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Hello everyone, Since moving into an appartment, I will not be able to provide the space my babies will need, long term. They are perfect in every way, nearly 8" long, and have been in my care since April, 2010. I am asking $1,100 plus shipping, for the pair, obo. Pictures are available by...

It has been a looooong time since I have posted. I moved to a new duplex and had to give up my tortoise garden, but not my tortoises! They are happy, healthy, growing like weeds, and the hungriest creatures I have ever known. They are about 2.5 yrs old and half been with me , what will be 2...

i think cypress mulch is ok, but i like a little bit softer substrate, more like leaf litter. I actually had intended to use leaf litter, but decided it was not practical. I think that cypress mulch worked excellently when I housed Kinixys homean in kiddie pools outdoors, but indoors is just not...

I'm sorry that my computer has been down and I have been unable to reply to the great advice that has been provided. I wanted to provide and update to my male's eye problem and promote a new substrate choice for forest torts. I got rid of the coir, which seemed to dry out quickly, become...

Thank you for your input. I would also like to extend my condolences for your unfortunate circumstances regarding your brother and your tortoise....strength be with you. Mine are under 75watt incandescent sylvania spot grow bulbs and one flourescent zoomed uvb bulb. They spend all of the time...

I am wondering what the advice might be regarding my male Manouria. His conjuctiva are swollen and there is some white build up in the corner of one eye. I am not concerned that it is anything aside from complications due to lower humidity and having central heat. He sees fine and the eyeball...

Interesting to note Len. It makes sense, because birds are the same way. I don't think I want to seperate them...if I did, I would just divide the current habitat in half, b/c they aren't very active at this stage and are either hiding or eating, so they could do with less room, if I wanted to...

I'm very please to get some information shared that everyone could use. So far the tortoises are happy as clams and the regime I am using is a comfortable one for me and them. They get two days off a week with no supplemtents and 3 days a week with light calcium and bee pollen supplements and 2...

The lights that you are using will be very drying, but an ultrasonic humidifier fitted with a timer and a PVC tube on the outlet will dump in loads of moisture rich fog and can be scaled back to fit your needs...these worked excellently for watering chamelons automatically, since the drink from...

I have used red lights without any noticeable affects to the nocturnal animal's day/night cycle. I would suggest that your heating box is a bit too warm for night time sleeping temperatures and the torts would do better between 60-75F,with less than 3 year olds getting temps 65F and above...

I'm not suggestign they be treated like an arid species. Mine are on moist coir and have a large water bowls for soaking, and the get soaked. I know for certain that it is rare that they use the water dish. I know when they do, byt the coir tracked into the water. I have seldom see them drink...

LOL, Thank you Yvonne...I shoulda known I was having a blonde moment....comes with being a toe head. That was my theory, the ones they observed weren't situated near large pools or areas of water. I grew up with box turtles and only rearely saw them in any form of water, though they certainly...

Len- TNT is Total Tortoise Nutrition (why isn't it TTN?) and Repashy is a similar product. Both are essentially dehydrated/freeze dried plants that we would normally feed our tortoise during the growing season. It supposedly complete as far as available calcium and vitamins and no other...

I think tortoises eat out of curiosity. When I placed pill bugs int he tort pen as janitors, the female snapped one up, b/c the movement grabbed her attention, then she just dropped it, realizeing it wasn't something she wanted to eat. I see nothing wrong with moderate mounts of insect protein...

You say it is clear that protein is a part of the wild diet, based on what you observe in captivity. Observations in the wild of adult tortoises have shown no protein being consumed. Maybe it was just that none was readily available, but wouldn't you expect the adults to be digging through leaf...

Back to the subject of tortoises gorgeing on unhealthy or even healthy foods, I did a bit of an experiment. My manouria relish certain things, though they won't eat them in exclusion of thier greens, they will fill up on the ''goodies'' first and usually leave some greens behind. The amount...

This is the reply I posted in the supplementation thread in the Asian tortoise section. It is based on my discussions there, in this thread, and elsewhere in on the TFO forums, as well as my collective knowledge from keeping herps for the last 18+years. It seems the conclusion is that...

It seems the conclusion is that they do need supplements, but no one can identify what will work across the board as a baseline and what sources are ok to use. Mazuri may have yeilded great results for Len, but would TNT, bee pollen, Repashy, and vitamins/calcium supplements do the same job for...

We await your continued responses with bated breath and fingernails between our teeth! Kudos to you for continuing your research an maintaining an open mind...I take the same approach and helps us learn and apply the best practices for our cold-blooded charges. Please see the responses I...