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    Evil russian female

    Have a huge, agressive russian tort that spends most her time bullying anything around her and mounting other females. I call her Rosie O'donnel. I had hoped in time she would settle down, or a male would put her in her place but quite the opposite, she took a chunk out of my largest male's...
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    cracked egg, inner membrane swelling out

    Redfoot egg, near day 100. Started showing up ~4 days ago, becoming more and more pronounced. Theres a little nub protruding from the crack on the lower side. Never seen this before, what do? Have it back in the incubator for now, havent disturbed it except for taking the picture.
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    Russian Torts and Florida dont mix (?)

    Ive heard this alot from various breeders and vendors, but I havent been able to find a consistent reason why. I do know Ive never seen RT hatchings, or CB RTs at the reptile shows Ive been to. My russians have been doing fine outside the past few months. I got a couple 7" proven breeding...
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    40 Gal Aquarium Incubator

    Ive been doing some reading on home made incubators lately and think it would be cool to make one out of a 40 gal aquarium Ive had lying around. I think I could make it very attractive, and the visibility from the front glass wall would be great. Ive read alot about the method with a...
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    ohai dere

    Hi all, long time browser of tf.org, finally decided to sign up. ^^ Have a pretty diverse collection of tortoises down here in Tampa Bay, Fl. Currently have 6 juvenile redfoots 2 very large adult redfoots 3 huge bolivian "giant" redfoots, 2 with very pronounced orange heads 4 herman's...
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