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    Have you ever seen an albino Pancake?

    You have now.
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    Indian star hatchling

    New life has emerged after 97 days of incubation! 14 grams and my first ever star hatchling...
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    Caramel albino redfoot

    Does anyone remember the caramel albino that hatched back in 2009? Well it's ended up here with me. Here are some recent pictures of it. I'm aware that it has severe pyramiding but it is a very healthy tortoise otherwise.
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    Hypo x Albino

    I have a hypo redfoot. The father of this hypo is albino (with red eyes) and the mother is hypo (with normal eyes.) It has some albino siblings (with red eyes) and some hypo siblings (with normal eyes.) If albinism and hypomelanism are both recessive genes and deemed to be different to each...
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    Sulcata born with no eyes

    This sulcata hatched this morning and unfortunately it has no eyes and quite a severe over bite. Other than this, everything else about the tortoise is perfect and it is nice and lively. Just thought I would share this experience.
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    T+ Albino

    Just sharing. This is one of my albinos, I have 3 that are very light in appearance and will share some more pictures soon.
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    Albino

    Just sharing. Albino and a couple of hets.
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    Multiple fathers.

    I'm not sure if this something that has been covered but if a male tortoise has successfully fertilised a females eggs and produced offspring, the female can produce fertile eggs for years without seeing that male again. So if a second male was to mate with the same female, would the offspring...
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    Hybrid - leopard and sulcata cross

    I've just picked up this little beauty and thought I would share some pictures.
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    Importing Red foots (specifically,) to the UK.

    I'm not sure if there is a topic on this but I have recently had some issues trying to import some red foots into the UK from the States. But then had no issues what so ever importing from Germany. Has anyone had any experience with this and does anyone know exactly what paper work or documents...
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    Albino split scute beaut!

    I thought i would share a few pictures of one of my beauties! Enjoy!
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    Hamm show

    Is anyone from Florida going to Hamm next week? Please Pm me. Thank you.
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    Genetics

    I'm struggling to understand this so if anyone could enlighten me that would be great. I have a hypo het albino redfoot. From what I understand, "hypo" has co-dominant alleles and albinism is recessive. So with my redfoot, is the albinism still recessive? Or can it become dominant? What would...
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    Breeding

    What is the youngest anyone's Indian star has produced eggs? I have a male and a female approx 4 and a half years old and they've started to procreate. I didn't know if it was possible for anything to come of it? I would appreciate anyone's thoughts.
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    Hypo Hermanns or just light coloured?

    Any thoughts?
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    Hypo Redfoot

    I thought i would share a few more pictures of Albus.
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    Albino Red foot

    I have just picked up a hypo het red foot, I thought I would share a picture of my beautiful tortoise. I'd like to know people's thoughts.
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    Hello

    My Name is James, I live near Portsmouth in the UK. I have 2 Indian stars, 6 spur thighs and 8 Hermanns. 4 females producing babies each year ( Hermanns and spur thighs )[/font]
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