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    Hurricane season

    seeing this, I think I am going to put an extra large shipping crate, straw, and Sullivan's "cozy" in the workroom. there is no flood danger at this location but my gut says in the event of a Cat 2-5 my boy needs to be inside even though he is already 60# (4.5 yrs). I wouldn't want to be out in...
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    When you have torts on the brain

    While waiting for spring to STAY... As bored as my tort for a few minutes this morning so began doodling. No piece of art but I obviously had my tort on the brain
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    Where did Spring go?

    Yesterday was cooler but still a great day for grazing. I brought my little dinosaur inside when the sun was setting (it stays warm in the house within the tort enclosure). This morning I went looking for Su and was concerned that she was not in her normal sleeping spot in the corner setup with...
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    Delayed egg laying

    What is the longest documented time a sulcata can delay eggs after mating?
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    Drawback of Overwintering in house

    Su is quite the queen of the house. Her bedroom remains at 85 degrees with high humidity thanks to a warm mist humidifier cranking out at full blast. She has a "bed" that she crawls into at night and can leave the room any time she wishes during the day to explore her kingdom and sunbathe...
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    Handheld grass/weed harvester

    I have a good sized property but still keep Su (almost 3yr old) nside when the weather is bad.any engineers out there who can design a handheld food gathering device that will spare my knees, back and manicures? I am thinking of a sticklike device with cutting blades that has an integrated...
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    Always the critic

    So I had my computer on the floor on a tarp so that my rabbit could watch some videos. He likes to watch videos about rabbits and other little animals. I walked out of the room for 10 minutes and came back in to a horrible sight. While I was gone, Su, my almost 3 year old, had deposited and...
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    I have never left Su alone before

    I have a trip to make. My young adult kids are busy and can be a bit absentminded. She generally (currently) eats grass/clover/dandelion clippings, young prickly pear cactus pads as they grow before spiny (or singed off), cucumber leaves, honeysuckle greens, mixed green produce, hibiscus. I...
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    Tortoise icon Tiny House Movement

    The tiny house movement owes its inspiration to our chelonean friends. This person artfully and whimsically points that out to the rest of us clueless folk.
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    Growth patterns

    I am interested in members' anecdotal reports of seasonal growth spurts in their sulcatas. My sully just turned two. His growth to date has been as follows: 6 months 7-13 263.8 gm 4.25" carapace (SCL) 12 months 1-2014 600 Gm 5.5" SCL 18 months 7-2014 930 Gm 6.75" SCL 21 months 10-2014...
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    Re asking question after being sniped

    Has anyone ever created a multilayered environment to house more than one species (as in ecosphere zoos)? I was thinking about the practicality of doing so with an arboreal species and an obviously my ground dwelling tort: nit as a forever home but as an inclement/cold weather option until my...
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    Favorite foods

    While my yearling loves mixed salads, copious weeds, mazuri, occasional cacti and dandies, he is very good at avoiding cut/soaked or dry hay no matter how it is mixed with his other foods. He is quite stubborn i. That respect. Some of his favorite foods are babyfood veggies (a weekly treat)...
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    Time to get a new water dish...

    While Sully will soon be outside a lot more as the weather improves, it seems the time has come for a significantly larger water dish in his closed chamber tort table... In six months he has gone from 4" to 8" SCL. It gets changed and refilled multiple times daily. Easy to see why; he is...
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    Hydrotherapy tub treadmill

    "Must. Have.. Starbucks... Keep.... Walking....." [hr]
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    Anyone's Torts enjoy peeing on ya?

    My tort likes to crawl up to my shoulder when we are sitting outside, then emptying a very full bladder (clear, odorless but still omg), Doesn't seem to be a coincidence. Could be a gravity and position thing, I guess, but the yearling is obviously very well-hydrated!
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    Time Out for Bad Behavior

    I took Sully to the park today...First day of really nice weather. What does he do straightaway? Before I can blink an eye he chomps on an old filter of a smoke. Omg. Ever tried getting something out of a sulcata mouth? We played tug-o-war and I broke half of it off (he ended up getting some...
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    Cruelty fo A Chilled Shelled Friend

    I could not believe this creature was pulled out into a skislope environment to slide down the ice packed trail by its owner. Sure, he made third place (before the rabbit) so kudos for that, but come-on, welfare for the animal dropped to last place in my mind. Ducks and Rabbits might be...
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    Leave a kid alone and what do they do?

    This was a one time event, so no flaming, please. I ran i to the pet store to get some calcium and backup bag of orchard hay, leaving my teen in the car with Sully. The weather was great so we had been to the park to get exercise and natural UV. When I came out, my kid was laughing and showed...
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    creative alternatives for tortoise house design

    I am sort of a geeky insomniac when it comes to designing things. That disclaimer said, I lay awake last night thinking of ideas for a variety of tortoise enclosures to put on my property in the spring. My property is a partially treed hilltop, and for safety purposes it needs to be predator...
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    Tortoise Treadmill

    Sully seemed a bit in need of exercise so I made a treadmill for him. Once a week, he gets a babyfood spa soak instrad of plain. I use a huge mixing bowl and set the warm soak inside his covered indoor enclosure. After just sitting there a few minutes taking in some green goodness he started a...
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