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  1. algoroth1

    Ponce, our Burmese Brown Mountain Tortoise manouria emys emys is for sale

    Ponce is now eight years old. We've had him since he was captive bred and born (we bought him from Vic Morgan in St. Augustine, FL at 20 days!). He's big and healthy and has lived out of doors in S. Florida all his life. We have to give him up because of relocation overseas. We will take $1250...
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    Urgent - Manouria Freeze Warning - Advice

    I just saw that it may go as low as 38F tonight here in S. Florida. Never happened since I began raising Ponce my 5 and a half year old m.e.e. He's big and lives outside (carapace is more than 14in.), weights 20lbs, and has stayed outside when temps have dropped into the 40's at night because...
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    Pine-coning

    It's been a while since we visited this subject. A couple of years ago I would have bet that Ponce (m.e.e.) would have serious problems in the future because his front leg scales were becoming severely "pine-coned". He's been living outdoors full-time for about three years now and those front...
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    Manouria and swimming

    I recently put in an 18 inch depth pond in Ponce's (m.e.e.) enclosure. I've been layering it with stones so it's not so deep and is graded so he can walk out if he is in over his head. While cleaning Ponce's enclosure after Matthew, as if to make a point, Ponce walked over to the lip of the...
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    Ponce Surveys new domain.

    Well, got the pond in, fence up and lots more planting to do, but here we are so far. Yes, that's an orchid and bromeliad knocked over before your eyes:eek:
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    Artificial stone in enclosure

    I'm thinking of using slabs (see photo) of artificial stone in the pond I'm making for Ponce (male m.e.e). I think they are composed of a concrete/sand mixture. Has anyone had any experience with these? Don't want to cause shell/plastron abrasions. Thanks.
  7. algoroth1

    Proper m.e.e. development

    Ponce has just turned 4yrs old. His carapace has looked fine until now. I'm attaching photos. Interested in your comments. The white along the edge scutes are from friction where he would scrape along a cement block in his pool (now removed). But there are some lighter almost translucent areas...
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    Mazuri Mouth

    Ponce (24 months) pounces on Mazuri in the rain and makes mush (looking through the mesh cover on his enclosure)
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    Interesting calcium fact for mee and mep owners

    I have wondered how mee/ps get enough calcium and protein to develop smooth well - rounded shells and avoid health problems in the wild and in captivity. I know that Mikeh on this forum gives his mees nightcrawlers for protein and everyone gives their torts calcium supplements, mainly because we...
  10. algoroth1

    Please take a look at my thread on "inflatable outdoor enclosure"

    Hello emys loving friends. I've posted a thread under "Tortoise Enclosures" on my idea for an inexpensive outdoor enclosure for our mee Ponce. I'm particularly interested on what other mee/p owners think of the idea and my progress/changes. You know our manouria species best so I'd value any...
  11. algoroth1

    Inflatable Outdoor Enclosure

    Ok, I thought this was crazy at first but please give it a chanceo_O Ponce, our mee (brown mountain tortoise) is almost two years old. His carapace measure about 7in. by 5in. and he's big enough to live permanently outdoors here in South Florida. However, he's not yet big enough to roam the...
  12. algoroth1

    Ponce's Pics and Diet - a Vic Morgan 2nd Gen. mee

    Dear All, I've attached three photos of Ponce, our mee from Vic Morgan's first 2nd generation captive bred clutch hatched one year ago (to make it clearer, these are babies whose parents were themselves captive bred). While he was small (33 grams at 20 days), he may have caught up with his wild...
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    Learning from near tragedy

    Learning from near tragedy I left my emys emys hatchling (Burmese Brown Mountain) with someone while out of town for a week. At that time Ponce was 8 weeks old and weighed 52 grams. One week later, at 9 weeks old, because he had not been soaked or misted properly and was also eating less, his...
  14. algoroth1

    Gimme Dat!!!

    Ponce, the brown mountain tortoise (manouria emys emys) 10 weeks old chooses mazuri over alocasia. chomp!
  15. algoroth1

    Manouria Hatchlings and Sunlight

    We all know that tortoises need UV provided by bulbs or the Sun. But what is the minimum/maximum? In our case, Ponce (52 days old emys emys at 52 grams), has his enclosure on our screened porch which allows direct sunlight to hit about half the enclosure for about an hour or two a day in the...
  16. algoroth1

    manouria hatchling feeding

    What experience have people had with feeding their emys babies? Mine loves Mazuri but if that option is available he won't touch anything else. If I withhold Mazuri he'll eat romaine lettuce, shredded yellow or green squash, mushrooms and cooked sweet potato but won't touch other greens like...
  17. algoroth1

    National Reptile Breeders Expo

    Anyone planning to attend the nrbe in Daytona, FL Aug 17-19?
  18. algoroth1

    Ponce and Tortoise Food

    Dear All, We are thrilled to have Ponce, our hatchling emys emys - photo attached:) We are working on foods with him. He loves Romaine lettuce, eats some collards (still hard for him to tear it up) and we are experimenting with new foods each day. We want to supplement with a packaged food...
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    2ND generation captive bred manouria emys emys

    I was lucky enough to bring home a captive bred emys emys about three and a half weeks old. We're working on tracking his eating and drinking habits.I'm wondering two things.First- just how much food should we expect a healthy hatchling to eat? We see him nibbling collard greens each morning but...
  20. algoroth1

    Hello All and Manouri Question

    Hi to everyone and thanks for maintaining this interesting community and environment. My name is Ron and I've just joined the Forum. I now live in S. Florida but originally came from the NJ area. It's been over ten years since I was involved seriously in herptoculture and maintained FG&W permits...
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