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    For all that use or are considering using them, I found an expensive source for 150 and 250 watt ones. It is www.EggCartons.com.. They carry other products I find useful also.
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    Crest King and his harem.

    The King His Consorts Future consort the rescue
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    Alcoa eagles

    Here they are again. www.alcoa.com/eaglecam/
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    Chillin in the Hottub (or is it Herp tub)

    When checking found this.
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    Thunder and Lightning

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    Big Kid from New Caledonia

    This is the newest addition to the menagerie. He's a Rhacodactylus leachianus leachianus (Grande Terra Leachie) . 30 grams and 5" svl at 18 months
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    Nutritional value of three commonly fed plants.

    In the warm time of year in my area I feed my torts on three plants as main diet. They are grape leaves, mulberry leaves, and Hibiscus sp. [both leaves and blossoms]. They are readily accepted but I have never found any nutrient values for any of them as food charts seem based on mammals [human]...
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    Torts vs Grape phylloxera

    A bit of background . My outside tortoise enclosures are all backed by Concord grape vines. This time of year they begin to develop galls on leaves caused by Phylloxera bugs. New world grapes are resistant to damage besides cosmetic from this insect, so I'm not concerned with it. A major part of...
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    Smelling acuity in tortoises

    Recently I got a male Forsten's tortoise. His quarantine enclosure is not as secure as it should be. To make a long story short he has escaped from it several times and heads directly to the females enclosure ignoring all else. The females enclosure is a cattle tank with 30 inch sides so he...
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    New boyfriend for Forsten's girls

    This fine fellow arrived yesterday. After a quarantine period he will meet the girls.
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    Morning surprise

    This morning while doing routine maintenance on herps found this surprise in Homes enclosure. This pair was the 2008 rescue. I have observed breeding behaviour since shortly after rescue and now this.
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    Eagles at Alcoa

    For all interested, here's my neighbors and their new family. www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp
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    New Additions

    Okeetee Corn snake Variable Kingsnake leoni phase
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    Food for clam crunchers

    Recently my local fish store began stocking frozen clams. These are small clams about an inch in length. I purchased a four ounce package for my DBTs and these were received with great enthusiasm . They finish the meat off within five minutes and munch on shells periodically afterward. I was...
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    Tom and Becky

    Today I picked up a rescue pair of Homes in Hannibal, Mo. They are long term captives that the last few years as classroom pets but had to be rehomed. So they have moved up river but still in Mark Twain's haunts...
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    Long John Silver

    Last Tuesday I received this rescued Northern DBT. It has no left foot and no tail and an outgoing, active nature therefore Long John Silver.
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    Taro then and now

    Looking at old photos of my first MEP from 2007 and today I noticed growth rate. June 2007...
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    The all-around favorite

    Hibiscus seems to be one of the commonly fed plants by tort keepers but I was wondering if anyone knows the nutritational breakdown of this favorite ?
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    Another specie of Bluetongue

    This is one my Merauke Bluetongues (Tiliqua gigas evanescens) from southern New Guinea.
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    Terrapin Station

    With all respect to the Greatful Dead here are my newest guys. Thanks to Terry for these Texans.
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