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    My Manouria emys phayrei

    Just seeing if he would recgonize the blue ball as a signal that he will be rewarded with food if he tap his head on it. Just trying new interaction with my tort.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3L1O8xHhwQ
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    100 gallon acrylic tank! ***NEED ADVICE***

    Hey everyone, Im having trouble here and can't decide what species of tortoise should I put in this tank. The tank will be place in my sunroom. I am in San Francisco and it can get very cold at night and even during day time! So I'm going to use a basking lamp and a night heated bulb, same...
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    Outdoor enclosure guidance!

    So I cleaned up about maybe a little less then 1/4 of my back yard. I left my biggest redfoot(9 inches) that I have outside for about 8 hrs today and I just brought him back inside (its 1:05am) right now. Its about 55 degree right now, he was sleeping inbetween some potted plants but I was...
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    Tortoise crew

    Just wanted to share some pics of my collection of tortoises. They are in their temp. homes. I didn't finish building my out/in door enclosure just yet. I have a few question about UVB. Should I use the tube one or zoomed spiral tube? Also do RFT and Burmese black mountain need...
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    small clear bugs crawling on my tortoise

    Does anyone know what it is? I see about 10-15 crawling on my black mountain tortoise which cohabit with 2 redfoot. The bbm is losing weight but is still active and eating/drinking. I have eco earth and spaq moss as substrates. Also there some fruitflies flyin around in there because...
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    may sound a little crazy!

    Hi I am curious about the age of my tortoises. I know they are within a year. I saw a thread that someone stated they their redfoot tortoise is almost a year old and is (90g)? I think the author of the thread stated 90grams. So I have two redfoot. One is 76g.. So I would assume he is...
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    Keeping fruitflies/bugs away.

    How do you keep these pest away from your enclosure. I have a screen top and they still manage to get into it. Anything with soil and water attracts these pest! I heard buying some kind of pods can solve the problem. Edit: Oh of coarse left over fruits....
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    New member just want to say hello!

    I recently got involved with tortoises and can't wait to see these babies grow. I have two redfoot and a BBM. I join this forum to learn more about these forest tortoise. Browsing around to see other people's enclosure/setups and tortoises.
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