has had a wild encounters? Or has been exposed to one of the breeding projects currently in effect for them?
  10. Katherine

    Pathetic but cute baby pics

    The runt keeps getting stuck, he is not big enough to make it over the thick blades of St Augustine grass without a stuggle even on my shortest law mower setting. I know it's cruel to laugh at something so cute and helpless, but I am moving them onto softer rye grass tomorrow so this might be...
  11. Katherine

    Lovers quarrel

    Tortoise equivalent of door slamming.
  12. Katherine

    Food ID help

    Anyone know what kind of weed this guy is grazing? Have it cropping up in random spots all over the enclosure so it would be great to know what it was...
  13. Katherine

    Scramble scute photo

    Weirdest scutes I have ever seen. Anyone have a tortoise worse off? Wish I would have been able to know what kind of incubation set up this girl came out of, so strange.
  14. Katherine

    Beaktrim!!

    My newest addition got a nose job- and she hates me now :( I hope this does not become a routine procedure for us. Looking at her now I wonder if more should've come off? Regardless I hope a diet change and and outdoor enclosure will keep it where it should be from here on out... before after
  15. Katherine

    Optimal temp range

    Hey guys I recently took in a pretty janky looking juv redfoot and although I have an outdoor enclosure to quarantine in I don't have a heated tortoise house out there. I have a greenhouse I could use but ground temps are around 55 on our coldest nights and that seems a bit too chilly for me...
  16. Katherine

    Teeny Tiny Tortoise Party

    just creeping on all your tortoise photos so thought I'd add my own :)
  17. Katherine

    Hi old friends/new friends!

    Hello old friends and new friends! I am a tortoise enthusiast who used to frequent this forum but took a break (from all internet based tortoise networks) after a poor experience with burglary. After many home modifications I feel comfortable and protected enough to network again; I have missed...
  18. Katherine

    Saved from being a crunchy snack

    the cutest little Coleoptera! He was incredibly social and happy to hang out with me for a while in exchange from an airlift out of the box turtle enclosure :)
  19. Katherine

    Colorful lunch photos

    Some of my kiddos enjoying blooms for lunch... .
  20. Katherine

    Succulent help please!

    I have two tiny succulents that I just can not identify. I know several of you grow succulents and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Additionally, if anyone has a succulent identification book they recommend that would be lovely. I am ready to put these two in the ground but...
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