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ok, I have done it ! I no longer need to feed my 4 turtles (pelusius nanus) because I added shrimp to their habitat. Together with the filter the water is so clean that the shrimp multiply at the same rate as the turtles eat them ! I have achieved an equilibrium. How about that !

Good morning, I have finally finished my box turtle enclosure. I wonder how they will destroy it when it gets warm enough for them to live it. it will be the home for 1 male and 2 females. Please let me know your thoughts how to improve it. They also have an indoor shelter that is heated where...

Hello, I have been looking for Florida box turtles everywhere, but unfortunately I cannot find them in The Netherlands (where I am located), Belgium or Germany. Is there maybe somebody in Europe I can buy them from? Alternatively, are you allowed to ship turtles overseas? I realise it will be...

Good morning, I thought I would share some pics of my pelusios nanus tank. I have 3 females and 1 male. The tank is 7feet 6 inches long, 1.6 ft wide and 1.3 ft deep. I have split it up in 2 parts. 2/3 part is water and 1/3 is swamp and there is a dry part which is used for egg laying. As a...

Good morning, I started to grow my own Elephant grass (pennisetum purpureum) to feed my leopard tortoise and she simply loves it!. It is easy to grow and you can harvest every week and it will simply grow back. You can buy the seeds at Amazon and it will not break the bank. This is what they...

Good afternoon, It has been some time since I posted, but with this isolation thing going on I figured I would give you guys some pictures of Taco's winter enclosure. She is doing great and still growing (she is now 45 cm plastron) and destroys everything that is in her way :) There is a small...

Hello, It has been some time since I posted, but my tortoise Taco is doing well. She has gotten huge! She lives in a greenhouse during winter but lately she is a little lethargic, not eating as much as normal and not moving around a lot. I thought it is because it is winter here (but temps are...

Hello, I have a 20 pound leopard tortoise. She is now almost 4 years old and doing well. In summer she eats the grass outside, but in winter I feed her hay. Can anybody tell me how much hay she would need? Regards Juliette

Hi there, I have 2 leopards and use to have them inside on an open table. However, they have been growing fast and I can no longer offer them enough space inside my house, I thus made them an outdoor enclosure on my Balcony in NYC. It is made up out of 2 styrofoam boxes that are connected to...

Hello, I am the owner of to beautiful Leo's and I keep them on an open table. I have been experimenting with different beddings and would like to know if anybody has used real live growing grass as I do. I have waterproofed the table, then I put a 1 inch compressed layer of wet sphagnum moss...

Hello, I was in the Fairway (supermarket here in NYC) today and to my delight I found cactus pear! 4 big pears for only $3. I have fed it to my leopards and they love it, question is how often can you feed it?

I have made some updates to Taco's and Marshmellow's table based on what I have learned and watching them wobbling around their table. I have added more plants on the table in order to disturb their sight lines and they love sitting underneath the leaves. I change the order of the plants around...

Hi everybody, First of all, thank you all very much for all the wonderful information you have given me on this form about proper tortoise care. I am the proud owner of two yearling leopard tortoises and we just finished making a new winter table for them. When we decided to have tortoises as...

Hello, I received 2 leos app. a month ago and I have completely fallen in love with them. I have been reading a lot about them and I got completely obsessed with the issue of pyramiding. I can easily deal with the food issue, the UVB light is not a problem, but creating a humidity chamber on...

The torts really appear to like the grass in their enclosure and they are eating it a lot. Since they appear to like it so much I was wondering if maybe I should make the middle section between the ramps on the lower level their yard? I would then prob. remove the grass from the "mezzanine" area...

Hello, My name is Juliette and I purchased 2 baby leopard tortoises from Vicky Hale a couple of weeks ago. Thank you for allowing me to become a member of this forum. Regards Juliette