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Ah, forgot about Onemys in the photos above. Here is my Russian.

Yvonne- what % humidity do you feel the Aldabras should be kept at to keep pyramiding down? I have a hygrometer and mister and fogger. Are Bo and So your Aldabras (dug around the forum a bit)

I live in Florida- plenty of humidity all the time. Average humidity here is higher than their native Seychelles! But, yes, I agree - going to ramp it up in their enclosure even higher during active growth phase. Yvonne- how old are your Aldabras now?

Hello- I would like to introduce myself as well as two Aldabrachelys tortoises - Morla (SP-32, bottom row) and Sochelys (SP-33, top), as well as Onemys, a wonderful Russian Tortoise (Agrionemys). The two Aldabras are approximately 11 months old. Sochelys is the outgoing extrovert and Morla is...

I actually try not to use injectable anesthetic even on humans with same condition as there is little blood supply to the area and thus very hard to anesthetize. In other words, I often inflict more pain in trying to achieve anesthetic effect versus one quick stab incision. If anything, ethyl...

The animals has an abscess that needs to undergo incision and drainage. If you are comfortable with this, you can pick up a disposable #15 blade, apply betadine to the area and make one very small jab incision. The pus will be expressed this way and the infection will likely resolve. If you are...

that's great - awesome setup. thanks!

Great set up you have for your horsfieldii. Do you have any issues with predators trying to dig under the walls and into the enclosure? Do you have hardware cloth underground as well? Do you have any issues with the tortoise trying to burrow out?

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