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    Need Advice - Housing 2 grown males together

    I have been offered a large male that I haven't seen yet. I currently have a 12" male in an outdoor enclosure. Does anyone have experience introducing a new male into the mix? Good idea or bad idea?
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    Buster's new enclosure

    I just got Buster, a G.p.p. hatchling (see my cute little guy in the leopard section) and made an enclosure for him according to Tom's suggestions and many others concerning pyramiding etc. so here are the pics and I welcome advice. I have a basic plastic tote, a plastic hide with a layer of...
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    Meet Buster!

    I'm trying this out on the iPhone app so lets see how it goes. I just got this cute little guy yesterday from Andrew at Arizona Tortoise and couldn't be happier. This is my first and only Pardalis Pardalis so I'm kind of excited. I'm going to be doing the high humidity environment and will post...
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    Lots of photos of my red foot pen

    I recently lost my Leopard tortoise when he ate a bunch of gravel and did not respond to anything my vet and I threw at him. He shared a partitioned space out in the garden with my red foot, but since he's gone I just opened up the whole thing for him. The red foot is a cherry head that was...
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    Geochelone pardalis pardalis - WANTED

    Hey folks, I'm looking for a G.p.p. and thought I would throw it to the group. I recently lost my 10 year old babcocki to an obstructed gut, so I thought that I would start over, get the bigger subspecies and also really work on raising him/her without any pyramiding. So I checked with...
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    Mr. Mister

    Remember them?.....Yeah we're all trying to forget. Anyway, I recently took Kelly's advice and glued up a 5 nozzle Mister strip for my Red Foot. This is the home depot PVC setup with brass nozzles and it works really well. The only problem is when I try to hook up one of those inline hose...
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    Redfoot outdoor enclosures in the warm south

    I mean in the warm southern U.S. :) I want to overhaul my Redfoot enclosure and I would really like to hear from some of our members down here in Texas. We can keep ours roaming the pen for almost 9 months, but what do you do in the short winter months? Bring them inside? Photos of your...
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    Marvin vs. Chimeneya

    Marvin 1. - Chimeneya 0. He got right under the stand while my back was turned, pushed up, and over went the chimeneya into pieces. Jerk :(
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    Need ID a baby

    Hey guys. I haven't done my homework on boxies and haven't learned to ID different species. Can anyone tell me what this one is? Thanks Patrick
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    Hi from Austin Texas

    Hi folks, I just want to introduce myself. I'm Patrick from Austin and I am the proud owner of a 10y.o male Geochelone pardalis and a ~10 y.o male Geochelone carbonaria. I live on a 1/4 acre residential lot with lots of room for roaming. Will have to post some photos soon. My current...
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    Texas Tortoises

    Hi folks, I just joined after constantly reading threads from Google searches. Great forum. I'm the proud owner of a 10 y/o Geochelone pardalis and a ~10y/o Geochelone carbonaria. I'm in Austin and have worked both at a small pet store and vet hospital here. Recently I've gotten the urge...
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